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Photography: Tim Benson Tony LoPilato has seen many changes during his thirty plus years in the accounting profession. One thing that hasn't changed in all that time is the enjoyment he finds in the relationships he builds with clients. "My primary focus is to assist all my clients, from individual taxpayers to small and medium sized business owners. Having owned...

It's a typical scenario for many business owners. An employee puts in an application for annual leave for a tropical break to Hawaii. You smile as you put yourself in their shoes imagining yourself lying on the beach with a cocktail and then reality hits and you start to think how it will impact you and your business. Your immediate...

Single Touch Payroll (STP) is now becoming compulsory for businesses, which have minimum 20 employees. You will be required to report on the new system from 1st July 2018. What needs to be prepared to get ready for the new system? Would there be any impact on your business transaction or cash flow? Here are few check points to ensure...

The increasing use of social media has had a profound effect on the way that people do business. The ability to reach a large market for low cost and engage with customers and potential customers in real time can have a major positive impact on your business. However, with the benefits also comes the risk from both improper use and...

When you're running your own business and you're in the thick of keeping everything running smoothly; taking a holiday might be the last thing on your mind. Or maybe it's something you've considered and you concluded that it would be more stressful than just keeping your nose to the grindstone. But it's generally acknowledged that there are a lot of...

Phishing is the action of exploiting human nature in order to acquire information for the purpose of identity theft, financial fraud or obtaining unauthorised access to sensitive information. A phishing attack is typically delivered in the form of an unsolicited email designed to lure a user into visiting a web site or to open an attached document. Typically, the link...

I was recently contacted by a professional colleague asking that I meet with a director of a company facing reasonably serious financial problems. The problems themselves were not insurmountable. The issues had been identified at a stage where there was still a range of options able to be deployed. Money was available to satisfy debts (or a goodly portion of...

Australian trade mark law provides mechanisms where a registered trade mark can be expunged (removed) from the trade mark register if the mark in question has not been used in the preceding three year period . This ground exists under section 92 of theTrade Marks Act 1995 Cth) (the Act). What constitutes use? The volume of use required to defeat...

Twenty-three per cent of organisations now employ temporary and contract staff on a regular ongoing basis, up from 16 percent in 2009. Estimations vary but the consensus is that around 30 to 40 per cent of the workforce is now a temporary, contractor or freelancer. While non-permanent employees are nothing new, the recent rapid rise in this form of working...

Many readers of this column may be aware that for the last few years I have held the position of President of Strata Community Australia in the ACT. Towards the end of November just past I made the decision to step aside in order to concentrate on other priorities. Reflecting on my years as president over the past couple of...

Steve Jobs once said: design is not just what it looks like or feels like, it is how it works. Every user is different and so is every website or app. In many cases, the engagement and interactivity boils down to one thing; how userfriendly it looks and feels to your users. User experience (abbreviated as UX) is exactly that;...

Photo: Andrew Sikorski Following a period of relatively diminished business confidence and constrained investment and spending, 2016 was a positive one for the Canberra Region, culminating in strong retail sector results, record visitor numbers and one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. For the Canberra Business Chamber, the business optimism was reflected in high member participation in events,...

Venue: National Press Club of Australia Photography: Tim Benson

Venue: AIS - Outdoor Synthetic Field Photography: Tim Benson

Venue: Gold Creek Country Club Photography: Tim Benson

The re-elected Labor Government will take light rail to Woden via the Parliamentary Triangle. Work will begin immediately on developing this route, with construction contracts to be signed in the next term of government. Extending light rail to Woden will create a north-south spine for our public transport network and critically, it will get light rail across the lake. Buses,...