Category — Small Business

12 Jan 09The ATO advises that:” if you make monthly payments, the PAYG is due on 21 January 2009, while most small businesses that report quarterly, this instalment is due on 28 February 2009
Note that as the date falls on a long weekend in some states, the lodgement and payment deadline has been extended to 3 March 2009 Australia Wide)

With Christmas out of the way, and many small businesses returning to work, it’s 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 2008) to get your BAS lodged on time.

Maybe the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) does have a heart, after all. Rather than asking for lodgements on 28 January, they automatically give everyone an extension to the BAS lodgements to 28 February.

However, don’t be fooled by their grace, because there is NO WAY that they’ll consider granting an extension after that date. So you need to ensure that you have your Business Activity Statement lodged by 28 February 2009

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

Our bookkeeping Service has clients in and around in the City of Moonee Valley, Pascoe Vale South, Coburg North, Keilor East, North Essendon, Inner Northern Suburbs of Melbourne. Contact us here for details

There’s an increasing demand for capable bookkeepers and bookkeeping services in the Monnee Valley area of Melbourne.

We have a team of bookkeepers to service that area, based in Pascoe Vale South, servcing business owners in Airport West, Essendon and suburbs in between

With the recent launch of the adopted Moonee Valley Economic Development Strategy, “Energise.Connect.Prosper”, Moonee ValleyCouncil has made strong commitment towards commencing programs to support small business.

Over the next 12 months, Council will be [Read more →]

We are constantly amazed by the attitude of some small business owners towards their finances.

Whilst it may be true that you can get a friend or relative to do your bookkeeping, how can you be sure that they are doing the job correctly?

When the going gets tough, they see their bookkeeper as an unnecessary expense. Some small business owners do not have a bookkeeper, believing that their wife, partner, husband, aunty,cousin or friend can do the books at “mates rates” or even at zero cost.
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Happy New Financial Quarter!

For some business owners the BAS is a pain in the neck

As we enter Q2 for 2008/09 the world of finance seems to be in turmoil, but guess what? The Australian Taxation Office still want you to lodge your Business Activity Statements.

Regardless of what’s happening (or not) in Wall Street or George Street, businesses around Fitzroy and Richmond still need to get their bookwork sorted out for the quarter ending September 30 2008, to have the BAS done by 28 October 2008.

Are you struggling with your bookkeeping?

For some business owners the BAS is a pain in the neck, so they brush it aside and put it in that special place, the “TOO DIFFICULT Pile”

Trouble is, that really doesn’t fix the bookwork, and without a bookkeeper, or someone who’s got a handle on the bookkeeping, those Toorak or Fitzroy business owners that are not addressing the problem may soon find that they get fan mail from the ATO.

Contact Us today, and we’ll help you get your bookkeeping sorted out

PS – We are not Registered Tax Agents, we are recognised BAS service providers by the ATO