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VIC Flood Recovery Support

Flood support for Victorian businesses

The Victorian Government has announced support for Victorian businesses incurring significant direct flood damage during the recent flooding events.

Information on all available grants, advice, resources, eligibility criteria and details on how to apply is available at Business Victoria. Flood support includes:

Small Business Immediate Flood Relief […]

Protect your business with the PPSR

Personal Property Security Register (PPSR)

Registering on the PPSR is a way to let people know if personal property such as cars, goods or company assets have security interests over them.

With the difficulties that small businesses are facing from the effects of the pandemic and natural disasters, business owners are increasingly having to put […]

Disaster assistance for Albury

Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements for Albury flooding

Disaster assistance is now available in the Local Government Areas of Albury, Bland, Goulburn-Mulwaree, Greater Hume, Griffith, Hilltops, Narrandera and Temora following severe storms and flash flooding across the Riverina-Murray from 5 January 2022.

Assistance is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Minister […]

Key changes to ABN details

Why update your ABN details

To reflect the range of services a business undertakes, you can now add an extra four business activities when updating Australian business number (ABN) details.

By updating these activities you can receive the right assistance and support from government agencies when your business needs it.

Updating your ABN […]

Tax-free treatment of COVID-19 grants to be extended

Tax treatment of COVID-19 grants

State and territory grants issued to small businesses in response to COVID-19 will continue to be tax-free under a new bill introduced into Parliament.

Treasury Laws Amendment (COVID-19 Economic Response) Bill 2021 has now been introduced into Parliament, extending the application of the non-assessable non-exempt income status to eligible business support […]

Rural Aid flood assistance

Are you a primary producer in need of flood assistance?

Rural Aid is proud of its support of farmers and rural communities suffering the effects of drought, flood, fire or natural disaster.

Farmers are a proud bunch. Many won’t ask for help. Some suffer in silence, but Rural Aid is changing that.

To allow Rural […]

On-Farm Drought Resilience Grants

Agriculture Victoria

Increased drought assistance being provided to Victorian farmers

The Victorian Government through Agriculture Victoria of the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Agriculture Victoria) has established the On-Farm Drought Resilience Grant Program to assist eligible farm businesses to invest in on-farm drought preparedness and to seek business advice.

A grant of up to […]

AgBiz Drought loans

Supporting regional Australians to take control of their business through the drought

To be eligible for an AgBiz Drought loan, your small business must be or have been supplying goods or services relating to primary production to farm businesses located in an affected area.

Manage your small business through the drought

Use this loan to​ […]

Special Disaster Grant – Bushfires

NSW Rural Assistance Authority

Disaster recovery grants of up to $75,000 are now available to primary producers in LGAs affected by the NSW bushfires that have occurred from 31 August 2019.

To find out if you are eligible review the LGAs affected and the Guidelines below:

Date of Declaration Disaster recovery grants available in Local […]

Bushfire assistance

Bushfires November 2019

Devastating bushfires have been burning across large parts of New South Wales and Queensland since November 2019.

Support is available

If you’ve been impacted by these bushfires, we don’t want you to be concerned about your tax affairs. Now is the time for you, your family and community. We’ll help you sort […]