1. Latest clarity on casual v permanent employees
2. What happens to my builder’s license if my company is in external administration?
3. How early access superannuation scheme withdrawals are treated in bankruptcy
4. The power of 139ZQ notices in undervalued transactions
5. ATO reporting certain tax debt to credit reporting bureaus

1. The ATO’s approach to debt collection and small business insolvency will seismically shift
2. Retail & hospitality: what rental relief is now available?
3. The state of play: financial support for COVID-19 restrictions
4. A financial year in review: insolvency appointments and economic factors
5. Is social stigma towards bankruptcy and liquidation useful?

1. Court tests the ATO’s “presumption of resulting trust” claim for $9m tax judgment
2. When deceased estates and insolvency collide
3. Peak indebtedness rule squashed for preference payment claims
4. Successful insolvency practitioners embrace tech
5. Creditor-defeating dispositions

1. Australia’s ninth largest mortgage lender is open for business—but mind the risk
2. My company is in financial distress—how can Worrells help?
3. Court-appointed receivers & statutory trustees: the reasons to appoint
4. Public examinations during COVID-19 lockdown
5. Insolvency appointments remain depressed

1. What clients must consider when considering an ATO repayment plan
2. Business owners’ mental health and decision-making
3. Proposed amendments to the small business insolvency reforms
4. Maritime claims in an insolvency appointment
5. Real property, co-owners, and bankruptcy

1. What is an advisor’s role during COVID recovery?
2. Where is your client’s business positioned post-Covid?
3. 2021 and things are getting back to normal
4. What has changed with the Government’s SME loan guarantee scheme?
5. Employee Entitlements – The importance of documentation

1. Minimising exposure under personal guarantees
2. One-year bankruptcy discussions
3. Trust companies and insolvency reform
4. No insolvency tsunami in sight
5. What are your clients’ corporate insolvency options in 2021?

1. ATO debt collection and scrutiny predictions for 2021
2. A guide to small business restructuring: Part two.
3. An insolvency practitioner’s 5 top tips for business survival in 2021
4. Do my clients qualify for a small business restructuring process?
5. Warning: Potential inheritance at risk during bankruptcy

1. A guide to the small business restructuring
2. Debtor-in-possession vs creditor-in-possession
3. A Deed of Company Arrangement to fix a trading crisis in a hospitality business
4. Director sentiment results for end of 2020
5. JobKeeper overpayments and the ATO

1. Business loan repayment deferrals are expiring
2. Small business debt restructuring process: a case study
3. Curbing illegal phoenix activity
4. Private lending—The current state of play
5. Insolvency appointments remain depressed
6. Income contributions in bankruptcy

1. The role of the small business restructuring practitioner
2. Simplified liquidation process outlined
3. How to transform challenges into opportunities…
4. What to expect in a meeting with an insolvency practitioner

1. COVID-19’s insolvent trading moratorium is expiring
2. Insolvency reforms to support small business
3. Prepare for the end of lease regulations
4. Australia’s economic recovery: is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
5. Important changes to Incorporated Association Laws
6. Insolvency law changes shift rights of all creditors, bar the ATO

1. Are government stimulus measures delaying the inevitable?
2. SME loans guarantee scheme ill-conceived
3. Is your balance sheet COVID-19 ready?
4. Latest case law challenges third-party payments position in a liquidation scenario
5. Key considerations and concerns for the retail sector
6. COVID-19 support measures cause significant drop in insolvency appointments

1. Key warning signs for a business in trouble
2. Protecting investment of small business owners through the PPSR
3. Voluntary administrators’ personal liability in the current COVID-19 climate
4. Risks of working for family in matters of insolvency
5. Dual insolvency appointments over the same company

1. Alternative appointments handled by insolvency practitioners
2. Navigating COVID-19 and the workplace laws
3. Personal Guarantees and Deeds of Company Arrangement
4. Using a section 73 proposal to annul a bankruptcy

1. How a Deed of Company Arrangement can enable business survival
2. Private lending—The current state of play
3. Deceased estates can be subject to the Bankruptcy Act
4. Corporations Act adapts to COVID-19 social distancing
5. Appointment trend unaffected by current economic climate

1. What will happen to already distressed businesses following COVID-19?
2. COVID-19: Insolvent trading provisions
3. COVID-19 and “Holding DOCAs”
4. Payroll tax relief measures
5. COVID-19—Early access to superannuation while bankrupt

1. Government economic response—new insolvency rules
2. Director penalty regime extended to GST, WET, and LCT
3. Case Study: Working out a development problem—thinking outside the square
4. Understanding how chronic stress and business financial challenges affects people
5. When a capital raise and a director penalty notice collide

1. Treasury Laws Amendment (Combatting Illegal Phoenixing) Bill 2019 passed
2. Insolvent trading conviction: Kleenmaid director gets 9 years’ jail
3. Private lending—The current state of play
4. Personal insolvencies fall to lowest levels in 20 years
5. Bushfire relief: a guide for advisors

1. Cyptocurrency and bankruptcy
2. Potential tax benefits of members’ voluntary liquidation
3. What happens to property acquired after a bankruptcy starts?
4. Six client questions to uncover business distress
5. Key industry insolvency trends: 2013-19

1. Royal assent for ATO to disclose business tax debt information
2. The power (and mess) of security interests
3. Director sentiment index survey uncovers pessimistic outlook
4. 2019: A year in review
5. Proper advice could save your life

1. Section 569 recoveries in a liquidation
2. Voluntarily deregistering a company
3. Other options to exit a failed business
4. Director duties: risk versus reward
5. The who and where of corporate insolvencies

1. Single Touch Payroll: The ATO’s tightened grip on superannuation
2. Beyond phoenixing and the director ID solution
3. FEG rejects employee long service claims—advisors take note
4. Using mediation to resolve shareholder disputes
5. Enforcing income contributions in bankruptcy

