Small Business Advisory & Strategy

Many business owners seek the services of a professional business accountant to help them with compliance. Of course, they can complete your quarterly business activity statements and file your annual tax return… but there is so much more that a good accountant can offer you.

Most business owners are always focused on one thing… business growth. Investing time and energy into creating a truly successful venture can be all-consuming and often they spend countless hours doing lots of work, but not receive a proper pay-packet.

Start-ups can be an exciting endeavour, but they can also fail for a multitude of reasons. Some of the most common reasons why start-ups fail include no market need, running out of cash, not having the right team and getting outcompeted.

Are you managing your cash flow effectively? It’s a question that many small businesses are failing to ask themselves. Keeping on top of the money flowing into and out of your business will allow you to make better business decisions and give you more peace of mind.

As business accountants, we regularly meet Australians who are interested in buying an existing business. This type of business ownership can be both exhilarating… and daunting. Before you plunge into buying a business, here are some questions you should ask.

Valuing a business is more than just the dollars in the bank… it includes all your physical assets and intangible elements such as customer loyalty and brand recognition.
These all have significant worth and must be taken into account when determining business valuation.

Information is power. If you have the right information about your business – your cash flow, your shortfalls, your revenue, your employees – then you have the capability to make changes for the better, at the right time. That’s the power of real-time business accounting.