Roydon Snelgar

Public Company Limited by Shares

30 July 2019

Unlike private companies, under the Corporations Act public companies can raise capital from the public, and have unlimited shareholders. These two attributes make public companies an attractive structure when businesses need to raise large amounts of funds. Compared to private companies, public companies are subject to additional administration and regulatory costs (i.e. half-yearly financial statement…

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Raise Your Prices 10%

23 July 2019

Raising your selling prices will increase sales when your product or service has an inelastic demand curve i.e. when you raise prices and there is minimal or no change in volume sold. This is a profitable strategy when higher prices produce greater gross profits due to increased profit per unit, even if volume has fallen.  …

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Case Study | Small Business Saves $8,108 Tax

15 July 2019

Objectives: Peter is a small business owner who wants to save tax and reduce his child maintenance payments. Facts:      Peter’s business has a taxable income of $77,000 and is growing (taxable income is expected to double next year). Peter is divorced and pays child support of $12,000 per year. Accountant’s Advice:  Tax Strategy…

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Tax Strategies – Top 10 for Business

9 July 2019

      These 10 tax strategies apply to the majority of businesses & produce the biggest tax savings (on average) TS 1: Salary Packaging Private Motor Vehicles – Makes private motor vehicles tax deductible (average $3,000 tax saving pa). TS 12: Concessional Super Contributions – $25,000 deductible contributions cap (per taxpayer). TS 32: Change…

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Gambia

2 July 2019

          Capital city:                Banjul Currency:                    Dalasi (GMD)     Population:               1,882,450    Language:                  English    GDP:             …

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Tax Savings Strategy 249 | Smartwatch

25 June 2019

A smartwatch is a wearable computer in the form of a wristwatch. Their functionality is similar to smartphones and includes:  Mobile apps. Mobile operating system. Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity. Portable media players, with FM radio and playback of digital audio and video files. Making and receiving phone calls.  Sending and receiving emails. Digital cameras. Heart rate monitors.…

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Lower Your Prices by 10%

18 June 2019

Lowering your selling prices will increase sales when your product or service has an elastic demand curve i.e. when you slightly lower your prices, volume goes up substantially. This will be a profitable strategy if lower prices produce greater gross profits due to increased sales volume even though the profit per unit has fallen.   …

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French Polynesia

11 June 2019

Capital city:               Pape’ete Currency:                   CFP franc (XPF)       Population:               268,270    Language:                 French     GDP:                         …

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Proprietary Limited Company (Limited by Shares)

4 June 2019

Proprietary limited companies are the most common company structure in Australia and account for 98.5% of all companies. Generally, they are the most appropriate company structure for small businesses. A Proprietary Limited company (also known as a Pty Ltd company), cannot raise capital from the public, and is restricted to a maximum 50 non- employee…

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5 Keys to Establishing a Profitable Tax Planning Division

28 May 2019

Minimum 10% of practice fees Within 12 months, we need to achieve tax planning revenue equivalent to 10% of the practice’s revenue. Achieving this benchmark provides us with the revenue, confidence and motivation to continue growing this new service. Over the last five years many accountants have embraced the ‘one stop shop’ concept and added…

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"You’d be stupid not to try to cut your tax bill and those that don’t are stupid in business"

- Bono: U2