1. Foodora riders: employee entitlement underpayment
2. Court-ordered termination of a well-known Community Titles Scheme
3. The family home and bankruptcy
4. The current buy-now-pay-later marketplace
5. Personal insolvency statistics update

1. Combatting Illegal Phoenixing Bill reintroduced into parliament
2. The effectiveness of the safe harbour regime
3. Regulation matters are heating up
4. The end of the corporate veil?
5. Transfer of business provisions and employee entitlements

1. The Amerind High Court decision
2. Bankruptcy income assessments
3. Long term business survival
4. Debt agreement reform

1. Director penalty notice change to superannuation rules
2. What company liabilities are provable in liquidation?
3. Recoveries, the bank vs unsecured creditors
4. Challenging the ATO on a garnishee notice
5. Personal insolvencies continue to fall

1. Avoiding a liquidator’s preference claim
2. Can a liquidator pursue a director without all the facts?
3. Bankruptcy and income tax returns
4. Compromised mental health and debt matters
5. ATO winding up applications

1. Storm Financial lessons and the banking royal commission
2. Private Lending—The current state of play
3. Capital gains tax in insolvency appointments
4. Attacking trusts in bankruptcy
5. Miscalculating profit margin results in desperate measures to source funds

1. Banking royal commission fires up ASIC
2. Licensed builders beware!
3. Personal insolvencies plummet
4. Caravan manufacturer and director fined for failure to supply goods
5. The power of deeming income contributions

1. Napoleon Perdis in Voluntary Administration
2. Buy-now-pay-later operators probed by Senate inquiry
3. Priority alert: Your PPSR registration may be expiring!
4. Assetless administrations assetless no more
5. A bankrupt can’t be a director
6. 139ZQ Notices: The powers and complications

1. Insolvency guide to avoiding a festive crisis
2. Personal insolvency statistics not what was expected
3. Discharge from bankruptcy is not always the end
4. Which debts are extinguished in bankruptcy
5. The practical issues of assigning a right to sue

1. Directors required to sign up for identification numbers
2. Real property leases and insolvency ipso facto clauses
3. Unreasonable director-related transactions
4. Property market risks: 4 points for investor clients
5. Bad asset protection strategies

1. Bill passed for new debt agreement criteria and provisions
2. Bankruptcy and superannuation
3. Director penalty notices
4. Key failures of SMEs
5. Liquidators’ challenges in quantifying creditor claims

1. Ipso facto insolvency law reform
2. Is your director client insolvent?
3. How employee fraud happens
4. Bankruptcies on the rise
5. When to apply to court to appoint a receiver

1. Loans for wages/salary can constitute a priority claim
2. Lockdown DPNs and personal liability
3. ATO Hotline: another measure to prevent illegal phoenix activity
4. 18 failed companies in a 6-year period
5. Unclaimed trust funds

1. PPSA: Financiers’ new tactic to sidestep
2. Exempt property—life insurance policies
3. Non-payment of superannuation entitlements—a window of opportunity
4. ASIC warns consumers about using credit repair and debt advice services
5. Statistics show growth in personal insolvencies

1. What makes a transaction in bankruptcy voidable?
2. Federal Budget addresses key insolvency issues
3. A new era of funding
4. Protecting assets in self-managed super funds

1. How ATO garnishee notices work
2. Moving from a sole trader to company
3. Unclaimed money—what is it?
4. Formal restructure saves family business
5. Ruining your running account defence

1. Liquidation brings new sporting clubs initiative
2. Superannuation obligations and the layers of complexity
3. What can be taken or sold in bankruptcy?
4. Does bankruptcy affect Australian visa applications and/or citizenship?
5. Bankruptcy: It’s good for your health!

1. Eligibility criteria for debt agreements set to change
2. Tax whack turns the solvent to insolvent!
3. New Notifiable Data Breach Scheme: Privacy Act Amendment
4. Income contributions in bankruptcy
5. Bankruptcy alternatives gaining popularity

1. Feeling the post-Christmas pinch?
2. Quistclose trust case law delivers blow for bankruptcy trustee
3. Funding misconduct and recoveries when there’s no funds: the options
4. “Whistle-blowing” on your client
5. Litigation funding: an industry due to go under review

1. Part 2:Trusts and insolvency—is it different in bankruptcy?
2. Administrator’s appointment overrides an application to appoint a liquidator
3. Creditors’ rights under the reform
4. Corporate structures and PPSA defects
5. The one-year bankruptcy

1. Part 1:Trusts and insolvency—is it different in bankruptcy?
2. Challenging creditor votes in bankrupt estates
3. Statutory demands: Not to be ignored (or overlooked)
4. Insolvency building insurance and the message on the roof
5. Personal insolvency statistics: Trends and causes

1. Directors to be tracked with an Identification Number
2. The Safe Harbour has arrived
3. Discharging a mortgage when the mortgagee is deceased and the director imprisoned
4. Can you access company books and records in liquidation?
5. 139ZQ Notices, do they really work?

1. A cynical liquidator’s take on the insolvency law reform
2. The heavyweight battle: Sole Trader v Company
3. Options for improving cash-flow management and alternative forms of funding
4. DPNs, DOCAs and DINs—what the?
5. Implications of failing to lodge a Statement of Affairs

1. When tax planning and insolvency collide
2. Trust law circumvents employees’ priorities
3. Systems—the key to sustainable business
4. SME vs ME Report: How an insolvency practitioner can help to ensure wellbeing
5. Debt agreements reach an all-time high

1. Advisors liable for clients’ culpability in Fair Work Case
2. How to manage cash flow for business success
3. Backwards succession planning
4. The 3 P’s of insolvency indicators
5. People still seem to be getting the wrong advice

1. Personal guarantee debt caught by PIA
2. Often liquidation can be the best option
3. Bankruptcy may not extinguish a QBCC claim
4. Can ‘forwarding’ an email really create an insolvency situation?
5. Personal insolvencies grow across Australia

1. Dealing with personal debt: the four options
2. Insolvent trading revisited
3. Delivering the right insolvency advice
4. ASIC actively monitoring independence
5. Are your workers employed or contracted?

