Taged Articles: Capital Raising

As an accountant, bookkeeper, or business advisor, you know that SMEs often struggle with financial planning, business scaling and long-term sustainability. But what if you could be the key to tran…

When reviewing the Product Packages offered by ESS BIZTOOLS to help accountants and bookkeepers ‘DELIVER ADVISORY SERVICES TO SME CLIENTS’, it's important to understand the foundation on which these…

In today’s fluctuating economic climate, businesses must navigate complex financial landscapes to ensure sustainability and growth. Our new eLearning course, Small Business Equity Financing, is desi…

The 20/12 rule known as the ‘Small Scale Offerings’ has been a great source of capital for thousands of SME companies for about 40 years. Advertising and marketing this type of capital raising is no…

Companies seeking to raise funds from investors by utilising Section 708 of the Corporations Act need to ensure that only ‘personal offers’ are made, and that there is no marketing or advertising rel…

Companies seeking to raise funds from investors by utilising Section 708 of the Corporations Act need to ensure that only ‘personal offers’ are made, and that there is no marketing or advertising rel…

NO, this is a MYTH! Section 708 of the Corporations Act gives a special exemption from having to produce a ‘Disclosure Document” for companies undertaking ‘Small Scale Offerings’. This is commonly k…

Investors who contribute capital to a company that wishes to qualify as an Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC) receive significant taxation benefits from the ATO for their investment in a company t…

The GIANT AWAKENING The '2024 NAB Accounting and Financial Planning Report' revealed that 85% of surveyed Accounting Firms are “offering business strategy”, emphasizing the growing importance of Adv…

BIRCHAL have reported that only “380 companies were successful in raising capital from Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising in 5 years.” EQUITISE have reported that they “take on fewer than 5% of th…

The Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising amendments to the Corporations Act in 2018 enabled private companies to be able to offer the public shares as an alternative to borrowing money. Crowd Source…

This is a MYTH! Whilst eligible ‘Unlisted Public Companies’ are able to utilise Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising to raise capital, very importantly, so can ‘Private Companies’. When the legisla…

Most innovative businesses will need to seek “seed capital” to get them started. This will be funding primarily from friends, family and associates who are aware of your client’s innovative project…

Undertaking an innovative project invariably costs more money than what the inventor originally envisaged. This is when the inventor will need assistance, normally from an accountant to raise capital…

Inflation over 7%, interest rates rising, unemployment about 3.5%, business failures are increasing, cost of living is rising very fast. Debtors days outstanding are increasing – causing cash flow i…

In the Thomson Reuters White Paper released last week, a key comment was, “The past has no future.” In the discussions relative to financing of businesses, accountants were put on notice that SMEs we…

“Through internal surveys and external data, employees tell us that purposeful, meaningful work is an important driver attached to job satisfaction and retention.” This is a key comment in the recen…

Accounting News Maximising R&D tax benefits: a guide for accountants and bookkeepers By Peter Towers – ESS BIZTOOLS Pty Ltd SME owners value advisors who can offer more than just tax complianc…

Accounting News Implementing your client’s vision By Peter Towers – ESS BIZTOOLS Pty Ltd “I need help attracting investors for a new product that I have developed.” Sound familiar? It’s a commen…