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Small Business Finance Guide 2026 | Free 26-Page Download, Updated September 2026 | MFA
FREE 26-PAGE GUIDE, UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2026

Finance for Self-Employed Borrowers and Small Business Owners

How lenders read your returns, add-backs, alt-doc and low-doc, equipment finance, working capital, and why ATO debt now costs 11.43% and is not deductible.

2.81M
Trading businesses, Jun 2026
7.19%
Small business rate, new
$20,000
Write-off, now permanent
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Small Business Finance Guide
Funding for self-employed borrowers, rebuilt for the 2026 rate cycle.
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Why This Guide

What You'll Learn

Every figure is dated and traceable to a public source. The last section of the guide lists them.

How lenders read your income

Add-backs, one year vs two, company and trust structures, and why lender choice moves the number.

Equipment and working capital

Chattel mortgage vs lease, balloons, overdrafts, invoice finance and the permanent $20,000 write-off.

ATO debt and your application

GIC at 11.43% and no longer deductible, which lenders will still lend, and how to clear it at settlement.

Inside The Guide

What's Covered

01

Types of business finance

What each facility costs and what it is for

02

Home loans for the self-employed

Full doc lending when the income is yours

03

Low doc and alt doc

When the returns are not there yet

04

Asset and equipment finance

Trucks, plant, fit-out and the permanent write-off

05

Cash flow and working capital

Funding the gap between paying and being paid

06

ATO debt

The most expensive money in your business

07

The 2026 environment

Rates, the DTI cap and the tax reform

08

Your action plan

What to do, in order, and what to bring

Melanie McNaughton

Melanie McNaughton

Director & Principal Lending Strategist

Melanie spent more than 12 years in commercial banking at NAB, ANZ and Westpac before moving to broking. Through the Connective aggregator MFA places loans with more than 60 lenders. These guides are what she tells clients in the first meeting, with the sources attached.

12+ Years Experience
60+ Lenders
Surf Coast Based

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