1. Down to a “T”—dividends under fire
2. Director penalty regime and new directors
3. Changes to R&D Grants and its financial impact
4. Musings of an insolvency practitioner
5. So why do we create ‘The Worrells Insolvency Report’?

1. Attacking a discretionary trust in bankruptcy
2. Deemed insolvency through inadequate financial records
3. Statutory trustees—not always appointed only over real property
4. ATO winding ups are winding down
5. Ignoring your bankruptcy: only costs money, time, and stress

1. Directors’ Service Contracts
2. Liquidators’ rights in corporate trustee appointments
3. ATO to begin reporting tax debts to credit rating agencies
4. Personal insolvency statistics: The Christmas quarter and 2016 in review
5. Giving expert witness testimony from the bench!

1. Insolvent trading claims: temporary liquidity or endemic shortage
2. Asset protection planning: Worrells risk exposure checklist
3. Looking out for the signs your client may be in trouble.
4. 5 Tips to avoid a visit from the Christmas Liquidator!
5. A section 153A Bankruptcy annulment is the payment of all debts…well almost!

1. Liquidation—the ugly side for directors
2. Trading trusts and insolvency law
3. I’m bankrupt—can I travel overseas?
4. Personal insolvency still increasing
5. Research & Development Tax Refunds: a source of funding

1. Insolvency dispute in the Family Court of Australia
2. Director loan accounts—Maybe not such a good idea?
3. Proof must be in the pudding
4. There is a life after bankruptcy!
5. The emotional rollercoaster of a partnership—don’t forget about the paperwork!

1. Court reaffirms protections around super in bankruptcy
2. Insolvent trading claims
3. ASIC and ATO raid illegal phoenix promoters
4. How to improve business cash flow with debtor and trade finance
5. Right, Right…Wrong! Wait what just happened?

1. After 60 years it’s not too late to get advice
2. Stakeholders—Clear, accurate, and relevant information
3. Private funding types
4. Personal insolvencies statistics
5. Advisors beware: Does your advice go too far?

1. What is a PPS Lease?
2. Today’s alternative and private funding position
3. The Who and Where of Corporate Insolvencies
4. Insolvency Law Reform: Worrells Submission to Treasury
5. The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire: What happens when a business under a VA burns down?

1. Insolvent deceased estates
2. Section 47B Compliance Notice—the unknown DPN!
3. A director’s personal liability is not limited to the Corporations Act
4. Good customer service leads to failure
5. Money does not come with instructions

1. Does a liquidator have a right to trust assets?
2. Tenants beware—leases can be terminated.
3. March Qtr Personal Insolvency Statistics
4. An insolvency practitioner may be the only way to turn around a business
5. A struggling transport industry

• What is the most under-utilised debt recovery tool?
• Failure to act on statutory demand
• Do Worrells do bankruptcy?
• Major bank losing adequate security: an oversight
• Collusion and fraud: without a co-conspirator

1. DPNs—know your SGC obligations
2. Maintaining Books and Records
3. Insolvency Law amendments are on their way
4. Multiple executor appointments can inhibit the ability to act.
5. Family law can be a battleground

1. It’s my money…get lost liquidator
2. Personal insolvency options
3. Government to introduce 1-year bankruptcies
4. Dec Qtr Personal Insolvency Statistics—the relationship with interest rates
5. Statutory Trustee sale—creditor wins

1. PPSR—When a Defective Registration is Effective
2. Demarcation in expert evidence reports
3. Human nature—how people approach financial distress
4. Ignoring a small debt can become expensive
5. Selling one business for another: to live the dream

1. Section 588FDA—who can liquidators attack?
2. The QBCC director banning amendments
3. Inconsistencies in the Bankruptcy Act and Corporations Act
4. Sept Qtr Statistics—Personal Insolvency on the rise
5. Director fails to pay super: guilty of theft

1. Set-off and liquidator’s preferences
2. Bankruptcy and deceased estates
3. Saving the ship the ATO is trying to sink
4. The cost of liquidation
5. Protecting personal assets
6. Realty bites for insolvency

1. Two Days in the US Bankruptcy Court—The Land of Cowboys
2. ATO continues to flex their muscles
3. June Qtr Statistics—Decrease in Bankruptcy and Personal Insolvency Activity
4. Working together, when you can’t work together
5. An old, but effective tool for Forensic Accountants

1. The story of a Crashing Hobby: Chapter 6 Final Approach
2. Superannuation—the (almost) untouchable asset
3. ATO flexes its muscles
4. ATO fake debt scam
5. New QBCC Amendments—it’s about time
6. 20 years is a long time to hide an asset from a trustee

1. The Story of a Crashing Hobby. Chapter 5: Catch me if you can.
2. Beware clients doing their own BAS
3. Presumption of Advancement vs. Resulting Trust
4. How personal insolvency affects licensing and associations
5. Guilty or innocent—Worrells expert discovers the truth
6. Directors stubbornness—at what cost?

1. The Story of a Crashing Hobby. Chapter 4: Planes, games and courtrooms
2. After-acquired income and after-acquired property—the position changes again
3. So you think you have a fraudster: What next?
4. How much regulation is too much?
5. March Qtr Statistics—Bankruptcy on the rise
6. Part X—an alternative to bankruptcy

1. After-acquired income and after-acquired property
2. Is superannuation sacred?
3. So you think have a fraudster: What next?
4. ATO to take harder line on debt recovery
5. Locked horns in liquidation

1. Featured video: The Story of a Crashing Hobby – Chapter 2
2. PPSR registration: defects can be costly
3. So you have a fraudster: What next?
4. Directors under fire and a public appeal for fraud
5. Make sure you know who is trading your business
6. Receiverships are never straightforward

