Small businesses must start planning as two key tax measures are set to end on June 30
Small businesses should be going back to basics and understanding a few tax measures that are ending and working out the best course of action for their business.
Small gains, big crackdowns: What the tax measures in the budget mean for small business
Small businesses need a sustainable tax system that will encourage investment and generate economic growth.
“Hurts working Australians”: Peter Dutton addressed cost-of-living in budget reply
Dutton said the nation was built on the success of its migrants but in a housing crisis it had to be managed.
Exclusive: Small Business Minister Julie Collins on how SMEs can get the most out of budget 2023
SmartCompany was fortunate to discuss those policies with Small Business Minister Julie Collins in her first SME-focused interview since budget night.
Opinion: Why scrapping the Entrepreneurship Facilitators program affects the most vulnerable
According to the author, despite a government contract till 2025, the Entrepreneurship Facilitators program was scrapped in budget 2023.
Fake news watchdog and digital IDs: The hidden announcements you might have missed in budget 2023
In the federal budget, there were few major surprises when it came to technology spending. Here are a few other tech items that have been sprinkled throughout the budget.
How the federal budget may change the RBA’s view on interest rate hikes
The RBA’s latest forecasts now assume no further rate rises will be needed for inflation to fall back to the central bank’s 2-3% target range by mid-2025.
325,000 extra Australians help Labor deliver the first surplus since Costello
The government expects to collect an astonishing $42 billion more than it expected to this financial year and will deliver a surplus.
Explained: The $20,000 instant asset write-off and how small business got here
A ramped-up instant asset write-off scheme will offer small businesses tax breaks on eligible purchases over the next financial year, averting fears the scheme would drop to cover purchases of just $1,000.
“Not on the sideline, not in the spotlight”: COSBOA’s Matthew Addison reviews the budget for small business
COSBOA chair Matthew Addison gives his assessment of the 2023 federal budget, and what else the government needs to do to support small businesses.
“Smoke and Mirrors”: Startups react to the 2023 budget
Labor has handed down its second budget, with more startup and SME measures that last time. But founders have still found gaps.
Budget 2023: ACCC to begin work on “super complaints” pathway to fast-track small business grievances
Work is set to commence on a new pathway for small business representative bodies to fast track their complaints to Australia’s competition regulator.