by Diane Lucas | 13/02/2019 | Educational
By now most accounting professionals are aware that the concept of hourly billing, with a reliance on timesheets for capturing billable (and non-billable) time, is regarded as an outdated pricing structure for service delivery businesses. As accounting professionals,...
by Ruth Haydock | 04/02/2019 | Educational
It can be overwhelming trying to figure out what to include in your board report. It can also feel like a challenge to compile your report if your board is made up of a mix of people from a variety of different sectors and they all want to see something specific from...
by Calxa Team | 15/01/2019 | Educational
Put 10 accountants in a room and ask them to define cashflow forecasting and you’ll get maybe 5 different definitions. Then add 10 small business owners, and you’ll get another 5 suggestions. So, it’s fair to say that there are different needs and approaches when it...
by Mick Devine | 11/12/2018 | Educational
Well, maybe we are crazy. But then again, maybe it’s not a bad thing to do. We all live in the world and should contribute in the best way we can. The philosopher Peter Singer suggests that, when choosing how to contribute, we should choose the actions that will have...
by Calxa Team | 04/12/2018 | Educational, Starting a Conversation Series
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we discussed Awakening Your Client’s Interest and then The Sticky Effect. Now it’s time to delve deeper into that stickiness and look at how you, as a bookkeeper or accountant, can make yourself truly indispensable to your...
by Mick Devine | 15/11/2018 | Educational, Starting a Conversation Series
Not all of your customers may be worth keeping but for most bookkeepers and accountants, it’s important that you can keep most of them for as long as possible. How do you do that in an environment where many of your competitors are competing aggressively on price?...
by Mick Devine | 08/10/2018 | Educational, Starting a Conversation Series
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have seen plenty of advice from the ‘thought leaders’ in the accounting industry that the future is in advisory services, not in compliance. That sounds good, exciting even but it’s also daunting for many accountants and...
by Alex Lewis | 05/10/2018 | Educational
I’m sure we all can agree that grant acquittals can be hard to do and are mostly very time-consuming. To add to the frustration, no two grant providers have the same reporting requirements, sometimes not even within the same Government department. So how can you...
