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When purchasing real property after 1 July 2016, it is presumed that the vendor is a non-resident and the purchaser will be obliged to withhold 10% of the proceeds, register for withholding tax (WHT) and pay it to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) unless a clearance certificate has been obtained prior to settlement.

Disruption is a wonderful thing - unless you're on the wrong side of it. Controversial commentator Andrew Keen considers the adverse impact that radical technologies will have on mid-sized companies.

What does Brexit mean for Australian business?

Mid-size businesses are the growth engines of the Australian economy. Here we look at the differences between faster-growers and slower-growers.

What faster growing mid-size businesses do differently infographic.

Selecting and implementing business technology, whether software applications or IT infrastructure, often leads to unexpected complications ranging from budget blowouts to a failure to meet business needs.

The feeling in financial services is that the industry dodged a bullet this year, but good news was still hard to find.

It is a much used truism that we now operate in a global village and that relaxed border controls, free trade agreements and the ubiquity of the internet allow for far greater volumes of international trade than ever before. Our fraud in focus series follows fraud and corruption activity in a range of industries.

The 2016 Biotechnology Industry Position Survey reveals that Australian life sciences companies have attracted well over $2 billion in deal flow over the last 18 months.

The average length of financial statements has been growing for many years, as a result of new Standards and Amendments published by the IASB. In the coming years, new Standards on revenue, financial instruments and leasing will add even more disclosures.

From 1 July 2016 it is presumed that the vendor of real property is a non-resident and the purchaser will be obliged to withhold 10% of the proceeds, register for withholding tax (WHT) and pay it to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)unless a Clearance Certificate has been obtained prior to settlement.

It’s a fact of retail – your brand is either on the up or in decline. Much like a rollercoaster, this cycle rolls around regularly, and consumers will tell you with their wallets if you’ve got your product offering right or wrong.