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5 min | Nathan Watt

How Do You Make More Sales?

No, we’re not launching a marketing service, so what do we know about making more sales? Apart from growing Watson & Watt from nothing to something in the last 7 years I know that more sales is actually business strategy, not marketing and sales.

Business Consulting

15 min | Nathan Watt

Goal setting: A guide for success

They're useless because they only serve a purpose if the desire to achieve that future state is stronger than our desire to stay in our current state – aka if you can be bothered to do something about it.

Accounting & Tax

10 min | Nathan Watt

An Employer’s Guide To Stapled Superannuation

You know how it goes, you hire a new employee, send them the super choice form and they leave it blank or don't return it, so you're required to set up and contribute to your "default super fund".

Business Consulting

10 min | Nathan Watt

Offset vs Redraw: What’s The Difference

If you’ve got a home loan or even just looked into one, you’ll have heard these terms, and on the surface they seem to do the same thing. A place to deposit extra cash to reduce the interest you pay. So is it just semantics or are there differences you really should know. Well yes, yes there are.

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General Mortgage Broking

Accounting & Tax

Tax Planning 101

5 min | Nathan Watt

You can't plan to go to the beach, after you're already at the beach. The same goes for your taxes, you can't plan your taxes after the year is done. Get on the front foot with your taxes by following these simple steps to estimate your tax for the year and when the payments are due.

Accounting & Tax

Tax Minimisation and Planning For Small Business

15 min | Nathan Watt

Tax Planning. What a phrase. It gets bandied around a bit, actually, probably just by accountants. But clients tend to nod their head and agree that yes, if you say we need to plan our taxes, then we probably should. So what the hell are we talking about?

Accounting & Tax

15 min | Nathan Watt

How do you register for GST? And what happens when you do register for GST? Find out this and how you become the nation's (unpaid) tax collector. Exciting times right? Let’s get into it.

Accounting & Tax

Property Development: Tax Implications

5 min | Nathan Watt

Property development is without doubt the most popular thing people want to do to make money that I’ve heard in my advisory career.

Accounting & Tax

Personal Services Income: A Beginner’s Guide

5 min | Nathan Watt

Personal Services Income, or PSI, is given as a reward for an individual's personal efforts and skills. At least, that's how the Australian Tax Office sums it up. When it comes to your taxes, PSI is a common type of income for Sole Traders and individuals who earn money through an interposed entity (consultants and contractors) like a company or family trust.

Accounting & Tax

Parramatta Accounting Firms, Services & Tax Agents

5 min | Nathan Watt

Doing accounts is few people’s idea of a good time and, understandably, many companies decide to outsource their bookkeeping to an accountant. However, choosing just any accountant that crops up on your radar isn’t the smartest option. There is a stark divide in terms of qualifications that a tax professional can hold so it is important that you find accountants in Parramatta who is certified to meet your needs.

Accounting & Tax

More Stimulus For Some | JobMaker Hiring Credits

15 min | Nathan Watt

The JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme was passed into law in mid-November 2020 as part of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, and will operate until 6 October 2021.

Accounting & Tax

Marketing Strategies For Small and Medium Business |Inbound v Outbound

15 min | Nathan Watt

Are you a business owner looking for the best strategies to grow your business? If so, keep reading. Below we have put together a quick guide on everything you need to know about sales and marketing strategies.

Accounting & Tax

Liquidation | A Beginners Guide

15 min | Nathan Watt

Is your business facing financial trouble? Liquidation is a term you've surely heard, but it's not the only option. Liquidation is used to wind up or end a company, but it's often confused with other options that may have the same or different goals.

Accounting & Tax

Lease Incentives And Their Tax Implications

15 min | Nathan Watt

If you’ve ever looked for a new place for your business, you’ll know that lease incentives are all around. Developers trying to lease new builds (so they can sell it faster), and other places just trying to compete and get a tenant for their vacant property.

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Accounting & Tax

Liquidation | A Beginners Guide

15 min | Nathan Watt

Accounting & Tax

Director Identification Number | Coming Soon…Apparently

15 min | Nathan Watt

This may come as surprising to you. I know it is to me, but maybe that’s just my inner conspiracy theorist, that the Fed’s don’t have a good grasp of who the directors of companies in Australia are.

General Mortgage Broking

Should You Buy Your Business Premises?

15 min | Nathan Watt

I regularly get asked from business owners whether they should buy their business premises instead of rent, and my advice is always the same. You need to look at this through two different lens’;

General Mortgage Broking

What Is Approval In Principle?

10 min | Nathan Watt

Buying a property can be a stressful time. It’s one of the biggest financial investments most people make. So it makes sense to be as prepared as possible before you go signing purchase contracts. That’s why as part of our process we suggest clients obtain approval in principle before they go looking for a property.

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