Calxa Blog
The latest updates and news on product and educational thoughts.
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...
CEOs Exchange Ideas at NDS Conference
A View from the Top The transition to the NDIS has been (and is) a rocky road for many organisations – the chance to see this reported from a senior management perspective is something that can be quite illuminating. The NDS CEO Conference for 2015 was entitled...
The 12 Calxa Tips of Christmas
Over the course of the last 12 months, we have provided many Calxa tips and tricks that you can use to enhance use of the software. In the bustle of the day-to-day you may have missed some of these. So, each Christmas we finish the year by bringing you a summary of...
The Bad News: There is NO Money in the Bank
Accountant and Bookkeeper conversations commonly centre around clients not understanding how they have made all of this profit, yet there is NO money in the bank. Accountants and BAS Agents: Is this your experience? You have prepared the financial statements and tax...
Inaugural Meeting of North Queensland NDIS Group
Next week will see representatives from a number of NDIS service providers, from in and around Townsville, meet to discuss issues and compare experiences as they begin the transition to the NDIS. After a hectic couple of months on the road helping to deliver unit...