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There are NO Silly Questions for the ACNC
The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC) has been travelling around Australia delivering their ‘Ask ACNC’ workshops. The seminars provide an overview of governance standards, charity obligations as well as a guide to financial literacy and are...
Automating your Advisory Practice
Compliance vs Advisory Practice is the question. Everyone’s talking about accountants moving away from compliance. They say the sweet spot is in business advice. However, how many are actually doing that? And moreover, how easy is it to become an Advisory Practice?...
Calxa Online to turn Heads
Brief look at the Cloud App Roadmap. Working on our online app has been as much a reflective process as it has been a revelation. The world online is infinite and is going to afford us a platform to deliver a great product in return. Our team is really embracing the...
See the Bigger Picture
The upcoming Calxa Update will deliver more planning reports. The next software update is not far away. We have it planned to go live for the week of the 7 November. We’ve got new report templates, new budgets and better delivery of scheduled reports. For those of you...
Mitigating Risk for Specialist NDIS Accommodation
With the release of the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Policy Framework, the NDIA clearly set the parameters for these services.Here is how Specialist Disability Accommodation Providers can manage their financial risk. While the sector welcomes this...
Storytelling with Numbers
Storytelling with Numbers explores the foundations of financial reporting. Is Reporting storytelling or is Storytelling reporting? You are forgiven if you have a position either way. Delivering financials can be the mother of all stories. It is just that it uses...
Social Impact: Calxa Customers Save $12 million each Year
In 2016, we did an exercise to see what Calxa's social impact was valued by using ACNC returns. This data was included in the More than Charity report released by VCOSS, the Victorian Council of Social Services. Importantly, it revealed that Victorian community sector...
Building Budgets Back to Front
Building your budgets back to front means starting with a blank piece of paper and budget for a desired net profit. Many of us start from last year’s results. Taking a shortcut with our budgets by extrapolating from last year’s results will generally give you a fairly...
Automation: the Rockstar
Everything cloud is very trendy and fashionable these days but that’s not the reason we’ve been adding online capabilities to Calxa. The focus with Calxa Online are Automated Workflows, Triggers and Collaboration. Having your data online has real benefits that can...
The Importance of Cash Reserves
The arrival of the pandemic in 2020 brought home to all of us the importance of having cash reserves. Whether you are a sole trader, a small or medium business or a not-for-profit organisation, there’s nothing better than a healthy bank balance in times of crisis....
Leisure Networks Thrives Under NDIS
Strong Leadership saw NDIS as an Opportunity AFL fans will undoubtedly be familiar with Simonds Stadium in Geelong, home to the Cats. What you may not know is that it’s also home to Leisure Networks, one of our inspirational customers. They are a growing...
Charities Spend too much Time Reporting
The Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS) has just released a report into community sector charities in Victoria. "More than a Charity", the report in question, documents the hours spent on reporting to various branches of government each year by finance staff....
Strategic Board Decisions
Strategic board decisions are what can make or break an organisation. Good governance is the key. It is defined as “pertaining to the direction, control and accountability of an organisation”. Key Strategic Board Decisions While not every small or medium...
Collaboration feeds NFP Tech Ecosystem
MYOB and Add-On Partners have put their heads together to deliver a tech ecosystem for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Providers. The collaboration feeds a NFP tech ecosystem to support organisations transitioning to the NDIS. This week, Accounting...
While You Were Sleeping
Automatic Accounting Data Updates and New Reports & Charts Stage one of our next and very exciting automation starts with this high-point of our August release. It will be our latest feature giving you the ability to pre-plan your organisation updates. ...
Counsellor or Consultant?
Which one are you? So, you have reviewed the way that you service your clients, and you may well continue with the tried and tested method of charging by the hour, or you may have changed your model to a more value or fixed price arrangement. Either way, you will...
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