Winners really are Grinners

Great to see so many Calxa Friends being awarded for their efforts. It was no surprise to see Calxa customers Delphis Australia taking out some well-deserved accolades at the recent inaugural Central Coast Aged Care and Disability Achievements Awards. Their services...

Flying under the ATO Radar

The last thing any business wants is a knock on the door from the Tax Man. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) sets standard industry benchmark ratios to give them an indicator of businesses that may be doing some creative accounting. So the key thing is to be aware...

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

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...
Storytelling with Numbers

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

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...
Building Budgets Back to Front

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...