Peter Landers 
Andy started his accounting career in 1975 at KPMG (previously Peat Marwick & Mitchell) and after a successful career there he moved his employment to Geelong where he headed up the Audit Division of Davidsons.
Andy then took the brave step of leaving his secure job and setting out to establish a new accounting practice with his friend Peter Landers in 1982. This was indeed a brave (or stupid) move as neither had any clients at that time.
Along the way they joined forces with Richard Bull and established the Practice LBW Chartered Accountants.
Since then the accounting practice has blossomed from the smallest Practice in the world to the 74th largest in Australia according to the Business Review Weekly and the largest locally owned accounting practice in Geelong.
Not only was Andy a key player in the establishment of LBW Chartered Accountants and a well respected and accomplished accountant in his own name, he has also established a personal reputation in the Geelong community as well where he was the treasurer and then president of the Newtown & Chilwell Football & Netball Club Inc. for many years, president of Football Geelong for many years and donated his personal time to many other charitable and community organisations.
Andy and his lovely wife Lynne are the proud parents of 4 children Luke, Elise, Dion and Monique.
Andy & Lynne have embarked on their European holiday of a lifetime together and all the partners and staff at LBW wish them an enjoyable and memorable time.
He will be missed for his deeply caring personality, his professionalism and strength of character but mostly for his incredible loyalty.
Cathy Walley 
This is a reminder for everyone to check prior to 30 June 2015:
- Concessional Contribution - Check that you haven’t breached the $30,000 employer contributions limit (or $35,000 if you are over 50 years) if you have been salary sacrificing into super. If you do want to claim the amount contributed, ensure that the amount has been cleared and receipted by your super fund’s bank account by 30th June 2015;
- Government Co-contribution – The Government Co-contribution is another benefit available to low income earners. This is where the Government will pay up to $500 on $1,000 of after-tax contributions – and is available to individuals under age 71, earning ‘assessable’ income of up to $49,488 and at least 10% of their income comes from eligible employment. The full Co-contribution is payable where your ‘assessable’ income is $34,488 or less and phases out up to $49,488 when the benefit cuts out completely; and
- Pensions - If you are receiving a pension from your super fund, please make sure you take at least the minimum pension amount required by 30 June 2015. Note that if you do not take at least the minimum pension, your the super fund will not receive the pension tax exemption and will pay 15% tax rather than 0%. If you are unsure about your pension payment amount for the current year please contact us.
Also note that 30 June 2015 is a Tuesday this year; therefore you will need to make your super contributions by Friday 26 June 2014 or preferably beforehand, as the fund must have received the contribution by this date. Please note that internet transactions made on Tuesday 30 June 2015 will most likely not be counted for the current year as the transaction receipt will be dated 1 July 2015, not 30 June 2015.
If you would like further information on these rules please contact Simon Flowers or Cathy Walley.
Ange Jones 
The Fair Work Commission has agreed to a request from employers to add a provision regarding paid annual leave to all Modern Awards for greater flexibility. This decision has come as part of a four yearly review of Modern Awards.
What are the key changes?
A provision will be inserted to allow the cashing out of annual leave and terms added for an employer to direct employees to take “excessive leave”.
