Get your business ready for the next financial year
Review and update your business plan! What do you want to do and how do you intend to do it? The 2023/2024 financial year is going to be challenging. You…
Should I enrol into Pay As You Go (PAYGI) instalments
Pay As You Go (PAYG) instalments is a system that allows individuals and businesses to pay their income tax in instalments throughout the year where the income coming in is…
Setting up online accounting software
Setting up and running online accounting software for a small business can be a great way to streamline financial processes, save time, and improve accuracy. It can make keeping the…
Cyber security and micro businesses
A micro business in Australia is usually taken to mean a business of 1 to 4 people. That might be a single sole trader or a boss and a couple…
Search Engine Optimisation for small business
Do a search in Google for a product or service that your business provides. But make sure that you are doing it in an “incognito” or “private” page (Google knows…
How to set up an operating budget for your small business
Most businesses and that includes long running businesses as well as new ones, have only a hazy idea of what they are spending as a business over time. That means…
Prepare for 2023
Hard to believe but there is a whole new year ahead. Hopefully everyone has had a nice Christmas but now it’s time to get ready for the coming year. Here…
How to write a great job ad
At the moment most employers are having a hard time attracting the right person for the jobs they have that desperately need to be filled. Or sometimes any people at…
What is inflation and why does it threaten my business?
Lets say you sold a customer something for a price $200 in 2021. The cost to you of materials, labour, admin, etc etc was $100. So you made a profit…
What are the advantages of XERO?
Online - or cloud accounting solutions - sometimes called “Software as a Service” (SaaS) are where you aren't buying a software program to install on your computer – you are…