What are Buyer’s Agents and What are the Risks of Being One?

by | Thursday, June 21, 2018 | Business Startup Help with starting a new business, National Bookkeeping, News, Real Estate Agents, Small Business, small business management

Are you knowledgeable and interested in property? A buyer’s agent (or buyer’s advocate) is a licensed professional that specialises in finding, evaluating and negotiating the sale of property for a buyer. They do not sell real estate. Only a properly licensed...

Is Xero Getting Smarter or is the ATO Better Organised?

by | Wednesday, March 14, 2018 | 10 Report on Financial Activities, Business Tools, Finance Training Courses Online, MYOB, News, Small Business, small business management, Xero online training course

SBR is making it easier to lodge your reports In 2010, the Australian government launched an initiative to simplify business reporting obligations, by enabling the accounting software to populate information from various government reports to save businesses time and...
Flare HR: The Small Business HR Department in the Cloud

Flare HR: The Small Business HR Department in the Cloud

by | Thursday, March 8, 2018 | 15 Hiring Staff, Increasing Performance and Retaining Good People, Bookkeeping Courses, Business Startup Help with starting a new business, Business Tools, News, Operations, Logistics and Management Training Courses, Payroll Administration Training Courses, Small Business, small business management, training courses

HR is now in the world of cloud computing Cloud computing has changed almost every aspect of operating a small business, with one stark exception: HR. Where cloud accounting software makes it easy for small business owners to keep an eye on how they’re performing...

How Do You Make Money on Amazon?

by | Monday, February 26, 2018 | 08 Undertake Marketing Activities, 11 Selling your products or services, Affiliate Marketing, Assets, Business Startup Help with starting a new business, Digital Assets, Digital Marketing, News, Online Business, Operations, Logistics and Management Training Courses, Small Business, small business management, small business marketing, training courses

Another way of earning money online With its launch in Australia in late 2017, Amazon has created another opportunity for Australians to earn money online, either by selling goods through Amazon’s “Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) program” or its Associates Program (which...

The ATO will be Visiting Cash Businesses

by | Tuesday, June 6, 2017 | 06 Plan small Business Finances, 10 Report on Financial Activities, Business Startup Help with starting a new business, Business Tools, Finance Training Courses Online, Small Business, small business management, training courses, Xero online training course

Cashed-based business? Time to move ahead CASH CONTINUES TO be common in some types of businesses. However, the ATO urges Australian businesses to be aware of the numerous advantages of electronic payment and record keeping systems — especially in the long run. The...

Do Circulating Asset Provisions Protect You?

by | Tuesday, May 30, 2017 | 09 Monitor & Manage Small Business Operations, Business Tools, Small Business, small business management, training courses, Xero online training course

How to use your assets as security for a loan YOUR BUSINESS MAY need working capital in order to grow, but perhaps you are reluctant or unable to secure a loan for it. If you have in place sound credit management procedures, one option is to sell your receivables —...

“Factoring” or “Debt Collection”: Which Will Work Better for You?

by | Tuesday, May 23, 2017 | Finance Training Courses Online, Small Business, small business management, training courses, Xero online training course

Did you know you can “sell” your debt for cash? CREDIT MANAGEMENT IS a serious issue for all businesses. Debtor non-payment is a chief reason many businesses fold — a sentiment driven home by Director, FIFO Capital Newcastle, Zsolt Bircsak....

Are Customers Legally Obligated to Pay You?

by | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | 03 Legal & Risk Management, Business Tools, Finance Training Courses Online, Small Business, small business management, training courses, Xero online training course

Want to get paid? Have a contract in place! THERE ARE PLENTY of risks to operating your own business, but the largest ongoing one is making certain that your customers pay you, and do so on time. This is known as debt or credit management. Each state has their own set...

20 Questions You Need to Ask Before Starting a Business – Part II

by | Saturday, January 2, 2016 | Business Secrets, Business Startup Help with starting a new business, News, Small Business, small business management

Your wages, your name and your marketing I’VE BEEN WRITING about some of the 20-or-so questions I always think you should ask before you start a business. Some of them we cover in our Small Business Management Courses, and others may require you to do a little...

Has the ATO been bankrolling your business?

by | Monday, December 21, 2015 | 09 Monitor & Manage Small Business Operations, Finance Training Courses Online, News, Operations, Logistics and Management Training Courses, small business management

There’s a lot to learn about people who pay their tax debts late The ATO announced the other day that they’re owed more than $35b in tax debts, mostly from businesses and individuals are late filing their returns or making payments. Even though big businesses...