1. Featured video: The story of a crashing hobby
2. Case law: PPSA & Section 588FL of the Corporations Act
3. Dec-March: A corporate danger zone
4. Dec 14 Qtr Statistics – All personal insolvency types decreasing
5. Why getting good legal advice AND accounting advice is crucial
6. Fraud – Not just about finding the truth behind the numbers

1. Self managed superannuation funds & Insolvency
2. Cybercriminals love the Christmas act of receiving
3. Creditor backing trustee in litigation for substantial return
4. Insolvency Law Reform Bill 2014
5. Why Transferring property to related parties prior to bankruptcy is risky business
6. Storms, Forests & Budget Cuts: ASIC’s dilemmas

1. It only takes one hour for someone to steal your life
2. Retired parents still paying for Children’s mistakes!!
3. Common transactions – a case study
4. November is the time to budget
5. Sept 2014 Quarter – Personal insolvency increasing

1. How to avoid losing to a Ponzi Scheme
2. Business survival impossible without the support of critical stakeholders
3. The many connotations of ‘phoenixing’
4. PPSA claims another victim
5. Directors – are you personally liable for unpaid superannuation?

1. Melbourne ponzi scheme director sent to jail
2. Downturn in car industry gives unexpected bonus
3. Three pillars of a commercial transaction
4. ASIC annual insolvency statistics for 2013/14
5. Rebutting the presumption of insolvency

1. June 2014 Quarter – Comparable to 1995?
2. The Cost of a Dysfunctional Partnership
3. Failure to Manage Change is a Large Insolvency Driver
4. Going Guarantor
5.  Bad Luck comes in 3’s
6. Subrogation & Securities

1. Bankrupt goes to jail for breach of the Bankruptcy Act
2. Federal Budget cuts ASIC funding by $120 million over 4 years
3. A Failure to respond in matters of bankruptcy, isn’t always intentional
4. Practical tips for preventing employee fraud
5. Proceeds of life insurance lose protection

1. Dumb things we have seen – not taking security or adequate security.
2. Forensic accountants help executors
3. Reflections on failure
4. Can someone be bankrupt twice at the same time?

1. Around Worrells
2. Personal Insolvency Attracts new Fees
3. Equity Restructuring under a Deed of Company Arrangement
4. The First Quarter of 2014 is in – what does AFSA Report?
5. Technology Bringing Risks to more Places
6. Court Looks at the Benefit Obtained by a Director…as a Shareholder

1. Around Worrells
2. Missing Dairy Cattle, Politics and Lack of Records
3. Liquidator Tasked to Unravel Gordian Knot
4. NSW Clubs Legislative Challenges for Insolvency Practitioners
5. Setting Aside a Statutory Demand
6. LSI – Liquidation Scene Investigation

1. The Numbers are in, which Suburbs have the Highest Number of Bankrupts?
2. Confusion in clarity for Priorities in Capital Gains Tax
3. More Time Required for Faster Notice
4. Related Party Transactions must be Adequately Recorded
5. How Safe is your Self Managed Superannuation Fund?
6. Under Resourcing can Contribute to Insolvency

1. Argument for Legislative Change?
2. The Line has been Drawn in the PPSA Sand
3. Help – The Business I bought is not making the Profits Promised to me!
4. Defects in PPSA Registrations
5. Latest AFSA Statistics are in, what’s the Verdict?
6. Business Lessons Learned

1. Around Worrells.
2. Business Valuations: How to get what your Client needs.
3. How to Turn a Small Debt into a Large Debt.
4. Bags to Riches, to Liquidation.
5. Applying the Doctrine of Exoneration.
6.  No Intention to Pay, Bankrupt and on Parole.

1. A Business Saved and Creditors Paid
2. Emotion, Urgency, Hidden Agenda, Fraud….all in a Day’s Work for Forensic Accountants
3. That’s not Probity, this is Probity
4. Assisting Clients in Financial Difficulty
5. Personal Insolvency Activity Declining at a Slower Rate

1. Around Worrells
2. When the Forensic Accountant meets the Liquidator!
3. Creditors get Lion’s Share of Bankruptcy Funds
4. ASIC Targeting Illegal Phoenix Activity
5. Who else can propose a DOCA?
6. Guarantees and Rights to Lodge Proofs of Debt

1. Around Worrells
2. Does Forensic Accounting look like an Episode of CSI
3. Liquidator indentifies assets held are not company property
4. Insolvency Law Reform Bill 2013
5. Bankruptcy Trustee receives Death Threats for Enforcing the Act
6. Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA) – Formerly known as ITSA

1. Around Worrells
2. Should you trust your bookeeper?
3. Asset realisation charge increases from 4.4% to 4.7%
4. 2012/13 Personal Insolvency Agreement (PIA) statistics
5. Winners & losers under the PPSA
6. Ability to get credit when using credit cards

1. Around Worrells
2. Business Budgets Beat Bankruptcy
3. Trustee must act Reasonably and Fairly
4. Bankruptcy Results from an Accident Occuring Decades Prior
5. How Bankruptcy Trustees find out Facts
6. Objective Analysis or Emotional Commitment?

1. Around Worrells
2. Justice is Delivered – Jail Term a Reality for Rogue Debtor
3. VA Regime does its Job
4. Insolvencies are Fertile Ground for Disputes
5. Trading Structures
6. When Accountants Lose Clients to Insolvency

1. Around Worrells
2. Are superannuation monies within the taxman’s reach?
3. Banning of errant directors
4. Sole director and shareholder becomes bankrupt
5. Use of casting vote under the spotlight
6. Individuals acting as trustee of trade trusts.

1. FEG Casts Safety Net for Employees in DOCA and PIA Times
2. Lockdown DPNS
3. Third Party Insurance Claims in Insolvency
4. Undoing the Benefits of Structuring
5. It’s My Money, Isn’t It?

1. Around Worrells
2. Worrells Sydney take over as Liquidator of Peats Ridge Pty Ltd
3. Fair Entitlement Regime – Now in place
4. S588G: When is a Lease Debt ‘Incurred’ for Insolvent Trading Purposes?
5. Tales of Different Business Structures
6. Can the Taxman be told?

