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23.05.2017
How You Can Avoid Being Caught Up in the Next ‘plutus Payroll’ Style Scandal
When Sonya Causer stole almost $20 million dollars from Clive Peeters over 18 months in 2008 and 2009, I thought I’d seen the biggest Australian payroll fraud That figure has been dwarfed in the past week with the alleged $165m tax fraud, involving ...
07.04.2017
April Public Holidays
It’s almost Easter, are you ready? Depending on which state your workers are in, there will be anywhere between 3 and 5 public holidays this month. All employees are entitled to a day off on a public holiday. Full and part time employees are to be paid ...
07.04.2017
Changing the Frequency of Your Pay Cycle
When and how often to pay employees is a question which can affect many areas of a business, with cash flow and employee satisfaction ranking high on the list of factors. But if your company has been doing the pays the same way for what seems like ...
20.11.2016
How to Manage Employee Overpayments
The options for employers after discovering employee overpayments can be very confusing. Before you decide whether to notify the employee by letter, email, or by far the most dreaded method, the awkward phone call, you need to know what your rights and ...
16.10.2016
Seven Red Flags for Payroll Fraud
Although it’s impossible to accurately quantify, payroll fraud is more common than you might think. With the recent prosecution of a payroll officer at Woolworths, it’s timely to take a look at the topic of payroll fraud again, and what you can do to ...
09.10.2016
You Can’t Ask Me That!
I think we will all be familiar with these sort of questions. How much extra should I put in my super? Should my super contribution be before or after tax? Should I claim the tax free threshold? Do you think I need to pay extra tax? Is a novated lease a ...
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