Blog

 These Blog Posts are designed to be interesting and provide an insight into how an entrepreneurial accountant and business owner thinks. 

Payroll? More exciting than you might think.

By | June 5, 2023

Thinking about your payroll may not sound exciting at first, but when you stop and think about it you realise that it’s one of the most important parts of any employer’s business.  It’s all about making sure hardworking Australians are paid...read more

A Quick Look at Some Australian Payroll Terms

By | May 1, 2023

New to Australia or just new to Australian payroll?  It can be confusing, we know.  Here we’ll do a quick run through of some common words and terms you will hear and what they mean. EOFY Related Group Certificates or Payment Summaries were...read more

Size Matters: Grow Your Business with SmartPayroll

By | February 25, 2023

As an entrepreneur, setting up your own business was never just an option – you were born for this. It’s an exciting time, but a high level of stress often accompanies all that excitement. The best way to avoid unnecessary stress is to be...read more

When Should I Outsource?

By | January 25, 2023

To outsource or not to outsource – that is the question. As an entrepreneur and business owner, it’s fascinating to monitor the growth of projects, and collaborating with others is always an exciting venture. Whether working with a start...read more

Cloud Computing: Where Payroll has a Silver Lining

By | April 28, 2015

We often hear of ‘the cloud’ as a technology buzz word, but what is this cloud that everyone’s talking about? The cloud is an online means of storing and accessing your important data and programs – and if you’re a small business owner and...read more

Online Payroll and Overseas Expansion

By | February 18, 2015

Every year hundreds of Australian businesses will consider expanding overseas, whether across the ditch to New Zealand or even further abroad. If you find yourself going down the decision making path towards offshore expansion, it’s important...read more

5 Easy ways to Manage the Growth of your Business Effectively

By | November 27, 2014

Most business owners say “just give me more sales” but the truth is if they doubled the number of customers they currently have every month they would probably get smashed. They wouldn’t be able to do it and there would be so many...read more

Hiring the Right Staff – A guide

By | November 17, 2014

Hiring staff is one of the most difficult tasks I have to do in business.  It’s super tricky and you just never know how it’s going to work out. I remember being taken to the employment court when I was a newbie business owner in my 20’s...read more

Outsourcing – all the rage right now in business?

By | May 28, 2014

Outsourcing for Accountants and Australian Business owners  In the same week I wrote “An Entrepreneur’s take on the 2014 Budget” article I met a very interesting Accountant in the Gold Coast by the name of Nicholas Sinclair from...read more