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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.

How to set up STP in your accounting software – part 1 – Xero

If you’re a small employer with 19 employees or less, you have until 30 September 2019 to connect your accounting software to the ATO for Single Touch Payroll (STP) purposes. If you haven’t yet done so because you simply don’t know how to do it, then this blog is for you! This will be a four-part series beginning with Xero software. We will cover Saasu, MYOB and QuickBooks Online in subsequent blogs.

Louise McLoughlin 11 September 2019

Accessorial Liability: when to stay and when to run…

An accessory to a crime is a person who participates knowingly and voluntarily in the commission of a crime. An accessory can be categorised as

Louise McLoughlin 14 March 2019

Don’t Forget Those Cash Receipts!

Do you buy business items with your own non-business funds i.e. your cash? Do you include these purchases in your accounts? Surprisingly, some of our

Louise McLoughlin 6 March 2019

BAS & Bookkeeping Services – Aren’t They the Same Thing?

If you want to be a bookkeeper in today’s environment and abide by the Tax Agent Services Act 2009, you will need to ask yourself

Louise McLoughlin 5 March 2019

Correcting GST Mistakes

From time to time, you may realise that you have made a mistake on a previous activity statement. You may have found extra receipts or

Louise McLoughlin 5 March 2019

GST Mistakes

Common GST Mistakes

When you’re completing your activity statements, it’s easy to make mistakes. It happens a lot and we see them first hand here at e-BAS Accounts.

Louise McLoughlin 5 March 2019

Speaking GST

How to Speak “GST”

There are a lot of terms used when we start to talk about the GST or a BAS in the BAS Agents’ world. We BAS

Louise McLoughlin 4 March 2019

How to get started with Single Touch Payroll

As mentioned in our last blog, smaller employers with less than 19 employees will need to start reporting their payroll data via Single Touch Payroll

Louise McLoughlin 28 February 2019