Saturday 4th March Published by: Herald Sun Written by: Alice Coster Facebook Didn’t Love Masterpiece CHARLES Blackman’s painting, Women Lovers, has hung above the bed of art collectors Tom and Sylvia Lowenstein for the past 20 years. The lovers’ entwined bodies were inspired by Blackman’s muse and lover, Genevieve De Couvreur, a 19-year-old art student he married […]
Friday 3rd March Published by: Australian Jewish News Written by: Zelda Cawthorne Photos by: Peter Haskin Acclaimed Sydney artist Garry Shead and his wife, Judith, were apprehensive the first time they met Melbourne accountant Tom Lowenstein. That was in 1991, when Shead was getting famous, but far from rich. Would Lowenstein – the best in the business when […]
You ask and maybe, just maybe, you may get ! This announcement of the JobKeeper package heralds some help for the self employed and contractors. We thought we should send this out as a matter of urgency even though there are a number of unresolved issues. We have enclosed some Government fact sheets for the […]
Over the past few days, there have been some more ATO releases around issues of timing, eligibility and other practical problems revolving around the JobKeeper program. JobKeeper Deadlines Enrol by 31 May for April and May JobKeeper payments. This is an important shout out to all our employer clients to be aware that the absolute […]
There is a requirement to continue to report monthly turnover for the purposes of maintaining the eligibility to receive the JobKeeper payments. You must complete a business monthly declaration to be able to keep claiming JobKeeper payments. You must do this in the first 14 days after the month you are claiming for ends. The […]
Identify and maintain your eligible Employees Now that you have enrolled in the JobKeeper program by completing the requirements of Step 1 – Enrol, there is another hurdle to jump that actually facilitates the release of funds to you. Step 2 Identify and maintain your eligible Employees We enclose a link that will assist clients in fulfilling […]
On 21 July 2020,the Government announced that the JobKeeper Payment (‘JKP’) would be extended until 28 March 2021(i.e., for a further six months beyond its original end date of 27 September 2020). As a result, JKPs would now be made over two separate extension periods, being: Extension period 1–which covers the seven new JobKeeper fortnights […]
The Government has announced that JobKeeper payments will continue for 6 months beyond the legislated finish date of 27 September 2020, subject to revamped eligibility rules. There will be 2 tiers of payment rates as part of “JobKeeper 2.0” There will also be a requirement for businesses and not-for-profits to demonstrate an actual decline in turnover under […]
ART, POLITICS, MONEY: Revisiting Australia’s Cultural policy By David Throsby, published in May 2018, Currency Press, Platform Paper #55 In his Introduction Throsby says, ‘In this paper I … re-visit the notion of a cultural policy, looking at the ways in which this concept has evolved in contemporary times. In particular, from my vantage point […]
Written by: Fiona Gruber It is with great pleasure that the Directors of Lowensteins Arts Management Pty Ltd announce that Mr Piyush Thakrar was appointed as a partner from 1 July 2019. Piyush has been working assiduously on all matters of accounting and tax for our larger corporate and SME’s for many years now. He has […]