Australian Government Business Newsletter August 2024

Newsletter 13 August 2024 Running a side hustle: what you need to know Side hustles can be a great way to boost your income, but are they defined as a hobby or a business? What are the tax implications, and do you need to complete any registrations? We've answered some of the most common questions about side hustles. Read more Right to disconnect laws The new 'right to disconnect' laws will come into effect for businesses with 15 or more employees from 26 August 2024. Learn more about what this means for employers. Find out more Ending employment Join the Fair Work Ombudsman for a webinar on 27 August to better understand your obligations when ending an employment relationship. It will cover what you need to know about notice periods, redundancy entitlements, unfair dismissal and more. Register now Webinar: Hiring outside the box   The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' next Hiring Outside the Box webinar will be about embracing gender diversity in the workplace. On 28 August, hear guest speakers share practical strategies and benefits of building and retaining a gender diverse team.  Register now Reminder: TPAR lodging deadline 28 August The deadline for lodging your Taxable payments annual report (TPAR) is coming up on 28 August. All businesses that make payments to contractors need to report these payments in a TPAR, so find out more about whether you need to lodge one. Learn more What would you like to see more of on business.gov.au? Have your say and help us to improve business.gov.au in our newsletter poll! Today's question: what would you like to see more of on business.gov.au? Interactive tools to help me make business decisions Downloadable templates I can adapt and use in my business News articles about the latest updates, tips and resources Step-by-step guides and checklists to help me run my business Real-life stories of small to medium businesses Your answer not listed above? Tell us more New on business.gov.au: business addresses   Learn the basics when it comes to business addresses, including the difference between a principle place of business, a registered office and a postal address.    Find out more What's new in grants The Go-Green Co-Innovation Program is now open, offering small to medium sized businesses funding to support green co-innovation projects with Singapore businesses.  Five businesses are sharing in $7.4 million in Industry Growth Program grants to help commercialise their innovative projects. Projects include farm robotics, lithium foil manufacturing for next-gen batteries, bio-manufacturing and cyber security software.  Are you doing software-related R&D activities? The updated software development sector guide for the R&D Tax Incentive can help you understand when software activities that are excluded as core R&D activities might be eligible as supporting activities. Find government assistance, grants and events Use our finder tools to explore government services available to help businesses. Grants finder Adviser finder Events finder What do you think of the business.gov.au newsletter?

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