1. Around Worrells
2. Insolvency Law Reform Bill 2013 – Released for Comment
3. What’s in a Name?
4. 2012, The Year that Saw?
5. Licensing & Associations – How Members are Affected in Bankruptcy
6. Bankruptcy by the Ways

ATO reporting certain tax debt to credit reporting bureaus
August 31, 2021

The ATO’s approach to debt collection and small business insolvency will seismically shift
August 1, 2021

Court tests the ATO’s “presumption of resulting trust” claim
June 30, 2021

What clients must consider when considering an ATO repayment plan
May 3, 2021

ATO debt collection and scrutiny predictions for 2021
February 1, 2021

JobKeeper overpayments and the ATO
December 1, 2020

Insolvency law changes shift rights of all creditors, bar the ATO
November 4, 2020

2019: A year in review
December 1, 2019

Royal assent for ATO to disclose business tax debt information
November 29, 2019

Single Touch Payroll: the ATO’s tightened grip on superannuation
September 30, 2019

Challenging the ATO on a garnishee notice
May 30, 2019

Director penalty notice change to superannuation rules
May 30, 2019

Bankruptcy and income tax returns
May 1, 2019

ATO winding up applications
May 1, 2019

Capital gains tax in insolvency appointments
April 1, 2019

ATO Hotline: another measure to prevent illegal phoenix activity
July 31, 2018

Non-payment of superannuation entitlements—a window of opportunity
July 2, 2018

Lockdown DPNs and personal liability
May 24, 2018

A formal restructure saves family business
April 30, 2018

How ATO garnishee notices work
April 30, 2018

Tax whack turns the solvent to insolvent!
March 1, 2018

Feeling the post-Christmas pinch?
January 31, 2018

Are your workers employed or contracted?
May 2, 2017

ATO winding ups are winding down
February 28, 2017

ATO to begin reporting tax debts to credit rating agencies
January 31, 2017

Is Superannuation sacred?
January 20, 2016

Saving the ship the ATO is trying to sink
September 30, 2015

Protecting Personal Assets
September 30, 2015

ATO winding up applications: Not necessarily the end
August 31, 2015

ATO continues to flex their muscles
July 30, 2015

ATO flexes its muscles
June 30, 2015

ATO to take harder line on debt recovery
April 1, 2015

Can the taxman be told?
February 28, 2013

The power of 139ZQ notices in undervalued transactions
August 31, 2021

Is social stigma towards bankruptcy and liquidation useful?
August 2, 2021

Real property, co-owners, and bankruptcy
May 3, 2021

One-year bankruptcy discussions
February 28, 2021

Warning: Potential inheritance at risk during bankruptcy
February 1, 2021

Income contributions in bankruptcy
November 4, 2020

Key warning signs for a business in trouble
August 5, 2020

Using a section 73 proposal to annul a bankruptcy
June 30, 2020

Deceased estates can be subject to the Bankruptcy Act
May 31, 2020

COVID-19—Early access to superannuation while bankrupt
April 30, 2020

Cryptocurrency and bankruptcy
January 31, 2020

What happens to property acquired after a bankruptcy starts?
January 31, 2020

Proper advice could save your life
December 1, 2019

Enforcing income contributions in bankruptcy
September 30, 2019

The family home and bankruptcy
September 2, 2019

The current buy-now-pay-later marketplace
September 2, 2019

Bankruptcy income assessments
July 1, 2019

Bankruptcy and income tax returns
May 1, 2019

Compromised mental health and debt matters
April 30, 2019

Attacking trusts in bankruptcy
April 1, 2019

The power of deeming income contributions
February 28, 2019

Which debts are extinguished in bankruptcy
December 3, 2018

Discharge from bankruptcy is not always the end
December 3, 2018

Bankruptcy and superannuation
September 28, 2018

Exempt property—life insurance policies
July 2, 2018

What makes a transaction in bankruptcy voidable?
May 24, 2018

Bankruptcy: It’s good for your health!
April 3, 2018

Does bankruptcy affect Australian visa applications and/or citizenship?
April 3, 2018

What can be taken or sold in bankruptcy?
April 3, 2018

Income contributions in bankruptcy
March 1, 2018

Eligibility criteria for debt agreements set to change
February 28, 2018

Quistclose trust case law delivers blow for bankruptcy trustee
January 31, 2018

The one-year bankruptcy
December 1, 2017

Part 2: Trusts and Insolvency—is it different in bankruptcy?
December 1, 2017

Challenging creditor votes in bankrupt estates
October 31, 2017

139ZQ Notices, do they really work?
September 28, 2017

Implications of failing to lodge a Statement of Affairs
September 1, 2017

Bankruptcy may not extinguish a QBCC claim
May 31, 2017

Dealing with personal debt: the four options
May 2, 2017

Ignoring your bankruptcy: only costs money, time, and stress
March 1, 2017

Attacking a discretionary trust in bankruptcy
February 28, 2017

A section 153A Bankruptcy annulment is the payment of all debts…well almost!
November 30, 2016

I’m bankrupt—can I travel overseas?
November 1, 2016

There is life after bankruptcy!
September 29, 2016

Proof must be in the pudding
September 29, 2016

Right, Right...Wrong! Wait, what just happened?
August 31, 2016

Insolvent Deceased Estates
May 30, 2016

The question still asked: Do Worrells do bankruptcy?
May 24, 2016

Multiple executor appointments can inhibit the ability to act
February 29, 2016

Personal Insolvency Options
January 31, 2016

Ignoring a small debt can become expensive
November 30, 2015

Bankruptcy and Deceased Estates
September 30, 2015

20 years is a long time to hide an asset from a trustee
June 30, 2015

Presumption of Advancement vs. Resulting Trust
May 27, 2015

How personal insolvency affects licensing and associations
May 27, 2015

After-acquired income and after-acquired property—the position changes again
April 30, 2015

