Finance

Get to know the latest business and finance news across Australia with My Business’ Finance category. This category aims to teach business owners how to finance their business via its repository of financial management resources and articles.

This category focuses on providing relevant information regarding business financials to both new and seasoned business owners through articles that cover topics such as business taxes, business loans, investments and financial regulation.

It also assists businesses to keep up with the latest developments in the business finance sphere, providing expert insights that take apart the complexities of finance and allowing readers to gain a thorough understanding of finance, taxes and loans.

Atlassian co-founder funds start-up’s US expansion

The co-founder of one of Australia’s most successful start-ups, tech giant Atlassian, has spearheaded a $1 million investment for a local start-up t...

12 Sep 2018

Most popular Australian credit cards unveiled

There are some surprising findings in a major ranking of credit cards by Australian consumers, including the provider of the nation’s most popular ...

Tax cut alternatives floated amid Senate stalemate

The government has been urged to consider alternatives of slashing the corporate tax rate to deliver tax cuts, including a beefed up version of the in...

$53m worth of tax time errors detected so far

The ATO has corrected more than 112,000 tax returns so far this year, boosting its revenues by over $53 million and highlighting common errors trippin...

NAB won’t lift rates, citing ‘need to rebuild trust’

The unthinkable has just happened – one of Australia’s major banks has chosen not to increase its rates, citing a need to “rebuild the trust of ...

Don’t rely on housing equity for business growth

Rising mortgage rates are likely to prolong the downturn in mainland housing markets, data firm CoreLogic has suggested, meaning equity will be squeez...

Three of the major banks hike interest rates

CBA and ANZ have both followed Westpac’s lead by raising their mortgage interest rates out of cycle, leaving all eyes on NAB to see if it will follo...

State moves to scrap payroll tax for small business

Could the announcement that one Australian state will abolish payroll tax for small businesses signal the beginning of the end for one of the biggest ...

‘Banks, not hotels, the real fee culprits’

The issue of hotel credit card surcharges has unleashed a wave of criticism of the practice, with other industries singled out while the hotel sector ...

Conditions ‘ripe’ for SMSFs to buy commercial

For Australian business owners with SMSFs, now could be a good time to start thinking about acquiring their premises, it has been suggested. ...

Small business in for rude shock over asset write-off

Small businesses that have purchased assets since 1 July this year are in for a rude shock, with parliamentary inaction meaning the extension to the a...

New $50 banknote set for release

The next of Australia’s new bank notes has been given a release date by the Reserve Bank, mirroring changes made to the $5 and $10 notes already in ...