Money Management

Small business sales need to fund retirement

Money Management | Sep 18, 2013

Australian small businesses represent a retirement income challenge in circumstances where 33 per cent of small business owners have said they are entirely reliant on the sale of the business for cash to fund their retirement, yet 75 per cent do not have an agreed or documented succession plan.

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From tax to returns from a fuller partnership role

Sydney Morning Herald | Jun 14, 2003

Three years ago, Craig West ran a typical small accountancy practice. He had a turnover of $170,000, employed a couple of people and was preoccupied with tax returns for 450 clients.

If a client walked in the door and was "living, breathing and had a heartbeat", West was happy to look after him or her, even with straightforward personal tax returns.