After-acquired income and after-acquired property
April 1, 2015

Creditor backing Trustee in litigation for substantial return
December 1, 2014

Why transferring property to related parties prior to bankruptcy is risky business
November 30, 2014

Bankrupt Goes to Jail for breach of the Bankruptcy Act
 
July 1, 2014

A failure to respond in matters of bankruptcy, isn’t always intentional
July 1, 2014

Proceeds of Life Insurance lose protection
July 1, 2014

Can someone be Bankrupt twice at the same time?
June 2, 2014

Personal Insolvency attracts new Fees
April 30, 2014

No intention to pay, bankrupt and on parole
December 2, 2013

How to Turn a Small Debt into a Large Debt
December 2, 2013

Bankruptcy Trustee receives Death Threats for Enforcing the Act
September 5, 2013

How Bankruptcy Trustees find out Facts
June 28, 2013

Bankruptcy results from an accident occurring decades prior
June 27, 2013

Licensing and Associations - how members are affected in bankruptcy
February 1, 2013

Bankruptcy by the ways
February 1, 2013

What's in a Name?
February 1, 2013

Latest clarity on casual v permanent employees
August 31, 2021

What happens to my builder’s license if my company is in external administration?
August 31, 2021

Court tests the ATO’s “presumption of resulting trust” claim
June 30, 2021

Australia’s ninth largest mortgage lender is open for business—but mind the risk
May 31, 2021

Court-appointed receivers & statutory trustees: the reasons to appoint
May 31, 2021

Employee entitlements—The importance of documentation
March 31, 2021

What is an advisor’s role during the COVID recovery?
March 30, 2021

Trust companies and insolvency reform
February 28, 2021

Prepare for the end of lease regulations
November 4, 2020

Navigating COVID-19 and the workplace laws
June 30, 2020

Understanding how chronic stress and business financial challenges affects people
April 1, 2020

Bushfire relief: a guide for advisors
March 1, 2020

Private lending—The current state of play
March 1, 2020

Director sentiment survey uncovers pessimistic outlook
December 2, 2019

2019: A year in review
December 1, 2019

Proper advice could save your life
December 1, 2019

Director duties: risk versus reward
October 31, 2019

Voluntarily deregistering a company
October 31, 2019

FEG rejects employee long service claims—advisors take note
September 30, 2019

Foodora riders: employee entitlement underpayment
September 2, 2019

The end of the corporate veil?
August 1, 2019

Transfer of business provisions and employee entitlements
July 31, 2019

Regulation matters are heating up
July 31, 2019

Long term business survival
July 1, 2019

Recoveries, the bank vs unsecured creditors
June 3, 2019

Miscalculating profit margin results in desperate measures to source funds
April 1, 2019

Caravan manufacturer and director fined for failure to supply goods
February 28, 2019

Insolvency guide to avoiding a festive crisis
December 3, 2018

Directors required to sign up for identification numbers
October 31, 2018

Ipso facto insolvency law reform
August 31, 2018

Loans for wages/salary can constitute a priority claim
July 31, 2018

Non-payment of superannuation entitlements—a window of opportunity
July 2, 2018

Moving from a sole trader to company
April 30, 2018

New Notifiable Data Breach Scheme: Privacy Act Amendment
February 28, 2018

Part 2: Trusts and Insolvency—is it different in bankruptcy?
December 1, 2017

Part 1: Trusts and insolvency—is it different in bankruptcy?
October 31, 2017

Options for improving cash-flow management and alternative forms of funding
September 1, 2017

The heavyweight battle: Sole Trader v Company
September 1, 2017

Systems—the key to sustainable business
July 31, 2017

SME vs ME Report: How an insolvency practitioner can help to ensure wellbeing
July 31, 2017

When tax planning and insolvency collide
July 31, 2017

Trust law circumvents employees' priorities
July 31, 2017

Backwards succession planning
June 29, 2017

How to manage cash flow for business success
June 29, 2017

Can ‘forwarding’ an email really create an insolvency situation?
May 31, 2017

Bankruptcy may not extinguish a QBCC claim
May 31, 2017

Are your workers employed or contracted?
May 2, 2017

Statutory trustees—not always appointed only over real property
March 1, 2017

Directors’ Service Contracts
January 31, 2017

Asset protection planning: Worrells risk exposure checklist
November 30, 2016

Trading trusts and insolvency law
November 1, 2016

Director loan accounts—maybe not such a good idea?
September 30, 2016

The emotional rollercoaster of a partnership—don’t forget about the paperwork!
September 29, 2016

How to improve business cash flow with debtor and trade finance
August 31, 2016

After 60 years it's not too late to get advice
August 1, 2016

Today's alternative and private funding position
June 30, 2016

Working together, when you can't work together
July 30, 2015

Make sure you know who is trading your business
February 27, 2015

Dumb things we have seen – Not taking security or adequate security
June 2, 2014

Liquidator Tasked to Unravel Gordian Knot
March 31, 2014

Business Lessons Learned as a Liquidator
January 31, 2014

Trading Structures
June 3, 2013

Individuals acting as trustee of trade trusts
April 30, 2013

Undoing the Benefits of Structuring
March 22, 2013

Tales of Different Business Structures
February 28, 2013

A financial year in review: insolvency appointments and economic factors
August 1, 2021

Insolvency appointments remain depressed
June 1, 2021

No insolvency tsunami in sight
February 28, 2021

Insolvency appointments remain depressed
November 4, 2020

Appointment trend unaffected by current economic climate
June 1, 2020

The who and where of corporate insolvencies
November 1, 2019

So why do we create ‘The Worrells Insolvency Report’?
March 31, 2017

The Who and Where of Corporate Insolvencies
June 30, 2016

Retail & hospitality: What rental relief is now available?
August 1, 2021

A financial year in review: insolvency appointments and economic factors
August 1, 2021

The state of play: financial support for COVID-19 restrictions
August 1, 2021

The ATO’s approach to debt collection and small business insolvency will seismically shift
August 1, 2021

