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New Faces at q4 finacial
The q4 family is growing! We have a few new team members and you may have already started to see their names pop up via email. Jessica Mahony recently joined our bookkeeping team to provide...
Read moreInside q4: Maddie
Having been a part of the q4 family for almost six years, Maddie has seen first-hand the long term benefits of the advice and services q4 provides to their clients. Working in several roles over...
Read moreIndex Funds vs Active Funds
We all know investments are a mechanism to ideally earn income, and increase wealth over time. If investments are not made in individual companies directly, they can be invested via managed funds...
Read moreQueensland Lockdown Support – August 2021
Well, we were not expecting this little COVID doozy that has been thrown at us again! We have prepared a PDF summary of this week’s announcements detailing what support is available to...
Read moreEnabling Choice
When I speak to new clients they often have similar challenges, the most common being that they don’t have ‘choice’. Choice can be many things to many people, whether that be reduced hours, travel...
Read moreWhat are Alternative Investments?
With valuations of traditional investments looking expensive as reserve banks force interest rates lower, alternative investments can offer investors reasonable returns that perform differently...
Read moreInside q4: Alethea Rose
For many of the team at q4 financial it could be said that accounting is in the blood. Alethea Rose is no exception. Building on a natural affinity for accounting in school, Alethea has built a...
Read morePreparing for the end of the financial year!
It is that time again when we need to begin to ensure we are ready for the end of the financial year. For some this means running financial calculations to find how best to be positioned for year...
Read moreUnderstanding Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT)
Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) was part of a tax reform package introduced by the Hawke Government in 1986. During the 1970’s and 80’s salary packages commonly included a range of tax-free benefits...
Read moreBudget 2021
Well if theatrics is what Australia needs, we received that last night when Josh Frydenberg delivered his budget speech. Some may interpret this as an election winning speech. We would have to...
Read moreVital checks for keeping your business healthy
Monitoring the health of your business is a priority. Aside from day-to-day management, there are a variety of areas a business needs to proactively and regularly consider to ensure all that you...
Read moreWhen the stimulus stops how will the real economy look?
It is nearly a year since the world was turned on its head and everything came to a grinding halt here in Australia. Global emissions slowed along with every aspect of the economy and, of course...
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