The ATO has been talking about Single Touch Payroll for many years already and they’ve made it mandatory for large businesses already. Now it’s time for small businesses to be compliant. The good news is that Xero, MYOB and Intuit (QuickBooks) have done to...
Xero and MYOB have been targeting small business owners who use spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel to do their accounting with features like invoicing, BAS reporting and bank reconciliations using bank feeds. These accounting software companies integrate with PayPal as...
I always find it interesting when an accounting software company touts the fact that their clients can get paid faster using their software. The fact is that any cloud-based accounting software makes it easier to interact with other cloud services like PayPal. Now...
Credit Management and Payment Terms is better with Xero Ever since Xero emerged and handed control to businesses for accounting in the now (not just the cloud) businesses have been able to quote and invoice while at their customers site. Using Paypal has also enabled...
Hiring staff is something you’ll do as a business owner or manager at some stage in operating the business. In medium sized businesses the hiring and firing is performed by a dedicated HR Manager or Human Resources staff members and the process is exhausting and...
Upwork, Freelancer and Airtasker: what kind of freelancer will you find on an online marketplace? Hiring a freelancer isn’t particularly easy. In fact, depending on the type of freelancer you’re looking for, it’s often more difficult than hiring a permanent employee....
When does *free* accounting software really become more expensive? The best bookkeepers are forever tasked with the challenge of staying abreast of cloud accounting and bookkeeping technologies and software packages. By moving accounting software into the cloud,...
The perks of working as a bookkeeper for free Working for free is normally not advisable. This is because sometimes it indicates that you don’t value your services, that you’re overpriced, or that you’re inexperienced. (And if you were a permanent employee on a...
THERE’S a conversation taking place right now between lawmakers and educators as to what exactly we should be teaching our kids. Jobs that exist today might not in a decade’s time — certainly not in two decades — and so schools and learning facilities have...
