{"id":10,"date":"2025-07-21T10:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:23:59","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10\" class=\"elementor elementor-10\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d14fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13d14fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68fff71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68fff71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Midlands Taxation Services<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaca1d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaca1d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Supporting<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deaf543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"deaf543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your business life\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a447c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a447c6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9ac449 e-con-full 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srcset=\"https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Rick_Mandelson.png 600w, https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Rick_Mandelson-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Rick Mandelson<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">registered tax agent<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c4a66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05c4a66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">0413 299 193<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6812fb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6812fb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"mailto:rick@midlandstaxation.com.au\">rick@midlandstaxation.com.au<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f4dbd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f4dbd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tax Accounting<br \/>Business Structure<br \/>Finance, Insolvency<br \/>Company Liquidation<br \/>Insurance etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68690f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68690f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Online Tax Gurus<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab07024 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are the owner or manager of a small to medium enterprise , the one thing you might not have is a lot of spare time!<br \/>Building, developing and maintaining a profitable and sustainable small to medium enterprise is , on the most part, undertaken by either one person or a small team of dedicated people.<br \/>There is a need to cut through the mountain of information to be filtered , deal with financial matters, technology requirements, regulations, adherence to prescribed reporting, human resource management and occupational health and safety.<br \/>Just to name a few of the things that are a daily part of commercial life.<br \/>The key to being effective is to have easy access to external experts who are working alongside you when you need their skills; people who are there to keep you abreast of updates, assist when specific challenges arise and who understand your business. Often small to medium business people can spend a lot of precious time identifying resources, accessing referrals and then explaining your specific needs to a number of professionals before you find the person to whom you can then set out what it is that needs doing or gaining good , strong recommendations on how to approach a particular situation.<br \/>Your Business Life provides an effective, collaborative approach that is \u201c wholistic \u201c, not just providing you with a point of referral.<br \/>It is an introduction to a group of professionals experienced in their own fields, who are briefed and ready to talk to you about the matters that are a priority at this phase of your business.<br \/>As there is a level of integration between these specialists, you receive attention from the outset from someone who is interested in and informed about your business.<br \/>Someone who is ready to start working with you effectively from the outset.<br \/>A group of businesses working together to assist people on that very rewarding journey of building the small to medium enterprise and smooth out the bumps along the way.<\/p><p>Your Business Life can assist with:<\/p><ul><li>Financial business planning<\/li><li>identifying the right business structure<\/li><li>finance<\/li><li>insurance<\/li><li>insolvency<\/li><li>company liquidation<\/li><li>I.T.<\/li><li>Marketing<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b2ae0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47b2ae0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-599aa91 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"599aa91\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df23340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df23340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rick's Blog<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc12ca5 elementor-grid-2 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"dc12ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-22 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/is-it-too-good-to-be-true\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tIs it too good to be true?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>ALWAYS! Please be careful We all have heard of scams ripping people off, but the biggest rip offs are the legal ones. Not surprisingly, online shopping has accelerated nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, topping out at a 57% increase year on year. In fact, around four in five<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/is-it-too-good-to-be-true\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is it too good to be true?\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-20 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/server.highlightphotonics.com.au\/~rickmandelson\/why-do-i-need-to-do-a-tax-return\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhy do I need to do a tax return?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>I have already paid my tax in my wages!! Most of us must do a tax return each year, why???? 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