Victorian Office Closure and Remote Operations

On Wednesday night, we, like many businesses in Victoria, will be forced to close our physical offices in Victoria for a minimum of six weeks. While we would rather remain operating in the same manner in which we have, this is not possible. We do not, however, expect it to affect our service offering to […]

Webinar Replay: Solvency & Insolvency Issues through the COVID 19 Crisis

Webinar from May 12 to help businesses and individuals and their advisors to understand some solvency and insolvency issues in the current climate. Please join Stephen Dixon of Hamilton Murphy and Alex Nicol of Aitken Partners for this session on Solvency & Insolvency through the COVID-19 Crisis. Alex and Stephen will look at some of […]

Find out about your options in tough times

The outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus will have a financial impact on businesses on a global scale. It is important that company directors continue to be aware of their duties to prevent their company from incurring debts whilst it is insolvent, or may become insolvent. At times like this, directors need to understand their duty to […]

Business Survival during the coronavirus pandemic

Many businesses and individuals are feeling the pressure and anxiety associated with the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. Some businesses are encouraging 14 day isolation and remote working conditions for employees and in many face-to-face industries meetings are being rescheduled or moved to tele-conference. We are in unchartered waters and the full extent of the financial impact […]

Directors personally liable for unpaid GST

Earlier this month the Australian Senate passed The Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Bill 2019. A lot of attention was paid to the anti-phoenixing provisions, but the Bill runs a little deeper, specifically around the risks of directors’ personal liability for GST. The bill has the provision that directors of companies which have a […]