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Making Sense of Balance Sheet Budgets
A cashflow forecast isn’t complete without considering what’s happening in your Balance Sheet accounts. It’s fairly straightforward to master the skills needed to put together a Profit & Loss budget, but movements in assets and liabilities are less familiar to many people. In this article, we’ll explain the principles involved in using balance sheet budgets, rather than all the technical details.
MYOB Conference: Alice – You Beauty
Wrapping up the 2017 MYOB Partner Connect Conference in Alice Springs. 180 plus MYOB partners showed up for the conference (many with partners and families for an extended stay in the region). Many friends caught up to share last year’s experiences and business...
Budgeting For Income Received In Advance
Whether you are budgeting for income received in advance or handling accruals and prepayments on the expense side, it is easy to manage in Calxa. It wants a little bit of setup, and there are a couple of ways of doing it, but you will get the results you want with...
Calxa Integration with ReckonAccounts to End
Calxa no longer to support integration with Reckon Accounts. From 15 September 2017, Calxa will no longer support integration with Reckon Accounts for new customers. Calxa will continue to integrate with Xero, QuickBooks Online and a variety of MYOB products. ...
Timing of Debtor and Creditor Payments
Accurate cash flow forecasts rely on getting inflows and outflows right. Timing of debtor and creditor payments are at the heart of all cash flow forecasts. How do you predict when money will be received and payments will be made? So here is how Calxa calculates the...
Are Leaky Buckets Draining Your Growing Business?
Managing cashflow to grow your business is not the easiest thing to do. With cashflow forecasting being one of the main pain points for many small businesses, here is a great perspective from Tracey Loubser. She is a Calxa Partner and the founder of multi-award...
Metrics and KPIs for Hospitality
Simply knowing the net profit of your hotel, café or restaurant does not provide you with enough information to successfully run your business. There are other numbers and indicators that can help you identify the strengths and weaknesses of your business. These KPIs...
New AIS Hub to Help Australian Charities
Find out How the ACNC has Improved Annual Reporting The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) requires not-for-profit organisations to submit the Annual Information Statement (AIS). The recently released 2017 AIS needs to be lodged by the end of...
Top Reports for Multi-Company Consolidations
Do you need multi-company consolidation reports? Calxa gives you a way to do just that. Until you’ve tried it in Calxa, consolidating reports for several companies can be quite daunting and time consuming. On top of that, it’s sometimes challenging to know what...
KPIs for Dairy Farms
Running a dairy farm is hard work. Natural forces such as rain, or lack of it, may reduce your output. Bright sunny days may yield faster production. KPIs for Dairy Farms is an easy to follow article to help better manage the business and prepare dairy farmer reports....
Calxa for NZ Charities
Ticking off the NZ charities checklist With the introduction of New Reporting Standards, New Zealand charities have a serious need to minimise red tape and produce the reports quickly. So here is how to use Calxa to do just that - it's the top tool for NZ charity...
Calculating the Value of your Bookkeeping Business
Calculating the Lifetime Value of your Clients is the key here. Traditionally, the value of a bookkeeping business has been based on recent profits. Maybe it’s time for the bookkeeping industry to take a lesson from the software industry. OK, not every lesson from the...
Unit Cost Calculations
Unit cost calculations are important for both Businesses and Not-for-Profit organisations. They help you understand the cost of each of your activities or products so that you can see which ones are profitable and which are problematic. Unit Costs are a vital part of...
Calxa for NDIS
How Calxa can help manage the NDIS checklist Are your systems ready for the NDIS? Having the right systems in place well in advance of the change will allow you to get the processes right and give you the information you need to run your organisation successfully in...
KPIs: Tools for Success
How to use KPIs to achieve success Simply hoping to make or save more money is no guaranteed way of achieving financial success (as much as we wish it were the case). However, working towards incorporating Key Performance Indicators (KPI) into your financial reporting...
Evaluate Calxa and Compare Forecasting Tools
Taking time out to evaluate Calxa and compare forecasting tools will make sure you find the right fit for you. Ultimately, figuring out the best forecasting tool for the job is not an easy task. The question is, how do you compare 'apples with apples'? ...
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