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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in News / Xero Cloud Accounting / Xero Training  by Emily Yip

How to make your end-of-year financial statements preparation a breeze

Now that we are in August (time flies!) and well into the 2019 financial year, many of you are probably busy preparing your file to send to us for review. Year-end reviews can sometimes be a daunting experience as you never know what the result will be, or what more documents you need to bring in to us… So is there anything you can do to make both of our lives easier? Definitely!

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in Bookkeeping and Payroll / News / Personal Tax Returns / Running A Business  by Emily Yip

Top 10 things to consider when employing new staff

Every now and then we get asked the question – “I want to hire someone to help with our business so I can have more time growing my business.” But before you put an ad up, or spread the word around, have you considered the following 10 things about finding the right staff, your business financial situation and understand the extra compliance work required?

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in Bookkeeping and Payroll / News / Running A Business / Starting a New Business  by Emily Yip

Xero subscription changes

Most of you may have received this news earlier last week: Xero has recently announced adjustments to their Subscription plans for Standard and Premium plan users, effective 28 September 2018.

Premium plan users

As Xero rolls out more features on reporting, payroll and mobile apps, the prices of the Premium plans will increase starting from 28 September 2018.

This means that in your September and October invoices you will see an adjustment made to your monthly subscription fee.

Standard plan users

Starting from 28 September 2018, Xero Standard subscription users will notice that they will be able to have up to two active payroll employees on the Standard $50 plan, as compared to one active payroll employee currently.

It is therefore a good opportunity to review your subscription plans to see if you can update your subscription plans depending on your business needs. If you need assistance in choosing the correct subscription plan, or to update your subscription plans, please contact us.

More information can be found on this blog post.

in News / Xero Cloud Accounting  by Emily Yip