Goodbye 2018. Hello 2019. My tips to help you have your best year ever in practice!

December 31, 2018

Accounting Firm Culture, The Balanced Accountant, The Balanced Firm, Trends in the Accounting Industry

Today is the last day of 2018 and I hope that you have had some time since Christmas to reflect on the year that was, to afford yourself some time…

Three habits of successful sole practitioners

November 16, 2018

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So many sole practitioners: are working too many hours are not being well enough remunerated for these hours and are feeling frustrated and disillusioned by their current practicelife! Unfortunately,…

Business Lessons we can learn from the Royal Wedding

May 25, 2018

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I was one of the nearly 5 million people in Australia who hijacked the TV and took hold of the remote to watch the royal wedding live on Saturday night. Jason was grateful…

Deadline looms for employers with 20 or more employees to be ready for Single Tax Payroll

April 18, 2018

Accounting Events, Accounting Firm Culture, STP, The Balanced Accountant, Trends in the Accounting Industry

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How did you get into accounting? I had my sights set on two careers – an accountant or fashion designer/textiles and design teacher. To many, these would appear worlds apart,…

Maitland Mercury Interview: Being the only tax practitioner on ATO’s new payroll working party

April 15, 2018

STP, Team, Technology in the Accounting Industry, The Balanced Accountant, The Balanced Firm, Trends in the Accounting Industry

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I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by the Maitland Mercury on Single Touch Payroll. Below is a copy of the article that was published April 6th, 2018. To…

Single Touch Payroll – it’s headcount day for employers!

April 1, 2018

Accounting Events, STP, Tax Updates, Technology in the Accounting Industry, The Balanced Accountant, The Balanced Firm, Trends in the Accounting Industry, Uncategorized

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Today (1 April 2018) is the first milestone date for Single Touch Payroll. Don’t worry if you haven’t done anything about STP up until now as a very large proportion…

Why I put my hand up to help the ATO with their implementation of Single Touch Payroll

February 19, 2018

Accounting Events, STP, Tax Updates, The Balanced Accountant, The Balanced Firm, Trends in the Accounting Industry

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In late September 2016 an “expression of interest” callout landed in my inbox from my professional body, Chartered Accountants ANZ. The callout was to participate in the ATO’s Single Touch…

Get your practice prepared for STP: the next steps

February 5, 2018

Clients, STP, Tax Updates, Technology in the Accounting Industry, The Balanced Accountant, Trends in the Accounting Industry

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Single Touch Payroll (STP) will not be SuperStream 2.0 – so it’s important to get prepared now. A lot of accountants I’ve spoken to over the last couple of months…

What you need to know about Single Touch Payroll

January 21, 2018

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Single Touch Payroll (STP) is set to change the way just over 100,000 employers report salary and wage payments to the ATO for about 13 million employees. A further 700,000…

Single Touch Payroll and your accounting practice

January 21, 2018

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Single Touch Payroll isn’t just a big change in reporting – it could change the conversation between you and your clients. Single Touch Payroll (STP) is set to change the way just…

Goodbye 2018. Hello 2019. My tips to help you have your best year ever in practice!