Category: accounting
Practice Sin 2 – Underinvesting in Personal Professional Development & Training
Too many practice principals do not take the advice of Stephen Covey (Seven Habits of Highly Successful People) and spend the time to ‘sharpen ...
Abolition of Tax Deductions in the 2017 Federal Budget?
The Federal Government is once again looking at the abolition of work related tax deductions. Why? Because there $16 billion annual cost would go ...
Sturgeon’s Law – 90% of Accountants
Sturgeon's revelation - commonly referred to as Sturgeon's Law, is an adage commonly cited as ‘ninety percent of everything is crap’. It is derived ...
Sturgeon’s 10% of Practices
If a Purple Cow practice is not achievable, then being part of Sturgeon’s 10% of practices would still be a worthy goal. This would ...
Practice Sin 1 – Failing to Reinvest in the Practice
The number 1 sin for an accounting practice is failing to reinvest in the practice. There can be the temptation in business to run ...
Tax Considerations with Investing in Property
When buying an investment property it is important to see your accountant first. Often buyers get a building inspection report and a pest inspection ...
SMSF Advice Options
At June 2015 the ATO advised that there were 556,998 self-managed super funds in Australia with 1,049,840 members. During the 2015 financial year 32,073 ...
Focus Strategies for the Accounting Industry
Two focus strategies for the accounting industry include narrow service line and customer segmentation. The narrow service line involves practices providing a very narrow ...
Accounting Practices Stuck in the Middle
According to Michael Porter the worst strategic error is to be stuck in the middle, or to try simultaneously to pursue all the strategies ...
A Purple Cow Practice
‘Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable’ is a 2003 book by Seth Godin. The book advocates that companies produce remarkable products and ...