Welcome to our December Monthly Newsletter!  We are now in December, the season of joy! We hope that all of ...

Welcome to our November Monthly Newsletter!    The due date for lodgement of an income tax return for the financial ...

Welcome to our October Monthly Newsletter!  Single Touch Payroll registration became mandatory on 1 July 2019, however if you were ...

Are you ready to hire a new employee and are unsure on how to organise their first day? See the ...

Welcome to our September Monthly Newsletter!  You should find yourself pretty well tax ready by now and ready to lodge ...

Welcome to our August Monthly Newsletter!  The low and middle income tax offset has now become law and will be ...

Welcome to our Monthly Newsletter!  We, the team at Chesterton Accounting would like to wish you a Happy New Financial ...

As an employer, you claim superannuation payments when they are paid – not when they are accrued, even if you ...

The Fair Work Commission have made new changes to minimum wages with a 3.0% increase after the 2019 Annual Wage ...

New funding has been allocated to the Fair Work Ombudsman to help reduce “sham contracting”. If you are currently engaging ...

Are you ready for Single Touch Payroll? As of the 1st of July, every employer will be required to use ...

Wage theft is now a criminal offence! Employers who are deliberately under paying staff could find themselves in jail. Wage ...

The Federal Budget was handed down on Tuesday evening with a few small changes for Australian tax payers. The most ...

The small business instant asset write-off is set to be increased from $20,000 to $25,000 and will be extended to ...

Are you in your first year of business and would like to hear others stories on their successes? Listen to ...

If you are confused when trying to work out your tax claims then please view the below ATO link which ...

Is your business ready for EOFY (end of financial year) ? Xero accounting software has a number of video series, ...

The Government has announced from the 24th of May 2018, a 1 year Superannuation Guarantee Amnesty. This is a rare ...

Do you want to claim more for business related car trips but hate the hassle of writing in a logbook ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has set out new privacy laws from the 22nd of February 2018 ...

Do you need a certified Xero advisor to help you with your bookkeeping or assist you with your Xero account ...

The most asked questions I hear are on the differences between being an employee versus being a contractor. The below ...

If you are in charge of payroll in the office then the below ATO link can help you identify the ...

Automated superannuation is available in most accounting software packages. This software provides a simple and quick process when making super ...

Have you heard of Single Touch Payroll (STP) ? It's a new government initiative which will streamline payroll reporting, very ...

Xero online accounting software is cloud-based software that can be accessed anywhere. Features include entering daily transactions, processing payslips for employees, ...

If you are a small business and you have Business Activity Statements lodged, then from 1 July 2017 your BAS ...

Protect yourself against identity crime ! Please watch the below video to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQczpOx18lQ&feature=youtu.be "Think twice about what you ...

Please see the below link for an overview of the 2017 Federal Budget which was handed down last night. "Instant ...

The Fair Work Ombudsman have just created an app for smartphones which records working hours for employees. "Using geofencing technology, the Record ...

Are you aware of the small business accelerated depreciation ? If you trade as a small business entity than you ...

Are you running a small business ? Would you like to see how you rank with others in the same ...