Sinclair Wilson news and updates

ATT: Warrnambool business owners – Farewell Trading Names, Hello Registered Business
From the end of October this year, trading names will be no more. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Business Register are retiring what we know...

Client growth leads to another expansion for Sinclair Wilson Colac
Client growth has inspired investment in new premises for Sinclair Wilson’s Colac office, to better-accommodate our burgeoning base in the Colac-Otway region. Our Colac office is seeing in the New...

The best way to finish the 2017-2018 Financial Year – and start the new one
This is the busiest time of year for our industry, and our clients’ livelihoods depend on us doing what we do well. Many of our clients are just as stretched....

Interest rates on hold, credit policies tighten – what does this mean for you?
Official interest rates are on hold as of yesterday, and have now been left unchanged for nearly two years. Earlier this year, many economists were predicting one or two rate...

Les’ Sharp Skills Translate to Local Learning
Sinclair Wilson’s expert team aren’t just specialists in accounting and finance. Our colleagues have a diverse range of additional skills and interests that they are committed to sharing with the...

How bad things can happen to good organisations
Sadly, we learned in the last few days of how a number of south west organisations have recently been hit by scammers/fraudsters/criminals/opportunists, resulting in significant monies being paid across erroneously...

THE 2018/2019 FEDERAL BUDGET – What’s in it for me?
Tax relief worth $140 billion. An end to bracket creep. Helping regional kids head away to university and keeping older Australians in their home: these were some of the key...

SMSF-Friendly Federal Budget
A Self Managed Super Fund– friendly budget is the good news coming out of the 2018-19 Federal Budget. With SMSF members still working through the wide-reaching and complex superannuation changes...

Give the gift of joy this Christmas
Christmas is here again. For most of us it’s a busy time; there’s shopping to be done, Christmas dinner’s to plan, travel bookings to make and work to clear off...