Last month, the Victorian Government announced that it would be adding a ‘July Extension’ to its Business Costs Assistance Program, for businesses who may not have applied, or been deemed eligible for the original funding program, administered in June. The BCAP was created following the May-June Victorian lockdown, as a result of a short-term COVID...
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Employees whose working hours have reduced under the latest COVID-19-related lockdowns in South Australia and Victoria can apply for up to $600 in income support payments from the end of this week. Victorian employees who have lost between 8 and 40 hours work due to the lockdown impacting their employment in areas like Hamilton, Warrnambool,...
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Mount Gambier and South East South Australian businesses impacted by the State’s latest COVID-related lockdown could be eligible for up to $3000 in cash, under a new support program announced today. The South Australian Government today announced it would be providing: A $3000 cash payment to small and medium businesses who can meet certain criteria...
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The Victorian Government yesterday announced a $250m support package as a result of the circuit breaker lockdown announced on 27 May 2021. Details as of today (31 May) are still light-on, and you won’t be able to apply until later this week. But what we already know about it is as follows: The Package includes...
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On 4 June 2020, the Federal Government announced HomeBuilder – a federally-funded, State-Government-administered scheme providing a $25,000 grant for property owners in Mount Gambier, Hamilton, Warrnambool, Colac and Camperdown to buy, build or renovate a home, to stimulate the economy during COVID-19. South Australian residents can now apply for the grant via Revenue SA’s website....
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everything from how we spend our weekends, to how we work. And for Self Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) trustees based in Hamilton, Warrnambool, Mount Gambier, Colac and Camperdown, it’s impacted how they could meet their regulatory obligations for 2019-20, as well as how best they can position...
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A Federal Government handout to do up your home, and prop-up the nation’s building industry while we’re at it… sounds like a home owner’s dream come true, right? On the surface, the Government’s announcement this week that they were launching, HomeBuilder – a new home renovation grant scheme – had our phones in Warrnambool, Mt...
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Last month, the Federal Government announced the JobKeeper program – a $130billion subsidy program so businesses can continue to keep employees ‘on their books’ even if a business is forced to close due to a COVID-19-related downturn. Last week, this initiative became law, meaning that an estimated 6 million Australians will, over the next six...
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The ATO has this afternoon issued instructions outlining how businesses can enrol for the JobKeeper payment (keeping in mind they cannot enrol with the ATO until 20 April 2020.) A business or a registered tax professional can enrol for the JobKeeper payment via the following steps: Step 1 – Contact your Accountant so you can...
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On Monday 30 March 2020, the Federal Government announced a new subsidy for businesses, so they can continue to pay their employees through the COVID-19 crisis: the JobKeeper Payment. The JobKeeper Payment has been designed to ensure businesses can keep employees ‘on their books’, even when their revenue drops away. The idea is that this...
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