Calxa Blog
The latest updates and news on product and educational thoughts.
Goodbye Paul, Hello Paul
Paul Drendel - Practice Faciliator and Enabler As accounting professionals start moving towards value added services for clients, it has quickly become apparent that the process for adopting a product like Calxa across a practice environment involves implementation...
Aged Care to follow NDIS Model
Aged Care reform to start in February 2017 In 2011, the Productivity Commission found the aged care sector suffered similar weaknesses as other sectors such as extensive regulatory burden, delayed access to care and a lack in consumer choice. To improve the delivery...
ACNC and Deloitte Report Released
Cutting Red Tape is called for by the latest ACNC and Deloitte joint report. The ongoing issues surrounding the complex regulatory requirements for charities in Australia were put into some perspective recently with the release of a report by Deloitte Access...
Launching Unit Costing for Dummies
Calxa and MYOB Special Edition March sees the official release of the Unit Costing for Dummies book. We’ve written this book to help the many Not-for-Profits transitioning to a customer-directed care funding model like the NDIS. The guide steps the reader through...
Macca’s NDIS Moment
How change can be for the better. Take around 750 separate franchise cost centres, develop an innovative business plan that completely contradicts 50 years of operations, organise and supply plant and infrastructure  AND train and motivate over 50 000 staff – all in...
MYOB Incite: The Inside Story
The latest MYOB Incite roadshow sported the theme Today Defines Tomorrow. After almost three weeks of traversing Australia and New Zealand attending the MYOB Incite events, meeting lots of interesting people, and learning lots of new things, we thought it might be a...
Notes on Bundles are Here
Adding notes to bundles will help polishing off your Financial Reports. Report bundles has been one of our most popular features. The ability to prepare and deliver multiple reports at the click of a button became a great time saver for many of our accounting and...
NDIS Test Sites: Sharing the Knowledge
Break Thru identified Five Truths from the NSW Hunter Region NDIS Trial site One of life’s lessons is that a combined experience can quite often help to lessen the impact on an individual, be it a single person or an organisation. It was with this in mind that a cross...
Coming Release: Add Docs to Reports
Now you can add Text to Report Bundles With next week’s update to your Calxa software you’ll be able to insert documents to your Report Bundles to create cover pages, notes, executive summaries, disclaimers and much more. These documents can include more than just...
Case Management Systems … Which Is Right for You?
Following on from our recent article What Makes a Good CMS, here is a brief comparison of systems that suit NDIS Service Providers. A basic look at the present Case Management System (CMS), also known as Client Management Systems, market brings up a number of popular...
What Makes a Good CMS?
3 Steps to choosing a Case Management System in time for the NDIS Rollout With the rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) this year, the country will see what is arguably the biggest change in social funding since the introduction of Medicare in...
Muscle Team Cuts the Fat
One Muscle Team at Muscular Dystrophy Association SA (MDASA) is their fundraising arm – they’ve just organised the Big Red Ride and Run to coincide with the Tour Down Under, as well as many other events throughout the year. The less famous muscle team is in their...
Sector Snapshot through the Lens of the ACNC Data Portal
The recent 2015 NDS CEO Conference in Brisbane saw the launch of the new ACNC Data Portal. This interactive website provides access to a huge online repository of relevant data right across the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector. With the ability to show high level...
Road Ahead … Budgets & Forecasts for Sustainability
Working in a changing environment With the Christmas festivities over and the New Years’ hangover merely a dim memory… what better time than to seize the moment and reassess some of your 2016 budgets. Conditions have a habit of changing and organisations should...
Financial Ratios for Loan Applications
Securing a business loan is more than just demonstrating that you can generate a profit and have a positive cashflow. Preparing 3-way forecasts including P&L, Balance Sheet & Cashflow Forecasts is a breeze in Calxa – and a key component of any business loan...
Around the Country with MYOB
Calxa joined MYOB at the 2016 MYOB Incite Roadshow. MYOB will be holding their series of partner updates MYOB Incite around the country in February, and we are pleased to be joining them at their National Events. This annual roadshow is a great opportunity to see what...