by Rob Pillans | Sep 24, 2020 | Featured Articles, Financial Services, Practice Management, Professional Development
by Rob Pillans | Sep 23, 2020 | Articles Recently I’ve had quite a few conversations with clients about when to hire the next person into their accounting firm and what role it should be. I hold the view that as a business owner you should always know what role...
by Rob Pillans | Oct 1, 2019 | Client Management, Document Management, Practice Management, Professional Development, Software Support, Team Leadership, Technology, Uncategorised
I attended the two days of Xero’s annual conference on 4 and 5 September. I did not make it to the wrap party so can’t comment on that. There was less hype this year compared to last year. It seemed a bit calmer and reflects, I believe, the growing maturity of Xero as...
by Rob Pillans | Jul 23, 2019 | Featured Articles
I attended the AICPA Engage conference in Las Vegas from Monday 10 June to Thursday 13 June. The conference offered hundreds of sessions across technical and non-technical topics and was attended by about 4,000 accountants, mostly from the USA. I attended two sessions...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 8, 2019 | Latest News
The Accounting Business Expo was held in Sydney on 20 and 21 March. It is self described as “the big free expo and conference for business and money”. I was there for most of the two days and enjoyed it. On offer were 160 + short information sessions, typically of...
by Rob Pillans | Apr 8, 2019 | Practice Management
For Australian accountants 15 May is a significant date. As Tax Agents you are subject to the ATO’s lodgment program framework which at its core requires you to lodge 85% or more of your clients’ current year returns on time. 15 May 2019 is effectively the last date...