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ATO – IMPORTANT INFORMATION Warning – ATO attack on professionals The ATO has finally released its final ver...

The video features Troy Smith, IOOF Senior Technical and Regulatory Change Manager, and provides clients with a high-lev...

The Treasurer Josh Frydenburg released his 2nd budget as Treasurer on Tuesday night (5 months late) with a mantra on JOB...

READ ALL ABOUT IT! Geelong Indy has a massive 24 pages full of GBEA winners, previous winners and sponsors. Well de...

The Victorian Government has announced that stamp duty (land transfer duty) will be abolished for first-home buyers purc...

The Australian Financial Review Top 100 Accounting Firms have been announced for 2020. LBW Business + Wealth Advisors ar...

Steps To notify ATO of Eligibility for JobKeeper 2.0 (Extension 1)  (The deadline for this process is 31 Octob...

Frequently asked questions about JobKeeper 2.0 What are the differences between JK 1.0 and JK 2.0 JobKeeper 2.0 has gene...

Geelong is Business. Business is Geelong. Geelong has a thriving business community. At LBW Business + Wealth Advisors, ...

These instructions relate to businesses that do not have STP and JobKeeper enabled payroll systems. Below are some instr...

COVID -19 RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE SUMMARY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL TO MEDIUM BUSINESSES (Last updated 11/9/2020) The i...

Information recently released from the ATO (accessible here as well) now provides some clarity about the process to acce...

Self-employed clients, and those who receive a significant component of their gross earnings via bonus or incentive paym...

The LBW Principals are delighted to announce the appointment of Cathryn Walley within the SMSF division to Associate Pri...

Source – Geelong Advertiser on Monday November 25 2019...

The new accounting standard for leases has recently been introduced.  This has resulted in a change in the accounti...

Proposed Election Changes To Tax And How They Will Effect You. As we are coming closer to the election and a possible ne...

QBO have advised that there will be a price increase in their products commencing today (4th March) along with some...

Single Touch Payroll (STP) was introduced on 1st July 2018 for all businesses with 20 or more staff (substantial em...

Not many people actually know what Financial Advisors do. My friends and family often think I’m some form of accountan...

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 LEADING Geelong business and wealth advisory firm LBW today announced it has acquired the Geel...

As we welcome December and the Christmas period, we say farewell to the caterpillars on the upper lips of our Mo Bros. A...

LBW are proud to once again be the only locally owned Geelong based firm to make an appearance in the Australian Financi...

Tourism Greater Geelong and the Bellarine today hosted their Heroes Luncheon with a special guest speaker – multip...