Single Touch Payroll – what you need to do

From 1 July 2018, if you have 20 or more employees, you’ll need to use Single Touch Payroll-enabled software to report your tax and super information to us.

This means that you need to do a headcount of the number of employees on 1 April 2018, if it is 20 or more employees then you are required to use Single Touch Payroll from 1 July 2018.

More information can be found on our article published earlier .

If you require assistance please get in touch with us!

Xero Tips & Tricks

We have recently been to the Xero Roadshow in Perth where we were shown some of the upcoming exciting features that Xero is implementing in the near future.

We thought we would share with you, in the following article, some of the hidden tips that Xero users could potentially try to speed up their bookkeeping process, giving Xero users more time to spend on things that matter to them the most, or just chill out on the beach with a cocktail in hand!

We explore the hidden calculator function, how to set your favourite report and how to set up Xero to Xero network key so you can potentially get paid faster!

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September 17 quarter Business Activity Statement

September 2017 quarterly Business Activity Statement (BAS) will due for lodgement and payment by 30 Oct 2017 if lodged by yourselves, or 25 November 2017 if lodged via an agent like us.

Leave your worries for preparing BAS to us by contacting us and see how we could help!

XeroCon 2017

Over 500,000 small businesses are now using Xero accounting software, including more than 130 of our client businesses.   So Helen Hardegen & Emily Yip went to Melbourne last week to attend a XeroCon where over 3,000 accountants, bookkeepers and other interested parties gathered to learn more about the new things that are coming soon to Xero and how we can best help you, our clients, to use it.

There are some exciting new developments that we will contact you about in the near future including a new project management module, easy expense claims and many more.

Aston Accountants has a new partner!

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Emily Yip has joined us as a partner from 1 July 2017.

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