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5 August 2026

What the CGT Changes Mean for Builders and Developers

Current as of 6 August 2026: If you own the yard your business runs from, a commercial uni...
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4 August 2026

The ATO is no longer waiting on late lodgements

There was a stretch of years where a late BAS or an overdue return was quietly tolerated. ...
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4 August 2026

Meet Declan Marston, Consultant at Xact Accounting and Advisory

Declan is an Advisory Consultant in Xact's Advisory team, based on the Sunshine Coast. He ...
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3 August 2026

Building the Sales Machine to Take You to $50M

Construction is a catch and kill industry. Revenue lives and dies with projects. There is ...
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30 June 2026

Tax Reform Update

Current as at 30 June 2026. If you run a construction or trade business, you have probably...
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29 June 2026

Loss carry back returns on 1 July 2026: what construction company owners need to know

Construction runs in cycles. A strong couple of years can flip to a hard one quickly: a ma...
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28 June 2026

Meet Carl Scuderi, Client Director at Xact Accounting and Advisory

Carl joined Xact as a Client Director, bringing a Chartered Accounting background and arou...
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26 June 2026

Payday Super Is Live

From 1 July 2026, the way you pay super changed. Employers must now pay employees' superan...
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25 June 2026

Australian Accounting Awards 2026: How Xact Won Twice

Xact Accounting has won both Best Wellness Program/Initiative of the Year and Marketing Pr...
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24 June 2026

The 4.75% wage rise is already live. The question is whether your job costing caught up.

From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026, modern award rates rose by 4.75%.
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24 June 2026

The instant asset write-off, and why this year you can stop watching the calendar

If you have ever scrambled in June to work out whether a purchase would be deductible befo...
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24 June 2026

From Static Budget to Rolling Forecast: A Practical Framework for Builders

Every builder has had the job that felt fine the whole way through. The site ran, the invo...
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