Bookkeepers and Mobile Bookkeeping Services

With the Q2 second quarter BAS due next week (2 March 2010) there’s little time left to get the documentation together

Our Gold Coast mobile bookkeeping team have been busy helping small business owners getting their bookwork in order to lodge the Business Activity Statements

Whether you are in Coomera, Helensvale, Southport, Nerang, Broadbeach we can help you with outsourcing your bookkeeping.

Our freelance mobile bookkeeppers can come to your premises where ever you are located along the Gold Coast strip. You may be a small business owner in Coolangatta, Tugin, Palm Beach or Currumibin. You may use Quickbooks or MYOB – you might just need us to look over your data files

Whatever aspect of bookkeeping you need , we can help you – contact us today

How to prepare a BAS statement is a question that many small business owners want answers to.

You can save much stress and heartache by outsourced bookkeeping

No matter what accounting software system you use (commonly Quickbooks or MYOB) the preparation of a BAS form can be challenging. MYOB or Quickbooks will only give the answers based on the information that’s entered into your software package.

ATO states that 80% BAS forms lodged incorrectly

If the data is incorrectly entered, or the allocations and codes are not correct, then the information that MYOB or Quickbooks spits out for your Business Activity Statement BAS will not be correct.

That actual process of filling in the form is not that difficult once you know how. Unfortunately most small business owners or their in-house bookkeepers do not complete a BAS form correctly. According to the Australian Taxation Office ATO 80% of Business Activity Statements are incorrectly completed.

ATO say only 8% BAS forms lodged by Contract Bookkeepers

That means the majority of BAS forms completed by business owners and in-house bookkeepers are wrong.

Yet many small busines owners on the Gold Coast insist on trying to save a few dollars by doing it themselves.

As professional bookkeepers that are lodging 100’s of BAS forms each year, we’ve had plenty of practice – compare that to most small businesses that do this kind of work for a few hours each quarter.

We offer a service where we can help small business owners with the BAS prpearation and lodgement. For a small investment you can save much stress and heartache

We have a client in Southport who needs someone to come into their office for around seven hours each Tuesday and help out, following the interstate move of the current admin assistant.

Tasks include writing cheques (lots of them), sorting and filing a heap of paperwork, and there may also be some data-entry work too.

The ideal candidate would be someone who is looking for some extra income for one day a week, and is prepared to work for it. You’ll probably be a mature / semi retired person who is willing to take instruction and to follow those instructions without question.

If you’re a stay-at-home mum looking for casual work to interact with other adults, then this is not the place for you. There’s no time to socialise, and client confidentiality is of utmost importance.

This position is more for someone who enjoys sitting quietly in a corner and performing specific tasks in a friendly but busy working environment.

The client has a huge portfolio of companies, and runs an efficient bookkeeping system. If you have some bookkeeping skills that would help but is not a priority.

For more details please contact us here stating clearly that you are interested in the Admin / Bookkeeper position

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Business Activity Statements BAS are due on 2 March 2010 for businesses that report their GST obligations quarterly

Many small businesses should take some time to get all your paperwork together and get it to your bookkeeper or outsourced bookkeeping service- to report on the 2nd quarter (1 September to 31 December 2009) to get your BAS lodged on time.

If you are struggling with your bookkeeping and need help, if you do not have a bookkeeper, or are looking to outsource to a mobile bookkeeping service, then contact us now

You may use MYOB or Quickbooks accounting software – or even some other system for your bookwork. We can assist you with any challenges, or even just relieve you of the burden of the book-keeping

Our bookkeeping Service has clients in and around Coolangatta to Ormeau,Coomera, Helensvale, Broadbeach, Nerang, and Southport, Gold Coast, Australia. Contact us here for details

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We’ve had a number of new bookkeeping clients calling us after realising tthat they’ve had enough of trying to do the bookwork themselves.

With Bookkeeping, the data output is only as good as data input

There are many advantages of outsouring your bookkeeping to a professional mobile freelance book-keeping service:

1) Outsouring your bookeeping frees up your time to focus on what you do best in your business

2) Professional bookkeepers do bookkeeping everyday of the week, whereas business owners tend to do the bookwork in frequently – so you forget how to do it, or you may get confused in what you are doing

3) Having a mobile bookkeeper come to your Gold Coast premises means that you don’t have to worry about working late, staying back, or working weekends to catch up on your paperwork

4) You may have a basic understanding of the accounting software package – perhaps you use MYOB or Quickbooks. A simple mistake in the data entry can have a great affect on your financials – and it can also take quite sometime to work out where you have gone wrong

Contact us today and we’ll get started in helping with your bookkeeping

Your Business Activity Statement BAS should be submitted by 11 January 2010 **

The Australian Taxation Office are looking at a new income tax processing system from 1 February 2010.

To get things moving, they’ll be shutting down their systems 22-27 January 2010.

** If you’re a small business owner that’s expecting a refund, you should be asking your bookkeeper to lodge your Business Activity Statement BAS as early as possible.

The ATO are suggesting that your Business Activity Statement BAS should be submitted by 11 January 2010 to minimise the chance of any delays.

Many business owners may be eligible for the additional 50% tax deduction for certain new business investments.

Small business entities (businesses with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $2 million) need to purchase an asset by 31 December 2009 and install or first use the asset by 31 December 2010 to qualify.

They claim the bonus deduction in their tax return for the year in which they install or first use the asset. You should consult a registered tax agent.

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