Garfield Mayall (previously Tanner Garfield) in Werribee joined WHK in June 2010.  With a history dating back 36 years in the region and already providing the full range of accounting and business advisory services including financial planning and superannuation, we now also provide Risk Insurance, Lending & Finance, Estate & Succession Planning, Tax Consulting and Agribusiness.

Government grants' assistance for SME's

Applying for grants can be complex, daunting and time consuming and most businesses that are eligible for a grant don't apply because they're not aware of what's available or they're put off by the sheer amount of paperwork. How can we help you?

Government Grants Newsletter April January

Farmers Grants

Government Grants Newsletter April

Carbon Tax/Carbon Farming Initiative/R&D

How will Carbon Tax impact and what are the costs to your business?
If you are a farmer, have you considered opportunities for additional future income streams?
What Research & Development Tax Incentives are available to your business?

The Geelong office recently held a seminar to help you answer these questions.  Click on the presentations to find out more.

Carbon Pricing Update

Carbon Tax and it's implications

CFI - Future Income Streams

Research & Development Tax Incentive

AusIndustry is an Australian Government specialist program delivery division of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. John Finch is AusIndustry's Regional Manager for Western Victoria and can provide information on business assistance programs. Following are links to information on the assistance programs that John discussed at the recent Carbon Tax/R&D Seminar held in Geelong.

Clean Technology Investment Programs
http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/CleanTech/InvestmentProgram/Documents/CT-InvestmentProgramFactSheet.pdf

http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/CleanTech/FoodAndFoundries/Documents/CT-FoodFoundriesFactSheet.pdf

R&D Tax Incentive
http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/InnovationandRandD/RandDTaxIncentive/Documents/RDTaxIncentive-FactSheet.pdf

Commercialisation Australia
http://www.commercialisationaustralia.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx

Enterprise Connect
http://www.enterpriseconnect.gov.au/Pages/Home.aspx

Tradex
http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/ImportandExport/TradexScheme/Documents/Tradex%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

John Finch can be contacted at john.finch@innovation.gov.au or phone 03 5320 5960.