Newsletter Archive
Past e-News newsletters available for reading and downloading.
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2025
- 20/01/25 New Criminal Underpayment Laws have Started
- 03/02/25 Reminder Xero is Retiring Classic Invoicing
- 17/02/25 Do you need to register for GST?
- 03/03/25 New Accounting Software for Sole Traders
- 17/03/25 ATO to Move Non-Compliant Businesses to Monthly BAS
- 31/03/25 Budget 2025 – what’s in it for small business
- 14/04/25 ATO Interest Charges no Longer Tax Deductible
- 28/04/25 Say Goodbye to Cash Flow Worries: Introducing FundTap
- 12/05/25 Instant Asset Write-off Ending 30.06.25
- 26/05/25 Get Paid Faster with Tap to Pay & PayTo on Xero & Stripe
- 09/06/25 $20K Instant Asset Write Off to be Extended to June 2026
2024
- 15/01/24 Q2 2023-24 Giving Program Results
- 22/01/24 AI Apps for your Business and for Fun!
- 29/01/24 Current Bookkeeping & ATO News
- 05/02/24 ATO Launches Free Online Learning Support for Small Businesses
- 12/02/24 Claiming Car Exps via Cents per Kilometre Method
- 19/02/24 3 x Fair Work Information Statements – which one for your employees
- 26/02/24 SBSCH to roll out SMSF bank account validation
- 05/03/24 Recoveriescorp
- 11/03/24 TPAR Penalties & New Casual Employee Defintion
- 18/03/24 Wage Theft Legislation – Auditing your Payroll
- 25/03/24 Client Agent Linking – Issues and Challenges
- 01/04/24 Client Agent Linking – Useful Links, Videos & Phone Numbers
- 08/04/24 Why has my PAYG Withholding Cycle Changed?
- 15/04/24 Client Agent Linking not Working for You? Update your ABN Details Via ABR now!
- 22/04/24 Hotel Quarantine (Business Losses) Class Action
- 29/04/24 Latest Changes & Updates to GST
- 06/05/24 Xero News – Price Increases & STP Changes
- 13/05/24 Payday Super is Coming
- 20/05/24 Budget 2024 – the bits affecting small businesses
- 27/05/24 Preparing for EOFY Payroll – Things you can do now
- 03/06/24 Free Courses for Small Business Owners
- 10/06/24 2024 Minimum Wage Increase
- 17/06/24 EOFY Tax-Saving Tips
- 24/06/24 3G to be Switched Off by Telstra and Optus
- 01/07/24 EOFY Payroll How-To, New Pay Rate Guides & More
- 16/07/24 Changes to Rosters & Overtime in the Retail Award
- 05/08/24 Its TPAR Time
- 19/08/24 Upcoming Changes to Casual Employment
- 09/09/24 Xero New Invoicing & Some Useful Business Tools
- 23/09/24 SBSCH to Close when Payday Super Arrives!
- 07/10/24 myGov Name Change to myID
- 21/10/24 New from Xero, reprocess failed or returned auto super payments
- 04/11/24 Super to be Paid on Paid Parental Leave
- 18/11/24 Your Christmas Shutdown Payroll Checklist
- 02/12/24 Playing music in your business – You need a licence!
- 16/12/24 myID Scam Email – Don’t be Fooled!
2023
- 09/01/23 Q2 2022-23 Giving Program Results
- 10/01/23 New Pay Secrecy and Job Ad Laws
- 23/01/23 Xero Tips & Tricks
- 30/01/23 What NOT to include in payslips for Family & Domestic Violence Leave
- 06/02/23 How to check if your business is cyber secure
- 13/02/23 eInvoicing – what is it and how to get started
- 27/02/23 Do you need to vary your PAYG instalments?
