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End of Financial Year: Essential Legal Tasks Checklist

by Jackie Olling
June 6, 2022

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Communications and legal business professional with experience working in top-tier global law firms, high-growth startups, and legal technology across APAC, the UK and US. Currently the B2B Relationship Manager at Pogust Goodhead, a global class actions law firm specialising in ESG, consumer, competition and human rights law with offices across the United Kingdom, Europe, United States, and Latin America. Formerly a practising NSW lawyer and Content Manager at Lawpath.

Not sure what you need to do in order to prepare your business for the end of financial year? Our legal checklist provides a simple way you can ensure you’ve taken care of all your pressing legal obligations including:

Updating your business details
Understanding your tax obligations and deductions
Reviewing your business structure and business plan
Recovering money owed to your business

End of Financial Year Legal Tasks Checklist

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