Author: Mark Smith

I am a Sydney-based business consultant, MBA, a member of the Graduate Management Association of Australia, the Tax Institute & NSW Young Lawyers - and work across finance, manufacturing, property development, agriculture and litigation sectors. With my background in large-scale project management, investing, business start-up - I strive to guide my projects, clients and partners through a range of legal, tax and business issues faced from time to time. To further the value added to my projects, clients, and partners, I am presently undertaking legal studies, and am in my final year of a Juris Doctor (Masters Degree, Post Graduate Law) at the University of Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma of Business Law at UNSW (deferred). I provide case-management, litigation funding and other services applying my expertise and past experience to head off business, taxation and legal issues and effectively structure corporate bodies for the future.
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Free debt collection tool

Is your business or are you personally owed money by a company here in Australia?

If yes – and if the amount in over $2,000 – it is likely you are able to use our free debt collection tool called the Creditors Statutory Demand.

To find out – click here and complete the check list, then proceed to collect the money (no charge from us).

To schedule a free review of your current business structure click the following link: Book a meeting instantly

To view our knowledge base glossary – for the definition of a term click the following link:  Glossary of terms

To view our knowledge base click the following link: Knowledge base

take our free Business Health Check and receive bespoke, obligation free advice suited to your needs within minutes.

Otherwise – click here to book a free appointment, call me anytime on 1300-327123 (till late), or click the chat tool – bottom right corner to instant chat now

Thanks, Mark Smith, Director

If you need help with your business’ finance, to access more finance, complete the form below:

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Debts of $2000+ that your business owes

Does your business owe debts it can’t currently pay? If so, and particularly if your business owes any single debts of $2000 or more – take our Business Health Check – click here: http://4799618.hs-sites.com/business-health-check-0

To go to our knowledge base – click here: https://n37.0de.myftpupload.com/knowledge-base/ For more information – chat with us live using our instant chat tools (bottom corners), book an appointment or call now on 1300-327123 (till late).

Transcript:

business asset protection, dealing with the debts that your business owes
today we’re talking about the debts that your business owes to our businesses with a sole traders partnerships or even other companies and where those debts more than $2,000

we’re obviously in extraordinarily difficult times its today’s the 20th of March 2020 and

we’re obviously in an extraordinarily tricky set of times and
there may be for very good reasons there may be reasons why your business cannot meet its obligations today
maybe you’re a retail business
maybe you’re a service business and your customer base has dried up your cash flow is dried up
it could be a landlord that you owe money to well we’ve got it’s very important that you keep your head focused on the solutions and and not pretend that they don’t exist because just won’t make it any better
we’ve got this tool that we’ve when now making available more widely
obligation free to members of the public businesses, partnerships yes well really they’ve got got to be business debts but primarily if you’re a company this and your debt is over $2000 this service “should” be of some assistance to you it’s absolutely free upfront and we do get paid in the back end but it’s absolutely free service upfront no charge to you and if we hope to save you money and maybe we might help to save your business and your family home and many other assets well there’s there’s a fee in the back end
but you don’t have to worry about anything upfront it’s a completely free service
we include some links below to our knowledgebase explaining how the service actually works in some more detail
and there is a form an online form that you can complete where it starts the process
and you can you can use this tool
doesn’t matter how many organizations how many businesses that your business owes money to primarily it helps with business debts over $2,000 but they can really be any size that and it’s just to you know help keep the lights on help keep the things running
but help you to make your legal obligations
more generally we do have another suite of products helping you to you know looking at your business helping you with business plans and that sort of thing but also helping you with the structuring of your business to protect your personal and business assets
so they don’t form part of what we’re discussing today
we’re only talking about the debts that your business owes
but if your business is also owed money then we have our services so please check out our our knowledgebase give us a call 1300-327123 and discuss your problems
or
alternatively go to our website www.assetprotection.biz and use the live chat tool down in the bottom left-hand corner have a chat with us
we’re here to help
no fees upfront and you can you can call us anytime till late most days
so 1300-327123 – Mark Smith is my name on the director of this business and
we’d love to help you thank you

take our free Business Health Check and receive bespoke, obligation free advice suited to your needs within minutes.

Otherwise – click here to book a free appointment, call me anytime on 1300-327123 (till late), or click the chat tool – bottom right corner to instant chat now

Thanks, Mark Smith, Director

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Debts owed to your business

Having too many or too few debtors could be a sign of poor business health – take our Business Health Check.

Having too few (or no) debtors might mean that your business could expand its business by offering to the right clientele some limited credit facilities?

To schedule a free review of your current business structure click the following link: Book a meeting instantly

To view our knowledge base glossary – for the definition of a term click the following link:  Glossary of terms

To view our knowledge base click the following link: Knowledge base

take our free Business Health Check and receive bespoke, obligation free advice suited to your needs within minutes.

Otherwise – click here to book a free appointment, call me anytime on 1300-327123 (till late), or click the chat tool – bottom right corner to instant chat now

Thanks, Mark Smith, Director

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The importance of your business plan

Watch our latest video on your business plan or alternatively complete our Business Health Check to obtain a detailed report on the Health of your Business together with recommendations.

To take our free Business Health Check click here.

To schedule a free review of your current business structure click the following link: Book a meeting instantly

To view our knowledge base glossary – for the definition of a term click the following link:  Glossary of terms

To view our knowledge base click the following link: Knowledge base

For any other questions chat with us now using the live chat icon in the bottom corner of your screen.

For more information – chat with us live using our instant chat tools (bottom corners), book an appointment or call now on 1300-327123 (till late).

take our free Business Health Check and receive bespoke, obligation free advice suited to your needs within minutes.