Insolvency appointments remain depressed
June 1, 2021

Proposed amendments to the small business insolvency reforms
May 3, 2021

Where is your client’s business positioned post-COVID?
March 31, 2021

2021 and things are getting back to normal
March 31, 2021

What is an advisor’s role during the COVID recovery?
March 30, 2021

No insolvency tsunami in sight
February 28, 2021

An insolvency practitioner’s 5 top tips for business survival in 2021
February 1, 2021

JobKeeper overpayments and the ATO
December 1, 2020

Using a Deed of Company Arrangement to fix a trading crisis in a hospitality business
December 1, 2020

Director sentiment results for end of 2020
November 30, 2020

Prepare for the end of lease regulations
November 4, 2020

Insolvency law changes shift rights of all creditors, bar the ATO
November 4, 2020

Insolvency appointments remain depressed
November 4, 2020

Small business debt restructuring process: a case study
November 4, 2020

Australian economic recovery: Is there a light at the end of the financial tunnel?
October 2, 2020

Is your balance sheet COVID-19 ready?
September 9, 2020

COVID-19 support measures cause significant drop in insolvency appointments
September 4, 2020

Key considerations and concerns for the retail sector
September 4, 2020

SME loans guarantee scheme ill-conceived
September 4, 2020

Are government stimulus measures delaying the inevitable?
September 4, 2020

Voluntary administrators' personal liability in the current COVID-19 climate
August 5, 2020

How a Deed of Company Arrangement can enable business survival
May 31, 2020

COVID-19: Insolvent trading provisions
May 1, 2020

Payroll tax relief measures
April 30, 2020

COVID-19 and "Holding DOCAs"
April 30, 2020

What will happen to already distressed businesses following COVID-19?
April 30, 2020

Government economic response—new insolvency rules
March 24, 2020

Debt agreement reform
July 1, 2019

Bill passed for new debt agreement criteria and provisions
September 27, 2018

Using a Deed of Company Arrangement to fix a trading crisis in a hospitality business
December 1, 2020

How a Deed of Company Arrangement can enable business survival
May 31, 2020

COVID-19 and "Holding DOCAs"
April 30, 2020

Foodora riders: employee entitlement underpayment
September 2, 2019

Business survival impossible without the support of critical stakeholders
October 1, 2014

Equity restructuring under a Deed of Company Arrangement
April 30, 2014

Who Else Can Propose a DOCA?
September 30, 2013

Use of Casting Vote under the Spotlight
May 1, 2013

Personal guarantees and Deeds of Company Arrangement
June 30, 2020

When a capital raise and a director penalty notice collide
April 1, 2020

Director penalty regime extended to GST, WET, and LCT
March 31, 2020

Director penalty notice change to superannuation rules
May 30, 2019

Director penalty notices
September 28, 2018

Lockdown DPNs and personal liability
May 24, 2018

Director penalty regime and new directors
March 31, 2017

Section 47B Compliance Notice—the unknown DPN!
May 31, 2016

DPNs—know your SGC obligations
February 29, 2016

Beware clients doing their own BAS
January 13, 2016

Lockdown DPNS
March 22, 2013

Australia’s ninth largest mortgage lender is open for business—but mind the risk
May 31, 2021

Court-appointed receivers & statutory trustees: the reasons to appoint
May 31, 2021

Using mediation to resolve shareholder disputes
September 30, 2019

When to apply to court to appoint a receiver
September 3, 2018

FEG rejects employee long service claims—advisors take note
September 30, 2019

The Amerind High Court decision
July 1, 2019

FEG Casts Safety Net for Employees in DOCA and PIA Times
March 22, 2013

Fair Entitlement Regime – Now In Place
February 28, 2013

Giving expert witness testimony from the bench!
January 31, 2017

Family law can be a battleground
February 29, 2016

Demarcation in expert evidence reports
November 30, 2015

Engaging an expert witness
August 31, 2015

An old, but effective tool for Forensic Accountants
July 30, 2015

ATO fake debt scam
June 30, 2015

Guilty or innocent—Worrells expert discovers the truth
May 27, 2015

So you think you have a Fraudster: What next?
April 30, 2015

So you think you have a Fraudster: What Next?
April 1, 2015

So you think you have a Fraudster: What Next?
February 27, 2015

Fraud - Not just about finding the truth behind the numbers
February 2, 2015

Cybercriminals love the Christmas act of receiving
December 1, 2014

It takes only one hour for someone to steal your life!
November 3, 2014

How to Avoid losing to a Ponzi Scheme
September 30, 2014

Rebutting the presumption of insolvency
September 1, 2014

Practical Tips for Preventing Employee Fraud
July 1, 2014

Forensic accountants help executors
June 2, 2014

Technology Bringing more Risks to more Places!
April 30, 2014

How safe is your Self Managed Superannuation Fund?
February 28, 2014

Help - the Business I Bought is not making the Profits Promised to me!
January 31, 2014

Business Valuations: How to get what your client needs
December 2, 2013

Emotion, urgency, hidden agenda, fraud..... all in the days work for forensic accountants
October 31, 2013

When the Forensic Accountant meets the Liquidator!
October 8, 2013

Does Forensic Accounting look like an episode of CSI?
September 5, 2013

Should you trust your Bookkeeper?
July 31, 2013

Insolvent trading conviction: Kleenmaid director gets 9 years’ jail
March 1, 2020

Director duties: risk versus reward
October 31, 2019

How employee fraud happens
August 31, 2018

Collusion and fraud: without a co-conspirator
May 24, 2016

Melbourne ponzi scheme sent to jail
September 1, 2014

COVID-19: Insolvent trading provisions
May 1, 2020

Insolvent trading conviction: Kleenmaid director gets 9 years’ jail
March 1, 2020

