You will find here all Mazars informative podcasts.
Federal Budget: a look at superannuation
Despite there being no changes to superannuation in this year’s federal Budget, it’s a good opportunity to think about your own super and – particularly SMSF members – to prepare your fund balances to manage tax today and for any possibly future changes.
Protecting assets from risk and unnecessary taxation is an art as much as it is a science. That’s according to Nathanael Lee, partner at Mazars — a leading international audit, tax and advisory firm.
An acronym on the lips of an ever-increasing number of businesses is ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance. Much of the focus on the environmental component is reducing carbon emissions.
Discretionary trusts have been popular structures among family businesses and other groups because of their flexibility, their protection against assets, and their limited tax consequences.
The pros and cons of outsourcing your payroll function
To outsource certain functions or keep them in-house? A key question business owners are asking as they grow and scale, and payroll is one task that makes sense, particularly from a cost-based perspective.
With an election looming, the federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered a budget focused on cost-of-living measures. Michael Jones of Mazars examines the budget from the perspective of family business and self-managed super funds.
As the ATO grows in size and its collection of data becomes more sophisticated, Nathanael Lee of Mazars, expects more audits and reviews from the tax office. Currently, it has a spotlight on private groups, including medium and emerging private groups with wealth over $5 million dollars.
Changes to superannuation contribution rules means that substantial tax deductions and a boost to your super balance can be made by people finding themselves in the right circumstances.