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Future Cloud Investment
by Daniel Wyner | Apr 23, 2015 | Featured Articles, Latest News, Technology Support
Last year in our research, “Can the accounting profession keep up with clients and the cloud’ we heard from our research partner about the future of cloud. According to capioIT, we may now be entering the tipping point “where the hype of potential outcomes from...
Business Gifts: What, When and How?
by Thea Foster | Apr 23, 2015 | Featured Articles, Latest News, Practice Management
The 1, 2, 3 Series on Courtesy and Good Manners in an Accounting Firm. Issue 4: Business Gifts: What, When and How? Introduction When is a thank you note not enough? This article is the continuation of Issue 3: Thank You Notes. What? Agreed, it is respectful to...
How do you bridge the gap between ‘the cloud’ and compliance?
by For Accountants | Apr 8, 2015 | Latest News
As accountants, we're pretty excited about cloud. But there's one little problem. The way we work is clunky, old-school and downright painful. We're using old products to perform bad processes, using ledgers and manually copying data in and out of the plethora of...
SMSF and the Sole Purpose Test
by David Saul | Apr 8, 2015 | Latest News
Any SMSF needs to meet the Sole Purpose Test to be eligible for the tax concessions normally available to super funds. Given the very close association between trustees and/or members – sometimes I get calls from worried accountants who administer SMSFs. The Sole...
The 1, 2, 3 Series on Courtesy and Good Manners in an Accounting Firm. Issue 3: Thank You Notes
by Thea Foster | Apr 8, 2015 | Latest News
Issue 3: Thank You Notes Introduction You may ask, surely they are out of date? No, it is still polite to thank people, not just in your private life eg the day after a dinner party, but also to acknowledge a business benefit. Many thank you notes now occur in email...
Grants To Assist In Skills Development
by Peter Towers | Apr 8, 2015 | Latest News
There are still Federal, State and Territory government grants available for clients who want to invigorate their business. Many small business operators will welcome the opportunity of obtaining a government grant. David Smith, Managing Director of Smithink 2020...