Welcome to our bookkeeping blog! We share bookkeeping tips, software updates and the latest news from the ATO. Sometimes we get a bit cheeky and let you know what we really think about this industry, but we try to behave ourselves most of the time! Enjoy the read and if you’re looking for anything in particular, hit the search button above.
Setting up the app for the first time requires quite a few steps and can be slightly complicated. Sadly, if you buy a new mobile or tablet, or wish to use your myGovID on multiple devices, you will need to set up your myGovID again and re-verify your identity.
Fair Work often updates the rules regarding payroll and right now is no different! Several aspects of payroll have or will change in the very
Here is my list of useful tips and tricks that I use when wrangling Xero. I’ll try to keep adding new tips etc as I discover them. I hope you find them useful.
If a pay event is returned after a filing, the ATO will provide an error code that describes the issue. While these codes are useful in terms of helping the lodger understand what is wrong, they do not assist in providing details about how to fix the error within the software you may be using. Luckily, there is help available from each of the main software providers.
eInvoicing is a new way to securely send and receive invoices between businesses via a secure global public network known as Peppol.
Something important to call out in relation to paying this leave is the information that is prohibited from being included on the employee’s payslip.
The way new employees are onboarded is changing. Enter the “New Employment Form”. This is an all-in-one onboarding form that new employees access from their myGov accounts. The form will provide both the ATO and the employer with all of the information required to set up new employees in one easy action.
Employees (full-time, part-time, and casual), will soon be able to access 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave in a 12-month period.
During the past 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ATO deliberately halted tax and super debt collection… But now they are back on the bandwagon. Debt collection has recommenced!