I recently attended a very interesting seminar on “How fair is the Australian Taxation system”, presented by the ACCA. It posed many interesting questions.Are we doing the work of the government by self assessing? Should we be paid for this? (Of note when I lived in England in the 90’s, it was not a requirement [...]
We have just had word that ANISE Consulting has been shortlisted as one of the 6 finalists in the South-East Advertiser Business Achiever Awards 2008. Thank-you to everyone who voted for us!from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant
I just purchased 3 HP ink cartridges and they have this promotion on the boxes to sign up and earn points and gifts. I visited the website at www.hp.com/apac/originalrewards and they talk about how they are working with small business.I went to register and they said they were not interested in me unless I spent [...]
I recently asked Valerie Khoo why she paid for her blogging service, and here is her very detailed answer.http://www.valeriekhoo.com/2008/05/why-pay-for-a-b.html from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant
eicolab: design thinking for business innovation A twittering experiment Posted: 30 May 2008 12:36 AM CDT I am going to use my twitter feed - http://twitter.com/zern - to deliver a constant stream of visual, aural, emotive, olfactory snippets of nows. As a source of idea germs, to spark divergent thinking. In response to [...]
This site has some nifty looking business cards.I could see some of our techies in the community running around with the first card. I googled it – and the guy is a computer security consultant and convicted criminal and the site sells the card for $5. How about that for an innovative income stream – [...]
20th May 2008 I'd like to congratulate all the participants in the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Sustainability Reporting Awards. The ACCA has had a longstanding commitment to the course of environmental and sustainable reporting. Accountants and sustainability reporters have the crucial task in quantifying, in a meaningful way, the impact of economic activities on [...]
Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law and Mr Paul Clitheroe, Chairman of the Financial Literacy Advisory Board, today launched a package of support materials and resources to help teachers deliver consumer and financial literacy education in schools."Financial literacy is an absolutely vital life skill for young Australians. The Rudd Government [...]
The end of the year is almost upon us. This is a busy time for those responsible for Payroll. My number one tip at the moment is to make sure all of your employee details are complete. Here is a simple checklist, and links to some guides on the MYOB website. End of Payroll Year [...]
Would you like to spell check your website with a fine tooth comb? Try for free a beta version of a website spellchecker http://beta.spellr.us. I did and found a couple of words that had slipped under the radar.from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant