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Funded ways out

Can Business Debt Be Written Off? What Actually Works

Can business debt be written off in Australia? Why waiting rarely works, how limitation periods really run, and the funded settlement route creditors accept.

9 November 2026
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Wages and regulators

Fair Work Compliance Notice: How Long You Have to Pay

Got a Fair Work compliance notice for underpaid staff? What it must say, the deadline that matters, your review rights and how to fund the back-pay in time.

5 November 2026
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Rent and premises

Commercial Lease Default Notice: Your Remedy Date

Served a commercial lease default notice? How the remedy date is counted, what counts as fixing it, and how to fund the arrears before the landlord can act.

2 November 2026
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Debt triage

Business Debt Review: Rank Every Debt in One Evening

Mortgage, business loan, suppliers and tax bills all at once? A one-evening business debt review that ranks each debt by deadline and what's at risk.

29 October 2026
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Letters

Creditor's Petition Filed? What Happens Before the Hearing

A creditor's petition for bankruptcy has been filed. What the hearing decides, the forms you must file first, and the funded routes that can still end it.

26 October 2026
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Court and creditor letters

Demand on Personal Guarantee? What Happens Next

A demand on your personal guarantee for the company's debt? The path from letter to court to bankruptcy notice, and the one point where settling is cheapest.

22 October 2026
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Directors

Is My Company Insolvent? The Cash-Flow Test Explained

Is your company insolvent, or just short this month? How the cash-flow test works, what counts as 'able to pay', and the one question to settle first.

15 October 2026
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Court and creditor letters

Court Claim for a Business Debt? Your 21 or 28 Days

A court claim for a business debt starts a 21- or 28-day clock to defend, admit or pay. What each choice leads to, and why doing nothing is the costliest.

8 October 2026
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Getting funded

Debt Rescue Document Pack: What to Gather Tonight

Your debt rescue document pack decides how fast a lender can help when a deadline is ticking. What to gather tonight, plus the login most owners forget.

2 October 2026
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Tax time

EOFY Tax Bill Bigger Than Expected? Your Options

EOFY tax bill bigger than you planned for? Why it happens, what to do before the due date, and the instalment fix that stops next year repeating it.

2 October 2026
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Before the letters

Early Warning Signs of Cash Trouble: A Monthly Check

Spot cash trouble months before ATO letters arrive: a 20-minute monthly check built on official warning signs, what each red flag means and what to do.

1 October 2026
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ATO debt

Can't Pay the ATO? How the First Phone Call Should Go

Dreading the call to the ATO about a debt you can't pay? What to prepare, what to say, what to ask for, and how to follow up so the call actually helps.

1 October 2026
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Before the letters

Missed ATO Letters? Fix Your ASIC Registered Address

A DPN's 21 days start when it's posted to your ASIC address, not when you read it. Check your registered details and build a mail routine that works.

1 October 2026
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Ways out

Sell Assets or Borrow to Clear Business Debt?

Sell equipment, stock or property to clear business debt, or borrow against it? Compare timing, tax, price and control before a deadline decides for you.

1 October 2026
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ATO letters

ATO Estimate Notice for PAYG or Super? The 7-Day Window

An ATO estimate notice is payable the day it's given, and you get just 7 days to correct it with a statutory declaration. What to check first, and what next.

1 October 2026

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