Real Housewives of Small Business
Behind the lifestyle assets, multi-owner growth, (weekday lunches with the girls) and hard-earned success of Australia's suburban businesses, lies a hidden asset exposure trap. In the coming weeks, you will meet Penne, Shazza, Serina, Bec, Kelly, and Tea-gan each living with a fatal structural business blind spot currently lurking unchecked in thousands of multi-owner family businesses.
Oh The Drama!
Gaz is killing it as a sole trader from the kitchen table — until a heavy bank Notification of Default notice arrives. Discover how standard commercial supplier lines quietly cross-secure and target your family home title deed.
Oh My!
Processing the Friday afternoon payroll feels like harmless family teamwork. But when independent control over company accounts crosses a statutory line, a lack of formal written systems & banking procedures blows the door wide open for catastrophic business tripwires.
Oh Crap!
Operating an incredibly lucrative business structure on a multi-decade gentleman's handshake feels honorable. But when an unwritten alliance cracks, a complete lack of formal written systems & procedures leaves a surviving spouse facing catastrophic business tripwires.
WTF?
Serina is finally calling the shots as a business boss — until a groundbreaking Australian legal Fair Work ruling arrives. Discover how micro-managing an offshore Virtual Assistant's daily schedule completely strips away your geographic immunity under Australian workplace law.
Whattt?!
Bella wants to launch a boutique luxury side-hustle using her husband's commercial business profits — until her 'fungi feng shui' tax write-off triggers a major ATO Division 7A minefield. Discover how mischaracterising (that's the nicest way to say it) personal lifestyle invoices strips away your business veil protection.
No! That could never happen ... could it?!
Beautiful colour matching compliance folders look safe on paper. But without an explicitly funded and documented business 'buy-sell strategy', a sudden tragedy forces a grieving family into an involuntary, hostile operational partnership.
That Rat Bastard!
