VOLUME 7 - ISSUE 3 - SPRING 2009
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Community - 25 years on

Shortly after Bruce Saward asked Cliff Dawson to join a small Chartered Accountancy practice in 1984, the firm moved into premises in Prospect Street Box Hill. Twenty-five years later, we are celebrating this significant milestone and getting involved in a very special project.

Saward Dawson now has four principals and a staff approaching 60. We are committed to making a difference in the local and broader communities and actively support not-for-profit organisations. This is the underlying ethos that has driven the firm’s success.

A life changing project launch

To commemorate 25 years in the City of Whitehorse, we are launching a project that will significantly change communities in one of Asia’s most poverty stricken countries, Cambodia. This country needs to recover and rebuild after years of war and turmoil. Saward Dawson, in partnership with World Vision and Entrust, has committed to supporting a project that is already enabling people to lift themselves, their families and communities out of extreme poverty.

This World Vision Economic Development project stimulates and develops local economies by working with communities to identify effective methods to develop existing businesses and start up new ones. World Vision's approach empowers communities by helping them to address the issues that keep them poor and give them skills required to start and run successful businesses.

This project is supported by the Australian Government through AusAID who will provide $3 for every $1 raised by the Saward Dawson community. Entrust and Saward Dawson have committed to ensuring that 100% of monies raised will go directly to the project. (Read more about the project)

 

Client Infocus
Land Design Partnership - Meeting the challenge

Land Design enjoy it when people don’t notice their work; they just use it, walk past it and enjoy it. As Landscape Architects, they have an important role to play as we change our surroundings. Under-pinning all of their work is the concept of "environmental sustainability."  Read more

Getting the good coffee

Peter Irvine, co-founder of Gloria Jean’s Coffees, recently presented his “20 keys to catapult you towards your vision” at one of our highly successful business seminars. He talked about the importance of a positive attitude and sticking to your vision.   Read more

The essential ingredient

Performance Management has emerged as a key priority for many organisations. It is the vehicle that drives the execution of the vision by aligning individual contributions to organisational goals.   Read more

Staff taxation services

We are pleased to announce a new initiative to assist businesses in providing additional services to key employees. Saward Dawson will visit your workplace and provide one-on-one interviews with staff to discuss their taxation requirements. We will then give priority to completing their tax returns ensuring a prompt outcome.
This is a positive way of adding value to your staff.  Read more

Simplified business registrations agreed

The Council of Australian Governments has approved a plan to simplify the current registration system for prospective businesses whose trading name will be different to their legal name.  Read more

Business Health Check

Our Business Health Check only takes about 5 - 10 minutes for most business owners to complete but it could put your business in the best possible shape as we progress out of the Global Financial Crisis.  Read more

Business Hall of Fame

As recognition of “having achieved the highest merit and standard of business excellence and contribution to the Whitehorse and wider community”, Saward Dawson is very pleased to be one of the inaugural inductees into the Whitehorse Business Hall of Fame.

The presentation was made recently at the annual Whitehorse Business Awards dinner and included other well known organisations such as Box Hill Institute, Moores Legal, Deakin University, Epworth Eastern and the Hard Rock Climbing Company.

Holiday house owned by trust or company

This year's Federal Budget included a small but significant change that widens the definition of what is a “payment” to include the supply of assets at less than market rates to shareholders.  Read more

Count newsletter

Read the latest Count Report with articles including:

bulletFinding the right time to contribute to superannuation

bulletInvesting for income - what are the options

bulletEstate planning - what to do with an inheritance

Around the firm

We welcome Vernis Tan and Ai Ling Tan who have joined us from university and will be working in our Taxation and Business Advisory teams. Amanda Otten, an experienced Chartered Accountant, has also joined us in a part time role in our Superannuation team.

Congratulations to Kirsty and Simon Farrugia on the birth of their first child Oliver.

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Disclaimer: This publication has been prepared on the basis of information available at the date of preparation. The information is general in nature and is not to be taken as substitute for specific professional advice. We recommend that our advice be sought on specific issues prior to acting on transactions affected.
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