The first thing that the Queensland Government can do to reduce waste is to look in their own back yard

It’s so easy for a bunch of bureaucrats to sit around all day mass-debating about how to spend money – particularly when they think they have a bottomless pit of money to spend

What does $750 buy these days?

The email states: “Business competitiveness increasingly depends on reducing costs”

How true – so why can’t this also apply to PUBIC SERVANTS -We’d like to see the Queensland Government go through all their departments reducing waste – cutting back on spending, and stopping the introduction of new taxes and levies – the creation of “jobs for the boys”, “independant studies” paying extortionate amounts of money for “research studies” etc etc etc

After that we can then take the example of “our wonderful leadership” that’s done nothing but destroy Queensland over the last fifteen years

This is a classic comment – “Business competitiveness increasingly depends on reducing costs”

Does anyone in the Queensland Government actually know what it means and how it applies in the REAL world?

Friends are the fruit cake of life — some nutty, some soaked in
alcohol, some sweet, but mix them together and they’re my friends.

At Christmas you always hear people talking about what they want and bought.

This is what I want:

• I want people who are sick with no cure to be able to be cured.
• I want children with no families to be adopted.
• I want people to never have to worry about food, shelter and heat.
• I want peace and love for everyone!

Now, let’s see how many people feel the same way I do and send this on to their friends.

We’ve been advised by Quickbooks (Reckon Pty Ltd) that this is a hoax and installing the tool may result in malicious software being installed on your system

If you’re struggling with your bookkeeping and need help with Quicbooks, contact our team of experienced bookkeepers today

This Notice for: WWW.YO2GO.COM will expire on October 12,2011 Act today!

That’s what raised our suspicions – the expiry date. Quickly checking on whois we find that the domain is not due for renewal until mid next year.

Even the “small print” seems genuine:

By accepting this offer, you agree not to hold DS liable for any part. Note that THIS IS NOT A BILL. This is a solicitation. You are under no obligation to pay the amounts stated unless you accept this offer. The information in this letter contains confidential and/or legally privileged information from the notification processing department of the DS. This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) named above. There is no pre-existing relationship between DS and the domain mentioned above. This notice is not in any part associated with a continuation of services for domain registration. Search engine submission is an optional service that you can use as a part of your website optimization and alone may not increase the traffic to your site. If you do not wish to receive further updates from DS send an email to unsubscribe@dssubmissions.com and in the subject line only put remove to unsubscribe. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents for this letter is strictly prohibited. * 100% satisfaction guaranteed, you may request a refund within 30 days.

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You’ve been warned – It’s a hoax – ignore it

When we see bookkeeping clients around the Gold Coast, you wonder how they’ve managed to get where they’ve got to. On simple bookkeeping solution is to sweep it all under the carpet and hope that all your bookkeeping worries go away.

Out of sight, out of mind. This methodology works fine until one of your staff complains that their paydidn’t go through. Or you have a supplier for your Gold Coast business on the phone chasing up payments.

Then the ATO wants their share of the action. So you take all the paperwork home one night and stayup into the wee hours of the moring trying to think how all this bookkeeping stuff happens, and what did youdo the last quater to get the BAS lodged.

If you’re like so many Gold Coast businesses, you’ve probably already spent the BAS money, and you’re waiting on a big payment from a reliable customer who alwyas pays their bills – eventually.

Meanwhile there’s the pending gloom of Christmas presents looming, and you’re wondering f you’ve finished off paying all the debts from last Christmas.

The good news is that our Gold Coast bookkeeping team can come in and setup some bookkeeping systems to streamline the paperwork for your office. We can even help you get this first quater BAS out of the way, and so there’ll be one down, and three to go!

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Whether you like it or not, as a business owner or as an entrepreneur, you need to document all income and expenses for tax purposes.

Good bookkeeping helps you to track your finances and make sure that you are not losing money. Here are six reasons to outsource your bookkeeping:

1) Reduce your workload
The first benefit is decreasing your work load, and instead of doing the book work yourself, you can have someone do your bookkeeping.

2) Outsourcing bookkeeping services is cost effective
Outsourcing bookkeeping services for your Gold Coast business is much more
cost effective than having your own bookkeeper in the office. You’ll save more money for your business or minimize your overhead cost.

3) Dangers of DIY Bookkeeping
DIY bookkeeping can be time consuming, and you can soon get overloaded with book keeping work taking time away from your business.

4) Outsource Bookkeeping To Save Time and Money
Outsourcing to professional bookkeepers will not only save you a lot of time and money, but it will also increase the efficiency of your business and the way you run it.

5) Run a Smoother Operation
By outsourcing your bookeeping it will help you run your business much smoother, and you can be sure that it will be much cheaper to outsource it than having an in-house book keeper.

Start saving money and run your business more efficiently by outsourcing book keeping for your Gold Coast small business.

Until recently Mac users were realtively safe from all the viruses and malware that plague PC users.

That has changed with a phishing scam that targets Mac users by redirecting you to a website saying your computer is infected. You are then asked to download anti-virus software to fix the virus, and it’s this software that is actually a piece of malware.

Apple advise that the goal is to get the user’s credit card information for fraudulent purposes. SO watch out for MacDefender, MacProtector and MacSecurity.

Until Apple completes theire new Mac OS X update to remove the malware you’ll have to follow these staeps:

1. Go the Utilities folder, in the applications folder, and then launch the Activity Monitor.
2. In the pop-up menu in the upper right corner, choose “all processes”.
3. Under the process name heading, look for the titles “MacDefender”, “MacProtector” or “MacSecurity”.
4. Then, click the “quit process” button, select quit, and then quit the activity monitor application. Then, open the applications folder.
5. Locate the malware, and then drag it to the trash.

Perhaps there’s a Queensland Government directive from the health minister to ensure that all telemarketers enquire about the health of their potential victims

When regular clients contact our Gold Coast bookkeepers and bookkeeping services, their first question is along the lines of whether we can help them with their particular bookkeeping problem.

The advantage of the telemarketers enquiring about our health is that straight away we can ask them if they are trying to sell something.

It’s a simple question that has one of two answers – Yes or No.

When our Gold Coast bookkeepers respond with that question there’s normally some sort of hesitation in the mind of the telemarketer, as they ponder whether to lie and lose a sale, or tell the truth and lose a sale.

Either way, by that time they’ve lost the sale and the call has ended.

It’s amazing what we’ll find when we run a health check on the bookkeeping of some Gold Coast businesses. contact our Gold Coast bookkeepers and bookkeeping servicesfor details

When’s the last time that your business has had the experience of a Gold Coast bookkeeper’s health check?

There’s many home based businesses on the Gold Coast, as business owners look at different options to reduce overheads.

A common assumptions is that DIY bookkeeping can save a small business owner money. In many instances this is not the case.

Business owners can struggle late into the night sweating over their bookkeeping, taking away precious family time, or increasing their frustration as they realise that bookkeeping is not a skill that they possess.

Our Gold Coast bookkeepers wil work at the preffered location for our clients. That may mean that our Gold Coast bookkeepers to be working On-Site at your premises, or off-site at our premises. Contact our Gold Coast Bookkeepers for more details

Since most business owners either employ or outsource their bookkeeper, you should remember that you still have a part to play in making sure you get the most for your investment in a bookkeeper

Your bookkeeper is not psychic, and so they can only work on the information that you give them

If your bookkeeper has to go searching for information, such as bank statements and cheque books, invoices and receipts, your wasting time that’s costing you money.

When your bookkeeper asks for information, it means they cannot complete a task – Delays in responding can result in the flow of work being disjointed, which can add more time to the bookkeeping, which again, costs you money.

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