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?

She said:” I am looking at purchasing a program and not sure which one would suit me the best.

I have been looking at Quickbooks Accounting 2011/12.  It is on special at Joyce Mayne.”

We’ve found that sales people at those electronic retailers have little idea about accounting software.

Before rushing out and buying the software, download a fully-functioning trial version from the quickbooks website, as buying bookkeeping software may not always be the total solution to your bookkeeping problems

From a business perspective we wonder why Alice would have two different businesses on the same ABN when there is no charge for having an ABN for each different business

When the time comes to sell the mowing business wouldn’t it be better to have a set of books solely relating to that business?

Just a thought

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A discussion in the the whirlpool forum about Telstra resulted in a major panic at Bigpond:

…… I rang 1800 330 192 and after some humming and hawing the guy there gave me the $13 credit on my bill for this month ($10 plus the discount for the pro-rata initial period), but said that they don’t in fact know anything about the $78 deal, and that I would have to ring the ‘Bundles’ department at 1800 008 851. Incidentally, if you do a Google search for that number, you get a very interesting result. Um, Telstra, that’s customer information just sitting out on the open Web… That page also seems to suggest that he shouldn’t have given me the number, but should have put me through.

Then companies wonder why we are so reluctant to give them any information about ourselves.

In the good old days, you knew who you were giving your personal information too – now it’s open slather

In the new Woolies hardware store we were asked to sign for a credit card purchase on a glass screen, and suddenly the signature shows up on the cashiers display screen

“Oh, it only lasts three seconds …” we are told. Yes, and then what happens to it? So you have an electronic version of our signature together with all that other information that’s encrypted inside the credit card chip

When the ATO called the other day, the caller got upset and quite defensive when we asked her for her full name and date of birth

“Why do you want that?”, she asked. Because you’re going to ask us the same question!

Why would we want to talk to someone with an Indian accent calling from an unlisted number claiming to be from the ATO?

“Oh, I’ll give you a number to call me back”. – Yes? And what does that prove, exactly? That you’re on the other end of the phone and you’re going to tell us that you’re from the ATO?

If large companies focused more on what’s really happening in the community maybe we wouldn’t see a repeat of the Whirlpool forum sending ripples into Big Pond

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.

Have you ever met someone who knows it all, and no matter what you do or say, they cannot be helped?

Well, you must have referred her to us, because this girl told us that she’s self taught, knows a little about bookkeeping, but knows everything that she needs to know about using Quickbooks.

So we are still trying to work out why she contacted us wanting some Quickbooks training. She advised that her bookkeeper helps her when she gets stuck, though the bookkeeper does not use Quickbooks, only MYOB.

We explained that we could review the Quickbooks data file and see if she is really doing everything correctly, but she told us the accountant has recently conducted a company audit.

What help do you need with Quickbooks?

“I just want basic training,” she replied. When someone knows it all, or thinks they know it all, the whole exercise seems totally pointless. We would be wasting our time, because she already knows it all, and she’d be wasting her time because we wouldn’t be able to teach her anything she doesn’t already know about Quickbooks.

It’s like asking Craig Lowndes to teach you how to drive, and telling him you already know everything about driving.

Here’s the thing: We use Quickbooks everyday of the week, we use different versions, with different clients, and come across all sorts of situations that people have created.

We’ve trained many people all around the country in how to use Quickbooks, withone-on-one Quickbooks training sessions.

This girl uses Quickbooks a few hours a week for one company and she’s self taught.

So why should we be surprised that she knows everything and we can’t teach her anything new about how to use Quickbooks?

Alarm bells should ring when you see such an email labelled as
FROM: ANZ Bank
SUBJECT: Important Information

Before doing anything else :

When you click on the “Login” link in the email, have a look at the website address you are being directed to – in this case the URL is http://mobilecrazer.com/login.html

Of course, if you don’t bank with the ANZ then it’s of no concern to you

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.

They make it so easy to pay
Payment by Credit Card
PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN BY FAX: 1-310-579-8655

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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.