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ICB Resource Kit

Knowledge and Resources for Businesses about doing business.

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Useful for:

Anyone running or involved in the management of a business.

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Context Introduction

Bookkeeping can be limited to keeping the books, but typically it ventures into all aspects of the business. This library of resources are items that we consider not essentially bookkeeping but very much connected to the associated areas that bookkeepers, managers, business owners get involved with.

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Resource Library

1. All Templates, Checklists and Authority Forms
2. 5 Legal Matters to be Aware of
3. 6 Things That All Customers Want...
4. Are Your Prices Clear?
5. ATO - Are they Catching Up or Leading the Way with Technology in Business?
6. ATO - Chasing the Crooks
7. ATO - Compensation from them
8. ATO - Paying them Quickly
9. ATO - Products to Assist Small Business
10. ATO - Re-imagining Compliance
11. Audited by the ATO - What to Expect
• ATO Audit Process
• A Typical ATO Audit Process
• A Pre-audit Visit by the ATO (No Strings Attached)
• When the ATO calls....Don't Stress
12. AUSkey
13. Bankruptcy, Personal Insolvency - Government Information
14. Business Information Sheet - Private Expenses
15. Business Name vs Trading Name
16. Business Plan
• Preparing your Business Plan - Extensive Template
17. Business Registration Assistance
18. Business Structures
19. Capital Gains Tax - ATO: Applying Small Business Concessions
20. Charging Late Fees
21. Christmas Parties and What You Can Claim
22. Christmas Queries
23. Christmas Shutdowns
24. Civil Claims Action - How to
25. Collecting Debts - Retaining Clients Property until the Debt is Paid (Lien)
26. Collecting Debts - Security of Payment (Construction Industry)
27. Compliance Hit List for Business
28. Consumer Law
29. Consumer Rights - (Australia.gov.au)
30. Consumer Rights to a Refund
31. Debt Factoring
32. Deposits, Layby, Bonds and Part-Payments
33. Development Plans for a Business (business.vic.gov.au)
34. Direct Debit
35. Dispute Resolutions
36. Dumping your Client, How to
37. Email for Spam
38. Emergency Plans - Worksafe Requirement
39. Employing and Managing Staff
40. Engaging a Bookkeeper
41. Growing your Business - Checklist and Process from Business.gov.au
42. Home Based Business Habits
43. HR Manual - Full Template
44. Income Tax Return, Individual - Basic Checklist
45. Income Tax Return Checklist - Advanced Checklist
46. Insurance (business.gov.au), Business Topics
47. Key Questions to Ask a Potential HR Provider
48. Legal Health Check
49. Link your Business Name to your ABN
50. Marketing
51. Meetings with Clients, What can I Claim?
52. Obligations of Being in Business (ASIC)
53. Online Fraud
54. Outsourcing your Bookkeeping
55. Paperless Office
56. People Management (business.gov.au)
57. Personal Life, Have one
58. Personal Services Income (PSI)
59. PPSR (Personal Property Security Register) - An Introduction
• Does it Affect your Clients?
60. Registering an ABN or a Business Name
61. Sale of Business - Section 52
62. Selling your Business, How to Value
63. Small Business Tools from Government
64. Starting your Business
• Checklist and Process (business.gov.au)
• How to Start a Business
• ATO Checklist
65. Starting an Online Business
66. Staying Smart and Secure Online
67. Stop your People taking your Clients when they Leave (Restraint of Trade)
68. Structure of your Business (ATO)
69. Subscription Based Services Beware
70. Support for Small Business (Business.gov.au)
71. Taking Disciplinary Action: What Your Clients Need to Know
72. Uniforms
73. Workplace Policies: Why they Matter to your Clients

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Other Resources

• Income Tax Highlights

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External Resources

1. Business.gov.au, Index to all Business Topics and Obligations
2. ASIC Business Checks
3. ATO - Small Business Support Tool
4. ATO - Assisting Small Business Guides

Updated: 12th August, 2014