Otherwise – click here to book a free appointment, call me anytime on 1300-327123 (till late), or click the chat tool – bottom right corner to instant chat now

Thanks, Mark Smith, Director

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What is the best structure for my business? Sole trader, company, partnership, trust or something else?

Watch our latest video on your business structure or alternatively complete our Business Health Check to obtain a detailed report on the Health of your Business together with recommendations.

To take our free Business Health Check click here.

To schedule a free review of your current business structure click the following link: Book a meeting instantly

To view our knowledge base glossary – for the definition of a term click the following link:  Glossary of terms

To view our knowledge base click the following link: Knowledge base

For any other questions chat with us now using the live chat icon in the bottom corner of your screen.

For more information – chat with us live using our instant chat tools (bottom corners), book an appointment or call now on 1300-327123 (till late).

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Should your business have an ABN?

We do recommend in most case that your business has an ABN. Watch the below video to consider why.

For more information – chat with us live using our instant chat tools (bottom corners), book an appointment or call now on 1300-327123 (till late).

To contact us with any tip-offs, files or information – please use the instant chat tools or form below:

Transcript:

Fast facts video
business asset protection
should you have an ABN?
this is a very very basic question?
should your business have an ABN?
but if you’re buying or selling at all once you get to $75,000 turnover you’ve absolutely got to have it
if you’re buying goods – there’s a very good chance and actually if you’re buying services as well there’s very good chance that you’ll be buying goods or services and include a GST component
so you will want to be registered for GST so that you can claim the input cost of those items
For example: if you buy this pen for $100 and you can and you sell it for $200 you claim $10 or actually $9.10 this pen costs $91.90 without GST and $100 with GST you then go and sell it for $200 you sell it for $181.80 plus 10% GST
so you’re collecting GST and your paying GST
by being registered for GST you get the inputs
now the bad news is that you also have to pay the GST but that’s why you want to have an ABN – so that you can claim all the inputs
another very very good reason is as your business grows you’ll want to borrow and without an ABN, without a record of all your dealings with the tax office
without more taxes paid
there’s very good chance that you won’t be able to get funds to accelerate and grow your business without an ABN, without a trading history, without bank statements and all the rest but certainly not without an ABN
so we highly recommend it we can give you links here on this page
you can subscribe to our videos by clicking the subscribe button down in the bottom right hand corner of the YouTube screen and
we hope to see you soon on another video thank you

For more information – chat with us live using our instant chat tools (bottom corners), book an appointment or call now on 1300-327123 (till late).

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Savings fee: save on your business debts over $2000

https://youtu.be/lPkM6p50pDI

take our free Business Health Check and receive bespoke, obligation free advice suited to your needs within minutes.

Otherwise – click here to book a free appointment, call me anytime on 1300-327123 (till late), or click the chat tool – bottom right corner to instant chat now

Thanks, Mark Smith, Director

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What is a liquidator?

What is a liquidator

A liquidator is a person appointed, in the winding up of a corporation, to assume control of the company’s affairs and to discharge its liabilities in preparation for its dissolution.  The appointment of a liquidator may be done voluntarily (by the proprietors) or via the courts (usually upon the application of a creditor – very often the ATO using a creditors statutory demand).

The process of the liquidator conducting the affairs of the company and realising its assets is called liquidation.

The liquidator’s role is to ascertain the liabilities (and assets) of the company, convert its assets into money, terminate its contracts, dispose of its business, distribute the net assets to creditors and any surplus (which is rare) to the shareholders and/or proprietors.

The liquidator will extinguish the company, lawfully, as a corporation on the records of ASIC by formal dissolution.

In determining the assets of a company, it is the liquidator’s duty to determine whether particular assets under the company’s control are owned by the company or others – i.e. stock may be purchased subject to a retention of title, vehicles may be on a corporate hire purchase and secured via a PPSR.

BAP can assist company directors to structure their assets and affairs, if not insolvent, in such a fashion to provide lawful asset protection.  To discuss how we can help to structure your company’s affairs and assets to provide maximum asset protection, please click here to book an appointment, call 1300-327123 (1300-DCP123), or complete the below form.

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ATO kills McGrath franchisee overnight … 

We’ve been researching the circumstances of a number of once successful real estate businesses which have recently gone into receivership, administration or closed.

One business, a McGrath franchisee with dozens of off the plan sales, a large rent roll and the backing of head office (seemingly), was killed by the ATO.

Another business, Castlecrag Realty Pty Ltd (receivers and managers appointed), trading as Stone Castlecrag is presently in receivership.  It is understood the owner was experiencing personal difficulties.

Our research, which we’d like to share with agents in competition, indicates some or all of each of these situations might have been avoided by more thoughtful structuring and asset protection arrangements.

The McGrath business was wound up, more or less overnight, by the ATO.

The Castlecrag business is seemingly in very real financial distress.

Business Asset Protection, applying the research these cases (and others) have uncovered, is offering free business structuring health checks for estate agencies – particularly in the current slow and falling market where finance is difficult to obtain, overheads are fixed and the present election cycles may be causing distress.

To arrange a free structuring health check call now on 1300-327123 or complete the below form.

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ATO kills huge liquor business overnight … 

We’ve been researching the circumstances of a once highly successful liquor manufacturing business, with a huge client base – domestically as well as around the world.

This business had grown and prospered for more than 50 years until this year.  This hard work was all undone overnight when it was wound-up by an aggressive ATO.

Our research indicates some or all of the situation could have been avoided with more thoughtful structuring and asset protection arrangements.

The business was wound up, more or less overnight, by the ATO.

50 years of hard work bought undone overnight.

Business Asset Protection, applying the research this case has uncovered, is offering free business structuring health checks for companies – particularly in high tax sectors such as liquor, with slow paying wholesale customers or those experiencing growing inventory levels.

To arrange a free structuring health check call now on 1300-327123 or complete the below form.

 

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