News Bulletin 18 May 2011

Tax update: 2011-12 Federal Budget - “$45.7bn deficit”

Azure Group's tax team gives you a full summary of the tax changes and implications from the recent Federal Budget for the financial year 2011-2012. Covering areas such as personal income taxation, small business tax relief, indirect taxes and superannuation updates.

Business advice: Taming the debt tiger

In an article for Smarter Business Ideas, Michael Derin discusses managing debt, interest rate risk and your relationship with the bank. Michael explains by becoming an active manager of your liabilities you can make debt work for your business.

Azure Group add another Virtual CFO

Azure Group has grown its team of Virtual CFOs to eight with the appointment of commercial CFO Rachel White. Rachel is highly experienced and has a strong backgroud in the IT sector and has worked in industries such as property and tourism.