Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Entries from January 2009

When Does A Financial Planner Do Bookkeeping?

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Why get stressed out over doing your own bookkeeping at the detriment to your business, when you can outsource your bookwork and have more time for your business?

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Can Your Bookkeeper Fix A Leaking Pipe?

January 20th, 2009
Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping, Small Business

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A Bookkeeping System is crucial for business owners around Burleigh, Robina, Mudgeeraba, Varsity Lakes to stay ontop of finances and keep your business running

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MYOB Bookkeeping – Do You Need Help?

January 18th, 2009
BAS, Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping, MYOB

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Do you know that saying:”A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing”? When applied to an accounting software package like Quickbooks or MYOB, it can become costly.
Many clients around Robina, Mudgeeraba, Burleigh, and Varsity Lakes have contacted our professional bookkeeping service after having difficulties keeping on top of their bookkeeping. Contact us for more details
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PAYG Instalment Reduced for Small Business

January 16th, 2009
ATO, BAS, Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping, Small Business

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In an attempt to weather the global financial crises, The Australian Government is reducing by 20% the quarterly PAYG (Pay As You Go) instalment due for the December 2008 Quarter.

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Need Help With Your BAS Lodgment?

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Often when clients ask us to help them with their BAS (Business Activity Statements) the problem is not with the BAS. The problem lies with somewhere within the bookkeeping process during the BAS preparation.

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Do Cheap Bookkeepers Save Money?

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Is a cheap bookkeeper is cheap because they themselves do not value their work/worth? Or are they using you to pay for their training?

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Help! ATO is Chasing My Bookkeeping!

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The longer the ATO are looking through your documentation, the more time they have to think about other things to look for, and the greater the chance of them “stumbling ” across a loophole where the individual ATO officer can quickly earn some “brownie points” to help climb up the ladder of promotion.

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Cash-flow and Bookkeeping in a Tight Economy

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In a tight economy you need to ensure that you have a handle on what money you owe and to whom, and what money is owed to you and by whom. If you do not use an accounting software package such as Quickbooks or MYOB, if you do not have a bookkeeper, or book-keeping system in place then you could be heading for disaster

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Quickbooks / MYOB Bookkeeping in 2009

January 12th, 2009
ATO, BAS, Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping, MYOB, Quickbooks

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Many people are returning to work today after the Christmas / New Year break.
With lower interest rates, lower fuel prices and Kevin Rudd throwing money around like it’s burning a hole in his pocket, what is in store for 2009?
The Australian Taxation Office continue on their relentless search to hammer small business owners and [...]

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Q2 BAS due to ATO 28 February 2009

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With Christmas out of the way, and many small businesses returning to work, it’s time to get all your paperwork together and get it to your bookkeeper or outsourced bookkeeping service- to report on the 2nd quarter (1 September to 31 December 2008) to get your BAS lodged on time.
Maybe the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) [...]

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