There are a lot of compelling reasons to buy an established small business. Existing customers, trained staff, good will and immediate cashflow can all make the purchase of an operating small business a sound investment.
The popularity of trust structures is because they offer some significant advantages when it comes to the amount of tax you need to pay on income, as well as a way to protect assets.
Australia’s 2016 Census found that ‘blended’ families – where one or both partners with children have remarried or repartnered – accounted for 3.7% of the nation’s families.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Queensland has once again closed its borders to NSW and the ACT.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Queensland has once again closed its borders to NSW and the ACT.
Before any discussion about who gets what and how the kids will be cared for, perhaps one of the most distressing aspects of family breakdown is the more immediate concern about who gets to stay in the house and who has to leave.
Like many people, I struggle to remember a time before Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pintrest. The usage of social media has become a societal norm, with the ability to instantaneously communicate and publish to the world information and content at will.
During the breakdown of a relationship, people often find it difficult to consider their future and the direction they want to go. Often in our experience, getting advice at an early stage (even before you decide to separate) can give you the clarity and empowerment to move forward confidently and with purpose.
Most people are aware that the Family Law Courts in Australia are under-resourced and overloaded with matters causing family disputes to take years to even get to a trial (let alone judgment which may be delivered months later).
When a couple separates one of the most difficult things to do is work out the best and fairest way to divide the assets accrued during the relationship.
The end of a relationship is one of the most difficult times in any person’s life. Making the grief and trauma that accompanies this event even harder to deal with is the fact that many important life matters need to be decided.
There’s nothing like new love. For most of us, we hope new love will grow into old love – a shared life that leads to many happy memories, of house, holidays and children.
