The first annual Taxable Payments Report is due 28 July 2013 (or 21 July for those businesses who lodge monthly Business Activity Statements) for businesses primarily in the building and construction industry who have made payments to subcontractors during the year ending 30 June 2013. The Government has designed this report to improve compliance with tax obligations by those contractors who are currently not doing the right thing. However, the reporting obligation...

  Do you need to make a super contribution, withdraw a pension or pay a business expense prior to 30 June 2013? Don’t leave it too late – as 30 June falls on a Sunday this year the banks have recommended that payments are made no later than Tuesday 25 June to ensure that it is cleared and recorded on your bank statement prior to the last business day of the financial year – Friday 28 June. ...

  How often do you start something without any homework? Yet preparation is usually all that's within our control. We waste countless hours by ignoring it. Whatever the project, think ahead: consider its needs, its problems, its shortcuts. Give yourself every advantage. Build your confidence, create options. Time spent doing this will be handsomely rewarded. If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four hours sharpening the axe  - ...