Guide to a turnaround

Failure is the norm rather than the exception for businesses. The signs can be plain: the business isn’t expanding and you’re having trouble meeting financial obligations. Or the competition is getting intense in an oversaturated market. At this stage, acting quickly gives your business the best chance of recovering, avoiding mounting debt, and returning to profitability. There are […]

Debt review and analysis

What is debt review? Debt review aims to restructure the process of paying your debt. A professional will assess your outstanding debt and will implement a restructured debt repayment plan. This can be done by renegotiating interest rates with credit providers and extend your debt repayment terms. It is important that you are honest during […]

ATO on your credit rating

Per the 2016/17 MYEFO, effective from 1 July 2017, the ATO will be given the power to disclose tax debt information to credit reporting bureaus where taxpayers have not previously engaged with the ATO in relation to the payment of their debts. Initially, the new measures will only be used in relation to business related […]

Launch of our video platform

We have recently been working through a range of education and information videos to support our partners or to give you some understanding of the issues that arise in the management of taxation or restructure issues. Understanding that some of the issues that arise are complicated and need further explanation, each video tries to cover […]

Using a LRBA within a SMSF

An “integrity” measure, which aimed to stop Self managed superfunds (“SMSF”) trustees from manipulating their total superannuation balance in order to keep below the $1.6 million threshold, may have the unintended outcome of reducing the appeal of Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements (“LRBA”). Legislated changes to LRBAs in regard to calculating an SMSF member’s total superannuation […]

Preferences? How are they fair?

Tips on defending a liquidator’s preference claim. Preferences are payments or transfers of assets that give a creditor an advantage over other creditors. Any payments or transfers made to a creditor within a certain period before a company is placed into liquidation, may in certain circumstances be recovered by a liquidator. Preferences are usually payments […]

Payment arrangements

There are no hard and fast rules as to what the Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”) will consider to be acceptable for a payment. This is because their policies generally refine with time. Prior to undertaking any payment arrangement, it is important to ensure that whatever is proposed is sustainable for your business. For smaller amounts, […]

Importance of lodging your BAS on time

You’re at the end of the quarter and are going to leave the BAS to later, why is this a bad thing? The timely lodgements of Business Account Statements’s (“BAS”) is one of the biggest risk for the operators of businesses and can turn a business debt into a personal debt. For businesses lodging late […]

Welcome to C&D Restructure

The team at C&D would like to welcome you to our website. Whilst the name is new the business remains the same. Lead by Craig Dangar, we continue to offer comprehensive support for our professional partners.