Article Series

This article is part of a 7 part series. Other articles in this series are shown below:

  1. A Word from the Chairman
  2. Personal property securities regime
  3. Employment law changes that will impact your business in 2011
  4. Markhams - meet our newest member firms.
  5. Funding business expansion
  6. Division 7A - another sting in the tail
  7. Have you overpaid GST?

The start of 2011 has seen a number of terrible natural disasters. In Australia, severe flooding hit Queensland and Victoria with Queensland suffering another blow from Cyclone Yasi. In New Zealand Christchurch was hit by a devastating earthquake that will have far reaching implications for the city and the region.

Our thoughts are with our staff, clients and friends and, indeed, everyone who has been affected by these events as they begin the difficult task of rebuilding their lives, homes, businesses and cities. Moore Stephens has, via the Moore Stephens Foundation, launched appeals for the Queensland floods and the Christchurch earthquake, with funds going to the rebuilding efforts. If you would like to support these appeals, please contact your closest Moore Stephens firm for more information.

In this issue of The Bottom Line we introduce you to our newest member firms, the Markhams network of firms in New Zealand. We also look the far reaching impacts of the personal property securities regime, important changes to employment law that will impact your business, how to fund business expansion through a focus on efficiencies and reaping the resultant benefits, the broadening of Division 7A and its impacts and the possibility that you may be paying too much GST.

As always, our member firms across the Australasian region are ready to assist with all of these issues. Contact your closest member firm to speak with our professionals about protecting and growing your business and your personal wealth

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