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Single Touch Payroll – Are You Ready?

Single Touch Payroll – Are You Ready?

Single Touch Payroll is the government’s way of capturing data in real time for PAYG, Superannuation etc – it also means staff won’t be chasing you for payslips and PAYG summaries as this is all accessible via their myGov portals. They will see tax withheld, gross wages paid, super liable to date in real time.

BUILDING AND BOOKKEEPING DON’T MIX… OR DO THEY?!

BUILDING AND BOOKKEEPING DON’T MIX… OR DO THEY?!

Bookkeeping is not everyone’s cup of tea… or their glass of wine. I get that and that’s why I do what I do. My focus is around getting my client’s back to doing what they do best and WHY they got into business in the first place… their PASSION. 

It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas…

It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas…

It’s here, again! It is just me or does it come around quicker and quicker every year? 

3 Ways to Increase Your Effectiveness at Work

3 Ways to Increase Your Effectiveness at Work

Not feeling like you are achieving as much as you should? Here are three tools to work smarter, healthier and more effectively...

EVERYONE LOVES FREE MONEY...

EVERYONE LOVES FREE MONEY...

If you know me at all you know I love free stuff… But I think it’s safe to say we all love free money don’t we? 

Time Management Tools

Time Management Tools

Always feel there aren't enough hours in the day? Unfortunately, I can't give you more.. and I wouldn't if I could, because I believe if you don't manage your time with 24 hours effectively... 40 hours wouldn't solve the problem.. These 3 tools will though....

Going Paperless – Receipt Capturing

Sick of receipts fading, shoeboxes full of invoices, receipts and paper? CHUCK ‘EM!... well almost… First download the Xero app to your mobile and snap away…

To add receipts and expenses as you go:

1.    If you’ve got an Android phone, tap RECEIPTS then the plus sign (+); on an iPhone, tap the plus sign (+) then ‘Add receipt’. 

2.    Key in the details. 

3.    Choose whether you paid from a business account, or from your own funds and need to be paid back. (Great for expense claims from staff as you need to approve them once they hit your dashboard before they can be repaid and you can see the receipt…… and they can’t say they lost it!)

4.    In the bottom right click Add file > find it on your camera roll or take a snapshot of the receipt in your hand, and upload it as a file…. then off to the recycle centre it goes!

 

Want to learn more about Xero and streamlining your systems? Send us an email for a free consultation!

Top 3 Productivity Tips When Working from Home

Top 3 Productivity Tips When Working from Home

Personally, I love the freedom of just needing wi-fi and a laptop to be able to do my job… from my home office, to my local café to the other side of the world… I can and do literally work ANYWHERE and EVERYWHERE. But, keeping productive and motivated in a world so cluttered with distractions can be challenging… so here are some ways I keep productive.

Me time… and why it’s important

Me time… and why it’s important

As entrepreneurs, business owners, humans…. We tend to put others needs before ours, clients, customers, colleagues, family, friends, partners… As selfless as this sounds you are actually doing them a disservice but giving giving giving ALL you have…

Make it Easy for Your Customers to Pay YOU!

Make it Easy for Your Customers to Pay YOU!

Cash flow an issue? Here are our tips to remove the roadblocks to speed up the time it takes to get paid!

HOW TO: Splitting payments and deposits

HOW TO: Splitting payments and deposits

It’s more and more common these days for your customer’s to pay a deposit, or pay their bill off in instalments. Same goes for your suppliers and payment terms – a deposit to start production and the balance on delivery for example. This is all good and well, but how do you record this in Xero without creating a million invoices for each stage?!

Save Time. Make Money.

Save Time. Make Money.

Integration is the key to streamlining your processes electronically and cutting down on time double entering information. It also makes your reports more accurate and useful!

Xero is a fantastic platform for maximising integration with their API shared publically with developers… Xero encourages app development to benefit their users. 

3 Bookkeeping Time Savers

3 Bookkeeping Time Savers

As a business owner myself, I am always looking for ways to save time! Here are three of my favourites for bookkeeping!

Claiming GST Credits: what can I claim for my business?

Claiming GST Credits: what can I claim for my business?

Simply put, you can claim GST when these four conditions apply, as laid out by the ATO...

Employee V Contractor

Employee V Contractor

There is a lot of confusion around what classifies a subcontractor and who should be paid as an employee on the books. Recently, this particular question came up with a client. So here are the rules...

Make Your Dashboard Your Friend

Make Your Dashboard Your Friend

Using Xero? Are you making the most of your dashboard?

Learn how to maximise your SNAPSHOT of your numbers and keep an eye on those liabilities...

HOW TO: Auto-Super Processing on Xero

HOW TO: Auto-Super Processing on Xero

Processing Superannuation used to be a long, painful process... but now with Xero it's so SIMPLE! Learn how here...

Happy EOFY!

Happy EOFY!

Here are some important dates to remember this Tax Time!