businessDEPOT building and construction services, contractors, QBCC, Queensland Building and Construction Commission, consulting services, asset protection

1. @business_DEPOT businessdepot businessdepot.com.au

3. Head of Tax & Super
• Building & Construction
• Property
• Small to medium business
m.garrone@businessdepot.com.au
(07) 3193 3002
0404 869 255
@mgarrone

5. • Residential & Commercial builders
• Contractors – Tiling, Air-conditioning, Electrical, Plumbing, Fencing – you name it
• High-rise
• Franchise groups
• Other accountants & advisors

6. • Real Estate
• Property
• Small to Medium businesses – start-up, growing, big, sale or succession

12. • Managing growth – people, strategy & execution, financial management, margins
• Building up cash reserves
• Making hay while the sun shines
• Business efficiency – internal process, on-site management
• Protect your assets & wealth

14. • QBCC
• Licensing – lifeblood of the industry
• Reviews
• Management of Financial Requirements

15. • Stay up to date – Newsletters, Blogs
• Industry - QBCC
• Management
• Accounting & Tax – contractor reviews

16. • Management – Understand your business
• Real time reporting!
• Monthly / Quarterly performance & strategy meeting
• Rolling 12 month forecast – budget to actual
• KPI’s and targets – margin, break-even
• Growth & Turnaround

17. • Asset Protection – Protect your wealth from claims & unexpected events
• Structure & asset protection reviews
• Restructures to protect your home and business profits
• Retired or succession – protect your retirement

18. • Don’t forget the basics:
• Accounting
• Tax, GST, Payroll Tax, Contractor reviews
• Bookkeeping
• Cloud & Integration – Xero, MYOB, Databuild, Workbench
• Self-managed super (SMSF) & Property

28. • Understand the industry
• The good, bad and ugly
• Before & after 2007
• All types of businesses
• Start-up, growth, big, sale or succession - one man contractor to big business
• Depth of experience – management, accounting, tax & super
• Wider offering through Collective services – CFO Consulting, Marketing & Advertising

30. • Impact of technology on industry
• More cloud & more integration
• Real time reporting
• Better financial management tools – Fathom, Spotlight
• Collective services – CFO Consulting, Marketing & Advertising
• Closer relationships - Tradiepad