How often do I need to do my bookwork?
I get asked this question quite a bit and it all depends on your own circumstances, but good financial management from the beginning is essential so that you can work efficiently and you know how your business is performing. Here are a few tips to help you: Schedule a...
Records you need to keep
I asked the question this week “What are some things you wish you knew about bookkeeping in your business when starting up, or if new to business the things you want to know?” I got a great response and I thought I would address some of these in a series of blog...
Important Dates 2016-17
Important Dates for 2016-2017 These dates are from the Australian Taxation Office, but when lodging with a Registered BAS Agent, like Account On Me Bookkeeping Service you can get extra time to lodge. If you want to get extra time to lodge, contact us today. Date...
Invoices – What You Need to Include
As bookkeepers we see a lot of invoices and sometimes they do not have the correct information or can be confusing. I recently came across an invoice that had a due date which was seven days after the invoice date and then further down the invoice it had “Payment...
How Shoeboxed Helped Us Become a Paperless Office
Over the past twelve months we have been using Shoeboxed to help us with our goal of becoming a paperless office (along with our favourite piece of equipment in the office – the Scansnap). Don’t get me wrong there is always going to be paper in the office, but we...
Have you heard about TSheets?
TSheets is a cloud based product that you can keep track of staff hours, rosters and client jobs and then use this information to send invoices to customers. We have recently started using TSheets at Account On Me, there are so many features that we have barely...
Xero
There are so many accounting packages (Xero, MYOB, Quickbooks, Reckon, to name a few) these days. Xero would have to be my favourite accounting system that I have used in the nearly 20 years in the industry, like anything there are pros and cons (no phone support...