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Active stock management in your pharmacy

15 March 2023
Kian Ghahramani
Pharmacy owners deal with suppliers and stock every day, managing prices, orders and stock levels.  Beyond that, what does active stock management mean in your pharmacy?
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A new sharing economy reporting regime leaves taxpayers with nowhere to hide

8 March 2023
Catriona Le Blanc
The sharing economy has grown significantly over the last few years with the likes of Uber and Airbnb becoming a popular way for taxpayers to top up their income.
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Really useful budget process

7 March 2023
Kian Ghahramani, Mark Nichols
Budget, cashflow and KPI management made easy. All RSM needs to help you have a Really Useful Budget for your business – and a cashflow forecast and target KPIs – all in place and easier to manage, is:
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Can you hire a (great) CFO on a shoestring budget?

6 March 2023
Gavin Stacey
The possibility and benefits of hiring a CFO on a budget Most start-up founders aren’t business moguls. They’re not operations experts, marketing specialists, or accountants, yet they often find themselves having to be everything to everyone, all of the time.
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Why is your business structure an essential aspect of your medical practice?

23 February 2023
Trevor Lake
Structuring your business to suit your medical practice is a very important part of your business. It is a big topic for conversation and each structure has different benefits and downsides. We ask you to consider how experienced the person that is looking after your tax is.
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Episode 1: Beware of Greenwashing - Navigating Misleading Environmental Claims

21 February 2023
Nicole Mohan
In our first episode of Sustainability Matters, we will explain what Greenwashing is and why it is a concern, as well as provide tips on how to avoid false or misleading environmental claims.
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Five essential tips for property investing

3 February 2023
David Johnston
Are you planning to engage in property investing for your retirement? To build up a portfolio? Or are you just looking for negative gearing tax breaks now?
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Management Reporting, Dashboarding & Business Data

1 February 2023
Mark Nichols
Is your Management Reporting as useful, or sophisticated, as it should be? Or are you lagging behind in the digital age? Businesses in the SME space are leveraging technology to improve business performance as sophisticated management reporting and data tools become increasingly accessible.
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NDIS 2022: Updates to Pricing and Challenges for Businesses

19 January 2023
Andrew Sykes
RSM offers an overview of 2022 NDIS pricing and outlines some of the challenges facing NDIS businesses in the current climate.
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The impact of NDIS worker shortages and what to do about it

30 November 2022
Andrew Sykes
The disability sector is suffering worker shortages. RSM offers tips for attracting suitable people to your NDIS business and for reducing staff turnover.
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Why now is the time to consider debt consolidation

29 November 2022
Thiru Kandiah
After enduring 6 consecutive interest rate hikes since May, and hearing analysts predict that they’re not over yet, it would seem the financial pressure on individuals and business owners is going to continue.
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ATO’s compliance approach - allocation of professional firm profits

25 November 2022
Nick Farr
16 December 2022 will mark 12 months since the ATO’s release of Practical Compliance Guideline PCG 2021/4 – the new tax compliance approach to the allocation of professional firm profits.
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Pay Your Super First

23 November 2022
Simon Brown, Steffie Wallner
SuperStream and more recently Single Touch Payroll (STP) have both been significant changes to the payroll compliance framework for employers.
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Significant changes to Aged Care Financial Reporting

11 November 2022
Ray Scott
Recommendation 133 from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is currently being implemented.
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Natural love and affection in business valuations

28 October 2022
Stephanie McAuliffe
When completing a business valuation on an earnings basis for family law matters (or for any reason), we are largely conducting an exercise of comparison - how do the profits (“earnings”) of this business compare with the earnings generated by others in the same industry?
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