Last-minute tax time tips for sole traders
This article was first published on www.myob.com.au If you’re a sole trader and haven’t lodged your tax return, there is still time. Just make sure you read these expert tips for maximising your return – as well as how to get ahead easily for next time. End of...
5 financial management tips for sole traders during COVID-19 (and beyond)
If you’re a sole trader then managing your money is key to your success and, especially in 2020, your business’s survival. Here are some tips on how to you can make the most of your hard-earned dollars. Sole traders may have missed out on some of the COVID-19 support...
CA Catalyst Member Stories: Creating value through technology
Amanda Gascoigne believes in educating clients to be more technologically efficient so accountants can focus on higher levels of service. The GST was about to hit when Amanda Gascoigne launched her own accounting practice twenty years ago, so it seemed an ideal time...
How to help clients get BAS done (and receive their COVID-19 stimulus entitlements)
This article first appeared on myob.com.au If you handle BAS submissions for small business clients, the coronavirus outbreak and resulting social distancing measures couldn’t have come at a worse time. But in some ways, getting better at BAS is now more important...
How to build and maintain your practice culture in a changing world
An interview with Amanda Gascoigne as published on www.receipt-bank.com In many respects, Amanda Gascoigne is a trailblazer. She started her own practice back in 1999 after her place of work wouldn’t offer her any maternity pay and then, in 2008, decided to take a...
Trends For Small And Solo Accounting Practices
I believe that in 2020, small and solo accounting practices are looking for more. More from their practice. More from their life. Many on their practice journey for some time, are despondent. It hasn’t exactly been what they signed up for. Through hard times, they...
5 things you can do to fall in love with your accounting practice again
Are you loving the way your accounting practice is running in 2020? If not, Valentine’s Day marks the perfect time of year to get on top of a few key housekeeping issues and start building the passion once again, writes Amanda Gascoigne. Whether you’re looking forward...
How to plan for practice success in 2020
As in any business, it’s easy for accounting practice owners to get bogged down in the nitty gritty. Before 2020 heats up, now’s the time to break the cycle. These tips will get you started. 2020 marks the start of a new decade and, for some, it’s an opportunity for a...
What are Business Activity Statements (BAS)?
The mere mention of the term ‘Business Activity Statement’ (BAS) is enough to make many business owners break out in a sweat. Even more stressful than that is having to come up with the cash to pay it if you haven’t been putting the money aside. The stress associated...
Planning for the Future of Your Practice
I started my practice in 1999 and this year I would of celebrated 20 years in practice had an opportunity not have presented itself 6 years ago. But before I tell you about that, let me tell you a little bit about my practice...
Is $5K reasonable to pay an accountant annually?
This was a question posted recently on Facebook and I felt an urge to respond. You see I’ve read similar questions before and have bit my tongue, but the frequency of these questions are getting more regular and the comments they are attracting are increasing. Could...
Are you ready for Single Touch Payroll?
Single Touch Payroll (STP) is the biggest change for businesses since the introduction of the GST in July 2000. If you were in business back then, I bet it wasn’t too long before you became a champion of GST and now doing your IAS and BAS has become second...
How accounting practices can guarantee Single Touch Payroll success
This article was first published on MYOB.com/au Single Touch Payroll is one of the biggest changes since GST. As such, it also offers many opportunities for accounting practice owners and their SME business clients alike, writes Amanda Gascoigne. I’ve been a...
Single Touch Payroll explained: What if my SME clients have outstanding SG?
A one-size-fits-all rollout of Single Touch Payroll (STP) for SME clients is a game accountants probably shouldn’t be playing.
My “Two Bob’s” worth and what accountant can learn from Two Bobs Bakery
Ideal clients are a key ingredient for a fun, rewarding and profitable business! Here’s an example of a business owner doing business and life their way. Two Bobs Bakery opened just before Christmas and I go there probably twice a week. Days of Trade - Wednesday...
EOFY checklist for businesses
This blog was first published on MYOB.com/au There’s lots to do as a business owner as you focus on year-end accounting and bookkeeping tasks in addition to some forward planning for the new financial year. To help simplify things, Amanda Gascoigne has prepared this...
2019 International Women’s Day Message – scrap the stereotype and embrace the balance!
In the mid 80’s there was a considerable number of my fellow students that opted to enter the workforce after completing Year 9 or 10. For work experience in Year 10, I was given well meaning advice from family and friends. Choose a career that you could “always...
Helping accounting practice owners have practices and lives that tick all the boxes – family, choice, freedom, fulfilment, money!
You could say I've been a career Chartered Accountant for over 25 years. I was a passionate accounting practice founder and owner for 18 years and have always been motivated to do biz and life in a way that honoured the important things in my life and that the two...
