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Stress testing your strategy
Client Alert Stress testing your strategy
So, you’ve got a strategy…with clear objectives…and a plan on how to achieve them…with measures so you will know that you have…but have you considered the consequences if you’re wrong?
Darrell Price
Darrell Price
| 3 min read | 06 Dec 2016
Employee share schemes: Let’s all share in the benefits
Client Alert Employee share schemes: Let’s all share in the benefits
Employee share schemes (ESS) have come in and out of favour over the years, but improvements in the general economic climate in Australia combined with the recent introduction of a range of tax and company law concessions in this area mean that the time is definitely right for mid-size businesses to take another look at introducing a tailor-made ESS arrangement.
Peter Hills
Peter Hills
| 3 min read | 06 Dec 2016
Involved in barter transactions? Good news on the horizon
Client Alert Involved in barter transactions? Good news on the horizon
The ATO issued a Practical Compliance Guideline (PCG 2016/18) on 18 November 2016, addressing the GST treatment of countertrade transactions, more commonly known as Barter transactions.
2 min read | 30 Nov 2016
Melbourne’s fastest selling new development, Woodlea
Client Alert Melbourne’s fastest selling new development, Woodlea
A conversation with Mr Peng Hong Wong, Executive Director of Victorian Investments & Properties Pty Ltd (VIP), developer of Melbourne’s fastest selling new development: Woodlea.
Brock Mackenzie
Sian Sinclair
| 5 min read | 11 Nov 2016
Calculating the GST you can claim: Tribunal decision affecting retirement villages
Client Alert Calculating the GST you can claim: Tribunal decision affecting retirement villages
Those looking to apply an outputs-based method to recover input tax credits will have kept a keen eye on the outcome of RSPG v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] AATA 687 concerning the recovery of input tax credits from the construction of a retirement village.
Sian Sinclair
Sian Sinclair
| 4 min read | 10 Nov 2016
Enhanced Audit Reporting
Technical publications Enhanced Audit Reporting
For years, the report that comes from the company’s audit firm has been criticized as providing very little useful information for investors. Investors have been calling on the audit report to be enhanced from its pass/fail approach for some time. They have requested that the key areas identified in the course of the audit be explained and conclusions drawn on how the auditors were able to gain comfort.
01 Sep 2016
Buyers and sellers beware
Client Alert Buyers and sellers beware
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.
Sian Sinclair
Sian Sinclair
| 6 min read | 02 Jul 2016
Making financial statements an effective communication tool
IFRS Making financial statements an effective communication tool
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.
01 Jun 2016
IFRS Viewpoint
Technical publications & IFRS IFRS Viewpoint
The IFRS Viewpoint series provides insights from Grant Thornton's global IFRS team on applying IFRSs in challenging situations. Each edition focuses on an area where Standards have proved difficult to apply or lack guidance.
15 May 2016
Grant Thornton Australia
2016-17 Federal Budget What will the future look like for aged care providers post-budget?
Recent budget announcements will see residential care providers struggle to remain viable. While there was some good news with the announcement of 1,286 new places and increased viability supplements for rural and remote providers, this will mean little to the large number of providers already operating on slender margins.
09 May 2016
Australia/India Social Security Agreement
Client Alert Australia/India Social Security Agreement
The new social security agreement between Australia and India (the Agreement) came into effect on 1 January 2016.
Thomas Isbell
Thomas Isbell
| 3 min read | 27 Apr 2016
Depreciation of intangible assets
Client Alert Depreciation of intangible assets
For Australian mid-size businesses, among their most important and valuable assets are intangible assets. Broadly speaking, depreciation of these assets allows for some of the cost of acquisition and use to be recouped over the life of the assets in the form of tax deductions.
Aryk Bechler
Aryk Bechler
| 2 min read | 05 Apr 2016
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