The effectiveness of the safe harbour regime
July 31, 2019

Banking Royal Commission fires up ASIC
February 28, 2019

Insolvent Trading Revisited
May 2, 2017

Down to a “T”—dividends under fire
April 3, 2017

Deemed insolvency through inadequate financial records
March 1, 2017

Insolvent trading claims: temporary liquidity or endemic shortage
November 30, 2016

Insolvent trading claims
August 31, 2016

S588G: When is a lease debt “incurred” for insolvent trading purposes?
February 28, 2013

Is social stigma towards bankruptcy and liquidation useful?
August 2, 2021

Peak indebtedness rule squashed for preference claims
July 1, 2021

Creditor-defeating dispositions
June 30, 2021

Public examinations during COVID-19 lockdown
May 31, 2021

Maritime claims in an insolvency appointment
May 3, 2021

What are your clients' corporate insolvency options in 2021?
February 28, 2021

Section 569 recoveries in a liquidation
October 31, 2019

The Amerind High Court decision
July 1, 2019

Recoveries, the bank vs unsecured creditors
June 3, 2019

What company liabilities are provable in liquidation?
May 30, 2019

Can a liquidator pursue a director without all the facts?
May 1, 2019

How to minimise the risk of becoming party to a liquidator’s preference claim
April 30, 2019

Caravan manufacturer and director fined for failure to supply goods
February 28, 2019

The practical issues of assigning a right to sue
December 3, 2018

Unreasonable director-related transactions
October 31, 2018

Liquidators’ challenges in quantifying creditor claims
October 2, 2018

Unclaimed trust funds
July 31, 2018

Loans for wages/salary can constitute a priority claim
July 31, 2018

Ruining your running account defence
May 1, 2018

Superannuation obligations and the layers of complexity
April 3, 2018

Liquidation brings new sporting clubs initiative
April 3, 2018

Tax whack turns the solvent to insolvent!
March 1, 2018

Administrator’s appointment overrides an application to appoint a liquidator
December 1, 2017

Can you access company books and records in liquidation?
September 28, 2017

Discharging a mortgage when the mortgagee is deceased and the director imprisoned
September 28, 2017

Often liquidation can be the best option
May 31, 2017

Liquidation—the ugly side for directors
November 1, 2016

Director loan accounts—maybe not such a good idea?
September 30, 2016

Insolvency dispute in the Family Court of Australia
September 29, 2016

After 60 years it's not too late to get advice
August 1, 2016

Good customer service leads to failure
May 30, 2016

A struggling transport industry
May 10, 2016

Tenants beware—leases can be terminated
May 9, 2016

Does a liquidator have a right to trust assets?
May 9, 2016

It's my money...get lost liquidator
January 31, 2016

Selling one business for another: to live the dream
November 30, 2015

Section 588FDA—who can liquidators attack?
November 1, 2015

The Cost of Liquidation
September 30, 2015

Locked Horns in Liquidation
April 1, 2015

The cost of success in a dysfunctional partnership
July 30, 2014

Court Looks at the Benefit Obtained by a Director...As a Shareholder
April 30, 2014

Missing Dairy Cattle, Politics and Lack of Records
April 1, 2014

NSW Clubs Legislative challenges for Insolvency Practitioners
March 31, 2014

Confusion in Clarity for Priorities in Capital Gains Tax
March 3, 2014

Related Party Transactions must be Adequately Recorded
February 27, 2014

Bags to Riches, to Liquidation
December 2, 2013

Objective Analysis or Emotional Commitment?
June 27, 2013

People still seem to be getting the wrong advice
June 29, 2017

Personal guarantee debt caught by PIA
May 31, 2017

Dealing with personal debt: the four options
May 2, 2017

Right, Right...Wrong! Wait, what just happened?
August 31, 2016

Part X—an alternative to bankruptcy
April 30, 2015

A financial year in review: insolvency appointments and economic factors
August 1, 2021

Insolvency appointments remain depressed
June 1, 2021

No insolvency tsunami in sight
February 28, 2021

Insolvency appointments remain depressed
November 4, 2020

Appointment trend unaffected by current economic climate
June 1, 2020

Personal insolvencies fall to lowest levels in 20 years
March 1, 2020

Personal insolvency statistics update
September 2, 2019

Personal insolvencies continue to fall
June 3, 2019

Personal insolvencies plummet
February 28, 2019

Personal insolvency statistics not what was expected
December 3, 2018

Bankruptcies on the rise
August 31, 2018

Statistics show growth in personal insolvencies
July 2, 2018

Bankruptcy alternatives gaining popularity
February 28, 2018

Personal insolvency statistics: Trends and causes
October 31, 2017

Debt agreements reach an all-time high
July 31, 2017

Personal insolvencies grow across Australia
May 31, 2017

So why do we create ‘The Worrells Insolvency Report’?
March 31, 2017

Personal insolvency statistics: The Christmas quarter and 2016 in review
January 31, 2017

Personal insolvency still increasing
November 1, 2016

Personal insolvency statistics
August 1, 2016

March Qtr Personal Insolvency Statistics
May 10, 2016

Dec Qtr Personal Insolvency Statistics—the relationship with interest rates
January 31, 2016

Sept Qtr Statistics—Personal Insolvency on the rise
November 1, 2015

2013/14: Which suburbs had the highest number of bankrupts?
August 31, 2015

June Qtr Statistics—Decrease in Bankruptcy and Personal Insolvency Activity
July 30, 2015

March Qtr Statistics—Bankruptcy on the rise
April 30, 2015

Dec 14 Qtr Statistics - All Personal Insolvency types decreasing
January 30, 2015

September 2014 Quarter – Personal Insolvency increasing
November 3, 2014

June 2014 Quarter – Comparable to 1995?
July 30, 2014

The First Quarter of 2014 is in – What does AFSA report?
April 30, 2014

The Numbers are in, which Suburbs have the Highest Number of Bankrupts?
March 3, 2014

Latest AFSA statistics are in, what's the verdict?
January 31, 2014

Personal insolvency activity declining at a slower rate
November 1, 2013