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Business Valuation
Understand what your business is worth and why. We explain valuation methods for divorce, succession, sale, or dispute. Discover the financial and non-financial drivers that affect value, and how to prepare strong, evidence-based valuation reports. Get the clarity and confidence you need with current and credible insights.
Expert Witness Code of Conduct
There are a number of Expert Witness Codes of Conduct and luckily they all focus on the important duties of independence, expertise and an overriding duty to assist the court.
Husher v Husher - Economic Loss in Partnerships
The High Court in Husher v Husher (1999) 197 CLR 138 found that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the total profits of the partnership as representative of his earning capacity.
Costs incurred in gaining Youth Allowance held to be deductibe
full time university receiving youth allowance? You may be able to claim related deductions assessable income result Federal Court decision in Anstis Case.
Construction Industry shows growth in January
The construction industry has shown the strongest growth in two years, moving from a long period of contraction according to the latest report by ...
Lawcalc Updates - Increase earnings with CPI
In response to users suggestions, we have now included an option to increase probable earnings with CPI increases.
Factors in Determining the Level of Future Maintainable Earnings
Valuations are dependent upon a number of subjective assumptions. One of the main assumptions involves the level of expected future profitability.
Understanding the Capitalisation Factor - Business Valuations
One of the biggest mistakes that people make in business valuations is to confuse the real meaning of the capitalisation factor.
Future Maintainable Earnings - Business Valuation Methodologies
Future Maintainable Earnings (FME) methodology is the most common method of valuing business in Australia. FME is a derivation of Discounted Cash Flow method
Surplus Assets in Business Valuations
As part of the process of valuing a company, we revalue the balance sheet of a company from book value to market value and then separate the assets and liabilities of the company into three categories
Is Your Marketing Message or Elevator Speech Holding You Back?
Your marketing message or elevator speech is like a key. If you've got the right one, it will help you unlock doors to new business and start the process of converting them to clients. If you've got o
Ongoing Timbercorp payments: Tax deductible?
Timbercorp... Great Southern.... If I continue to make payments under the agreements, will these expenses be tax deductible?
Business Valuations - Value to the Owner?
The purpose of business valuations in Family Law is ascertain "the value to the owner but how does the "value to the owner" differ to that of "fair market value"?
Disputed Will - Case Study - Future Needs
How we calculated the future needs in a disputed estate by using superannuation and effective tax planning to provide a solution that enabled a quick settlement.
Employees: Are you being paid all your superannuation entitlements?
What do you do if you think your employer is not paying your super? In your have unpaid super.... procedure to make enquiry with Australian Taxation office...
Family Law - Military Superannuation & Benefits Scheme
The fund took over from the DFRDB. The Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) was established by the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991 (the MSB Act).
Superannuation Splitting - Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme
Discussion and examination of the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme including the valuation and splitting of interests for Family Law purposes.
Financial Advisers Duty of Care
Having lost money through the investments made by your financial adviser does not necessarily represent bad or negligent advice.
Different Business Structures: Part 5: Discretionary Trust
A discretionary trust is one of the most common small business structures in Australia. This is sometimes called a “family trust”.
In an ordinary discretionary trust, the beneficiaries do not have a
Different Business Structures: Part 4: Unit Trust
A unit trust is a trust in which the trust property is divided into a number of defined shares called units. The beneficiaries subscribe for the units in much the same way as shareholders in a company
Lawcalc Updated - Custom Economic Loss
In response to users suggestions, we have just updated Lawcalc, our personal injury damages calculator, to include a custom economic loss option.
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