- 06/03/23 ATO STP Error Filing Codes – what do they mean and how do you fix them
- 13/03/23 Secure Jobs Better Pay
- 20/03/23 Xero STP 2 Deferral Ending
- 03/04/23 Easter Public Holidays 2023
- 10/04/23 2 New Payroll Updates_April 2023
- 17/04/23 How to manage your myGovID when you upgrade your mobile device
- 24/04/23 SG to increase to 11% & PAYGW prefill is coming to your BAS
- 01/05/23 Say goodbye to old version reports in Xero
- 08/05/23 Temporary Full Expensing Coming to an End
- 22/05/23 $20K Instant Asset Write-off
- 29/05/23 EOFY Checklists for Xero
- 05/06/23 Taking Annual Leave during a Shutdown – New Rules
- 12/06/23 Lodgement Penalty Amnesty Program
- 19/06/23 Is My Side Hustle a Business
- 26/06/23 When you Side Hustle becomes a Business – Next Steps
- 03/07/23 Tax & Payroll Rate Changes from 1 July 2023
- 17/07/23 ATO to use Data Matching for Super Non-Compliance
- 24/07/23 Fair Work Changes Payroll Rules Again
- 31/07/23 How To Series No 1 – How to Enter an Insurance Bill Correctly
- 07/08/23 How To Series No 2 – How to Enter a VicRoads Registration Bill Correctly
- 14/08/23 How to Series No 3 – How to Enter a Chattel Mortgage Asset & Loan
- 21/08/23 How to Series No 4 – How to Accounts for Hire Purchase Agreements
- 28/08/23 TPAR Due Date Extension & SGC Statements Due Today
- 04/09/23 AI in Bookkeeping How Bookkeepers can use ChatGPT
- 11/09/23 The ChatGPT Revolution by Donna McGeorge
- 18/09/23 Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee Extended & Reporting Sal Sac Via STP 2
- 25/09/23 Bookkeeping & Tax Podcasts I Love
- 02/10/23 You can now listen to my blogs
- 09/10/23 Q1 2023-24 Giving Program Results
- 16/10/23 ATO to disclose your tax debts to credit reporting agencies
- 23/10/23 Shutdowns & Annual Leave – what has changed
- 30/10/23 Saasu New Feature – Invoice Upload and Auto coding
- 06/11/23 Client-to-Agent Linking in Online Services
- 13/11/23 Manage Dates in Reports – New Xero Feature
- 20/11/23 Latest Payroll & Tax Updates
- 04/12/23 Chrismas Shutdown and New Rules for Employee Annual Leave
- 11/12/23 Christmas Gifts & Tax Rules
- 18/12/23 The 15 Minute Business Year End Review
2022
- Unpaid Pandemic Leave
- STP Phase 2 Software Deferrals
- 4 Extra ANZSIC Codes for your ABN
- Quick Reference Guide for STP 2 Codes
- Quick Reference Guide to STP 2 Tax Treatment Codes
- $450 Super Threshold to be Scrapped
- How to Apply for a Deferral for STP 2 Reporting
- How to keep your financial data secure using Adobe Acrobat software
- Useful Links for NSW & QLD Flood Disaster Victims
- Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee
- Your Easter Public Holiday Cheat Sheet
- For Your Diary 2022-23 FY Superannuation Changes
- How is super for under-18s changing & Lucrfsuper is merging with Australian Super
- ATO to Report your Tax Debt to Credit Rating Bureaus
- Improved Reporting Functionality in Xero
- Are you issuing the latest Fair Work Information Statement and Casual Employment Information Statement
- How to Lodge a TPAR Non-lodgement Advice Form
- EOFY Payroll Tips
- EOFY in MYOB, Xero, QBO, Saasu & Reckon
- Minimum Wage Increase
- 2022-23 FY Car Threshold Amounts
- Important Changes to Fuel Tax Credits
- DriveTax – Free Resources to help Rideshare & Food Delivery Drivers Manage their Taxes
- Cents per KM Rate Increase 2022-23 FY
- Crypto Assets & Record-Keeping for Tax
- Taxable Payments Annual Report (TPAR) due 28th August 2022
- Important Dates for your Business (and a couple of other things you should know!)
- Xero STP 2 Update Rollout
- Common STP Phase 2 Mistakes
- Reminder to reserve your .au direct domain before 20 Sept 2022 deadline
- How the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty The Queen will affect your payroll
- Which Income Type do you choose for your Closely Held Payees
- Xero Updates – Payroll and Logging In
- Q1 2022-23 Giving Program Results
- More Important Updates for your Business
- Available Support for Flood Victims in Victoria
- How to Apply for a Director ID without a myGovID Account
- Time to plan payroll for the Christmas shutdown period
- ATO has recommenced tax & super debt collection
- New Paid Family & Domestic Violence Leave
- The Employee Onboarding Process is Changing
- Due Date to Apply for a Director ID Extended
- What can your business claim during the festive season
2021
- STP 2 – Disaggregation of Gross Pay Items
- STP Phase 2 Education Series Part 3 Planning Ahead to Transition to STP 2
- STP Phase 2 Education Series Part 2 Benefits for Employers & Employees
- Compassionate Leave for Employees Suffering a Miscarriage
- STP Phase 2 – ATO Employers’ Guide
- Stapled Super Funds – 2 guides from the ATO
- Minimum Wage Increase on 1st November 2021
- Fair Work’s Employer Advisory Service
- Director Identification Number
- Stapling of Super Funds
- New Xero Bank Rules Search Function
- 2.5% increase to minimum wages & payroll finalisation extension
- How to create an ATO payment plan that you can afford
- How to easily check your transactions in Xero before you lodge the BAS
- How to fix the Imported Statement Balance out by error in Xero
- Travel Diaries – when, what and how
- Remind your staff about getting a myGov account!
- How & why we protect your TFN data when it is emailed
- When does the new Super Guarantee rate of 10% apply to your payroll
- Useful Updates to Xero Reporting
- Cash Flow Tips
- Super guarantee rate increase to 10%
- ATO flicks the switch on Online Services for Business
- Casual Conversion
- New! Casual Employment Information Statement
- The company tax rate is being reduced!