3 legal must-haves before selling your business part 1: Broker Mandate Letters
When selling your business, appointing a broker is usually the smart move. They can bring in qualified buyers, run a structured process, and help push a transaction across the line. However, you must be cautious about rushing into a Broker Mandate Letter (BML) without truly understanding its implications.
Can you gift trust assets in your Will? What every farmer and family business owner needs to know
Learn about Trust Succession and its crucial role in managing family wealth. Ensure your assets are properly protected and passed on.
Cracking Division 7A: how to access company profits without triggering a tax bomb
Does this sound like you? You run a successful family-owned business through a private company. Over the years, your company has accumulated profits that could help fund personal investments or assist family members. Like many SME owners, you see no harm in accessing these profits informally. After all, it’s your business, right?
In financial distress? What business owners need to know about Small Business Restructuring
When you’re facing mounting debts, overdue tax, or pressure from creditors, it’s easy to feel like the walls are closing in. For many small business owners, the fear of losing everything—your business, your reputation, your ability to keep trading—is paralysing.
However, you may have more options than you realise.
Paying debts and liabilities: a guide for executors in South Australia
Get insights into estate administration, including legal obligations for executors in managing debts after someone passes away.
Family business: what directors need to know
In Australia, family business directors are legally bound by the same duties and risks as directors of public companies. You can be personally liable for decisions made on your watch.
Don’t get stuck in the cold: negotiating maintenance in your retail lease
Your guide to navigating the often-tricky terrain of landlord responsibilities for maintaining essential services and the fabric of your retail premises. We’ll highlight potential dispute areas and, more importantly, how you can address these in your lease agreement with our help.
The hidden tax trap in your estate plan: why super needs special treatment
Understand the Super Proceeds Trust and how it ensures superannuation death benefits are distributed tax-efficiently.
Blended families & superannuation: getting your BDBN right
Discover key aspects of superannuation and how to ensure your Binding Death Benefit Nomination is valid and effective.