
Are you looking after Yourself as a Small Business Owner?
Looking after yourself as a small business owner is not easy, especially in the first couple of years when your business is in its infancy! Starting from the ground up takes a lot of time and energy and as an employing small business owner, or sole trader you can face a range of unique challenges that can affect your mental health and wellbeing. Headsup.org have put together three simple strategies to remind small business owners the importance of taking care of themselves: 1

How to Spot a Scam
It can be difficult to spot a scam these days, especially when they come in all different forms of email, SMS, phone calls and now just to add into the mix social media messages! With the increased intelligence of fraudsters, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is still seeing instances where a scam can come across as being very convincing resulting in money or personal information being stolen from individuals. To avoid becoming a victim, the ATO has put together a list of

Downsizer Contributions to Super
For older Australians being unable to invest the proceeds from selling their homes into superannuation has been a great discouragement towards downsizing. The proposed new measure from the 2017 Federal Budget, to reduce pressure on housing affordability allowing the contributions from proceeds of downsizing your home into superannuation has now passed both houses of parliament. The government hopes this measure will encourage some people to downsize into housing that is more