With many people working from home over the last couple of months, the processes we never thought twice about in the office have had to be adapted to ensure business keeps running smoothly. Document signing, a process which many companies still do physically, has had to be adapted as people work remotely. Thankfully, e-signing programs […]
Financial support through government stimulus measures and extra debt will be critical for some businesses in the property sector to survive this economic downturn. To thrive, however, property firms need to be thinking about how to strengthen their business’s finances and operations for when many payments stop around late-September. Andrew Clugston, Partner from Pitcher Partners’ […]
The ATO has issued a new ruling to help with the task of performing the decline in turnover test for JobKeeper eligibility purposes.
As the COVID-19 pandemic develops, CEOs and executive leadership teams in not-for-profit (NFP) organisations need to look at how they will strengthen their day-to-day operations and demonstrate strong and authentic leadership. Assuming your organisation has taken a step back to ensure it has effective governance structures in place, the next step NFPs need to take […]
The Victorian Government has announced payroll tax relief for employers who receive the Federal Government’s $1,500 per fortnight JobKeeper payment. The Victorian Government has announced payroll tax relief for employers who receive the Federal Government’s $1,500 per fortnight JobKeeper payment. Under the Victorian measures, any top-up payments – that is, additional payments to employees earning […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, leaders need to have the capability to steer their organisations and people through these challenging times successfully. While this leadership capability can come in many different styles, what remains constant is the need for honest, open and authentic leadership. In this article, we provide an overview of what leaders need to consider when steering their organisation towards recovery.
The Treasurer has released a modified decline in turnover test for employers that provide labour services within their tax consolidated groups, tax consolidatable groups or GST groups. This modified test can apply where the basic test is not already satisfied. The test provides for a grouping of the ‘turnover’ of test members within the group […]
The Commissioner of Taxation has released a practical compliance guide (PCG 2020/4) outlining the operation of its integrity rule (Section 19) and how he may deploy compliance resources to certain arrangements that enable an entity to obtain access to the JobKeeper payments. Importantly, the ATO has labelled certain arrangements as a ‘low risk’ of deploying […]
Not-for-profit (NFP) organisations that emerge from the current environment stronger or with their operating capabilities intact will likely have a stronger communications strategy, more resilience, the ability to pivot and strong crisis response and management skills. The key opportunity that comes from developing these capabilities is ensuring the governance framework effectively embeds these capabilities in […]
Pitcher Partners congratulates the Victorian Government on their initiative to support the building and development industry, through the establishment of the Building Victoria’s Recovery Taskforce. Pitcher Partners looks forward to adding our voice to the Taskforce’s considerations through the representation of our middle market/private, property industry constituency. The property development, building and construction sectors of […]
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