Insolvency and COVID-19: Australia
Whether your business, practice or clients are in financial distress during this time, it is important to seek help early. View our resources to help you with insolvency.
Reasons why businesses go insolvent:
- Loss of major customer
- New competitor
- Business growing too fast
- Business outgrowing its founders’ know-how
Signs to look for with your business and your clients:
- Time spent on financial crisis is more than time spent managing the business
- Cashflow tightened
- Forecast targets consistently missed
- Accounts payable days stretching from 30 to 90 days plus
- Superannuation and tax obligations sliding
Read more about these reasons and signs, and how you can help save companies from insolvency in the article below.
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Q&A: Client in insolvency
This Q&A answers: What client information am I required to give to an insolvency practitioner in Australia?
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Navigating and making decisions during COVID-19: Decision tree
CA ANZ has designed a decision tree tool for our members in New Zealand and Australia aimed to help business make decisions in a COVID-19 world.
'Tips on managing clients effectively through COVID & beyond' webinar
View a recording of the webinar on our COVID-19 Sharing Knowledge Webinar Sessions page.
Helping clients with companies in financial distress in Australia
This guidance outlines options available to your clients, and where to go for specific insolvency and turnaround advice.
'Businesses in distress: strategies and options' webinar
View a recording of the webinar on our COVID-19 Sharing Knowledge Webinar Sessions page.
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Australian Bankruptcy Act 1966 with regulations and rules (CCH Australia, 2019) ebook
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