A statement by the ATO said there would be greater ongoing examination of self-managed superannuation funds and their auditors, especially those identified as “high risk”, and that penalties of up to $10,200 would be imposed on funds falling foul of the law. This warning takes effect from July 1 2014.

The Central Coast has one of the highest teenage unemployment levels in NSW with more than 28% of the coast’s young people aged between 15 and 19 who are looking for full-time work and cannot find a job.

With more than 100 billion business emails sent each day, it remains an essential business tool.

This month’s Client in Focus is Ben Blue, owner of Central Coast business, LAB Fire Services.

Ben shares his enthusiasm about the success of his business and discusses the current challenges facing him and his team.

In addition to the usual checks, this year there are new requirements that need to be considered for the end of the financial year.

It’s not information by itself that helps drive performance, but how it’s used that really matters.

Even though everyone would be focusing on getting their records together for 2013-2014 tax year – while tax is on your mind why not familiarise yourself with the below deductions you could potentially claim in the 2014-2015 tax year!

This month’s Client in Focus is Coastal Construction & Building. We talk to owner Mark Walsh, about how the building industry has changed and how his business has grown since he first started in 2007.

Why doesn’t the government just get out of the way and let the private sector – the “real revolutionaries” – innovate? It’s rhetoric you hear everywhere, and Mariana Mazzucato wants to dispel it.

In an energetic talk, she shows how the state – which many see as a slow, hunkering behemoth – is really one of our most exciting risk-takers and market-shapers.

Which actor in the economy is most responsible for making radical innovation happen?

Mariana Mazzucato comes up with a surprising answer: the state.