Get ready to get ahead at tax time
Achieving tax efficiencies and making the most of your personal or business cashflow is all part of well-considered financial planning. However, you’ll need to plan ahead at tax time.
Achieving tax efficiencies and making the most of your personal or business cashflow is all part of well-considered financial planning. However, you’ll need to plan ahead at tax time.
Running an intergenerational farming business goes hand in hand with unpredictable production outputs, fluctuations in income and other financial and seasonal stresses. Being at the mercy of so many external factors can also lead to more personal stresses, such as feeling overwhelmed or a fear of failure.
‘Healthy, wealthy and wise’ isn’t just a saying – it’s now well known that your personal and financial wellbeing are closely intertwined.
The good news is, there are some everyday actions you can take to help build both personal resilience and a more resilient business.
Informed decision making aligned to your long-term goals is key to achieving farming business and personal financial success…
There is no doubt that drought has affected us all, in one way or another – personally and financially.
For farming businesses, access to finance is an important aspect of recovering from drought and planning for long-term business sustainability. And while there are several drought support initiatives available for farming businesses and families, the application and approval processes can be onerous and time consuming.
Wouldn’t it be nice to see the future… not just to get a head start on the coming seasons but to be ready and able to tackle any situation that gets thrown at your business.
While I don’t have a crystal ball, I can help you develop a resilient farming business that is able to manage through and recover from a crisis.
Farmers are now faced with extraordinarily long lead times for securing finance, more formal annual review processes for renewals and additional scrutiny and documentation requirements. Without the finance you need, you could miss out on business opportunities. Find out what you can do to stay ahead of the game.
Farm production planning comes with significant stress in terms of maintaining farm business sustainability and achieving profitability, and the fact is, a poor decision can have significant impact on your bottom line for years to come.
What if you could make more informed decisions about production efficiencies and understand the financial impact of different production or planting/stock options before you made decisions – would it help you to achieve better outcomes this year?
One thing that is certain for a farming business is that nothing is certain! When your income depends on factors out of your control, debt becomes a part of life that enables you to fund working capital or expand your business. But when it comes to securing agricultural finance, it’s not so straight forward and…
By Phillip “Dibbo” Dibben “I didn’t think I’d be able to let go, but I have actually enjoyed seeing my kids starting to take over. As we have all worked on the succession plan together, we all agree about the changes we are implementing for the future benefit of everyone. I feel proud that our…
What’s fair is not always equal Strategise By Phillip “Dibbo” Dibben “Five Steps for Succession Success is a collaboration between Kelly Kelly Legal and Financial Services SA.” “We want to be fair when planning our legacy. We have an idea of the big picture and longer-term plans for the family business, and we want to…