Are you spending too much time on admin work in your business?

As a small business owner we wear a lot of hats:

  • generating income to the business (aka the bread winner)
  • issuing invoices and following up on overdue invoices from non-paying customers
  • managing bills and payment of such
  • recording transactions and preparing BAS
  • responding to requests from clients/leads
  • checking the mail/emails
  • keeping up with your industry’s regulations
  • Tidying up the office
  • … the list goes on.

Question to you: on average how many hours of admin work do you do every week?

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Why you should consider moving onto the cloud

In recent years many desktop accounting systems started chasing after “the cloud” by establishing their online presence. Some are moving their software to the server/online environment, while the others completely revamped the look and functionality of their software to compete with other online software.

Cloud Accounting is the new, easy and efficient way for you to take control of your business paperwork and have more time to increase your profits or spend with your family.  What will you do with the time you save?

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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.