$2K Specialist Advice Business Grant

As Chartered Accountants and Professional Financial Advisers, you have the opportunity to gain funding to access our professional business advisory services to help you adjust your business in the changing face of business as we know it, including:

• Succession Planning
• Cash Flow Modelling
• Break Even Analysis
• vCFO / Business Mentoring
• Business Planning
• And MORE

Just ask your adviser (details below) or reach out to reception@smartbusinesssolutions.com.au or call 03 5911 7000 to discuss.

If you have been considering assessing your business on a deeper level, now is the time to apply for the grant and gain access to our specialised service via grant funding.

Contact details of your qualified service provider:
Smart Business Solutions Accounting Pty Ltd
328 Main Street
Mornington VIC 3931

ABN: 61604511944

Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Registration Number Tax Agent Number: 25373578

1. Read the program guidelines and frequently asked questions (FAQs), then use the ABN Checker to check whether your ABN has been registered since 1 July 2020.
2. Grant funding of $2,000 per ABN is available for eligible expenses on relevant professional advice and services under the program, where the minimum expenditure cost is $2,000 (ex GST)
3. The applicant will receive an upfront payment of $1,000 to engage with their preferred qualified service provider.
4. The applicant will receive the final grant instalment of $1,000 on the satisfactory conclusion of the service activity. Approved businesses will be asked to complete a claim form to confirm that the project has concluded and;
   1. Provide a statutory declaration stating that the activity has been completed and the Qualified Service Provider has been paid. A statutory declaration form is  available here.
   2. Complete the online claim form by 5pm on 31 January 2023.
5. Businesses will be required to respond to a short survey six months after they submit their application. We greatly appreciate feedback from businesses to improve our programs and processes.

The Vic Government will endeavour to assess your application and notify you of the outcome in October 2022. There may be delays in notifying you of an outcome if your application:

• Does not meet all the eligibility criteria
• Requires you to provide additional information
• Is a duplicate application for the same business
• Contains incorrect details of the qualified service provider
• Has incorrect information such as ABN or WorkCover Employee Number (WEN)
• Does not include current or accurate information registered with relevant regulators or partner agencies (such as the Australian Business Register or WorkSafe Victoria).

Read the full list of FAQs

Successful businesses will be asked to complete a claim form and provide a statutory declaration to receive their final grant instalment of $1,000, when the service activity has been completed.

You can download the statutory declaration form here:

Specialist Advice Pathways final grant instalment statutory declaration (DOC 121 KB)

Specialist Advice Program Pathway Guidelines.PDF