“Isn’t the BAS due on the 28th?”, he asked.
- Yes, that’s right, but not the 28th January!

He forgot that the December quarter BAS is always due in February, so then came the quiet sigh of relief.

However, because the ATO have automatically granted a one month extension, if the bookkeeping for your Robina business isn’t in order, then you may find completing the BAS by the end of February to be a challenge.

Not a problem for our Robina Bookeeping business – that’s what we do: Fix up the mess.

We’ll hunt high and low for all the documentation to get your books correct and upto date and ready for the lodging of your business activity statement (BAS)

To avoid disappointment, contact us NOW, so that we can shuffle a few things around in the calendar and make some time to get your bookeeping upto date and prepared for the BAS that’s due 28 February 2012

A major consideration for many Robina business owners relates to bookkeeping rates in Robina.

Have you noticed that you can get a hamburger,fizzy drink, and chips for around $5 in a fast food restaurant or Drive-thru? Or you can go to the Promenade in Robina, or cafes in James Street in Burleigh and get a hamburger, chips and cola and pay $30

What’s ths difference? It’s still hamburger chips and cola

Just like you can find cheap bookkeepers in Robina, or you can pay a little more and get a better level of service.

When people go shopping around for bookkeeping rates in Robina, most times it’s because they don’t understand what they are really wanting, or don’t know what questions to ask of their bookkeeper.

What to ask a Robina Bookkeeper

To help you get started, here’s some things we would ask a Robina bookkeeper:

1. Are you a registered BAS Agent? -This is a requirement for Robina bookkeepers preparing/lodging BAS for clients

2. We were going to list them all here, but we though it would be more fun for you to ask us what those questions were.

There’s others that depend on individual circumstances, but this is a start to your list of questions to ask a Robina bookkeeper

When phoning around bookkeepers asking what they charge for bookkeeping rates in Robina, ask yourself: “How will knowing these bookkeeping rates affect my decision in choosing a bookkeeper?”

When looking to purchase a particular model of fridge or washing machine, it makes sense to get different prices from retailers as you might find a bargain.

Bookkeepers can offer different rates and different levels of service. Simply comparing hourly rates for bookkeeping might give you a comfortable feeling, but does it tell you anything?

Would you ever consider phoning around different car yards on the Gold Coast, and simply asking how much a car costs?

If you did, more than likely you’d be asked if you had a make and model in mind, and other such questions. There are so many variations and price options available.

What Are Bookkeeping Rates in Robina?
Some bookkeepers will tell you that they charge $so much per hour, and you’ll have your question answered.

Or will you? How does an hourly rate tell you how long your bookkeeping will take, what level of expertise that bookkeeper has?

We’ve found that bookkeeping clients who decide on a Robina bookkeeping service based on the lowest hourly rate really do not understand the benefits of using a Robina bookkeeping service for the business.

You may be looking to replace your previous bookkeeper who took four hours a week to do the work. We’ve found some bookkeepers who’ve deliberately been slow inprocessing the bookkeeping to ensure they receive a regular income for themselves.

We’ve new bookkeeping clients that have saved money by engaging our Robina bookkeeping service, because we’ve been able to streamline the bookkeeping process.

When “shopping around” for a Robina bookkeeper, contact us today and we’ll give you some tips about what questions to ask, and what rates to expect from a propsective Robina Bookkeeper.

Many people do not appreciate the value that a bookkeeper can bring in terms of forensic accounting. Bookkeeping isn’t just about working out what you owe the tax man.

Forensic accounting is often used in such situations of marital and family law to review the costs of lifestyle for spousal support purposes, determining income available for child support and equitable distribution.

If you need some help contact our Robina Bookkeeping team for help with forensic bookkeeping for your divorce settlement

It seems a common problem being that the BASLink isn’t showing the PAYG or the figures that are generated by MYOB don’t appear to be a true reflection of the business activity.

The ATO are aware that over 80% of BAS fomrs are incorrectly completed. What this means for you, the small business owner, is that you maybe paying the ATO more than you need to.

Contact our Robina Bookkeeping service today for help with MYOB and BASLink

We’ve had a call from a client in Burleigh that’s feeling so overwhelmed by the fact that their bookkeeper has gone AWOL, and now the business owner doesn’t know what state the bookkeeping is in.

Not a problem for our Robina Bookeeping business – that’s what we do: Fix up the mess left behind by other bookkeepers.

We’ll hunt high and low for all the documentation to get your books correct and upto date and ready for the lodging of your business activity statement (BAS)

To avoid disappointment, contact us NOW, so that we can shuffle a few things around in the calendar and make some time to get your bookeeping upto date and prepared for the BAS that’s due 28 October

When you’re doing bookkeeping every day, you get to learn short cuts, see patterns that emerge, and encounter similar problems from business to business.

There’s a number of home-based businesses in the Bonogin area, and many of them have recognised the benfits of outsourcing their bookkeeping to a professional bookkeeping service.

Some of them simple scan all their documents and email them to us to process – saves everybody time and money, and they know that they’ll have the bookkeeping for their Bonogin business done correctly.

There’s a few tips with Quickbooks that can speed up the process of entering your documentation, and a number of shortcuts that we implement to save you time and money when we do the bookeeping for your Bonogin business

When you have a panic attack, you want the solution fixed ASAP, and not have to worry about losing all the information including invoices and quotes that you’ve issued in the last couple of weeks.

Our Robina bookkeeping service was able to offer immediate help to our Quickbooks boookeeping client in Burleigh Waters. Later in our discussions it transpired that the builder had been in contact with Quickbooks technical support, and they had been UNABLE to offer any practical solution to the Burleigh builder!

We’ve found in the past that Quickbooks technical support may know the accounting software package, but have a challenge when it comes to real live situations.

We’ve never found a bookkeeping problem that we couldn’t solve.
Whether or not you’re a builder in Burleigh Heads or Burleigh Waters, if you need help with your Quickbooks bookkeeping, contact our Robina bookkeeping service today.

You too can contact our Robina bookkeeping service for help.

They’ve just started their business in the last few weeks and were asking how to keep track of their stock and manage their payroll.

Seems like she was headed off the track and towards a disastrous outcome

When setting up a new business there’s more often money going out of the business before money comes in. Rarely will you be able to start your business without any capital injection.

Our client in Elanora was chasing the skills of our Robina bookkeeping service to help her establish a book keeping system to streamline all the invoices and receipts for cash flowing in and out of her Elanora based business.

By setting up your bookkeeping correctly at the beginning, you’ll not only save time and money but you’ll be in a much better position to make decisions about your business. Download this FREE REPORT and apply these tips to your business

We start by looking through the Quickbooks data files and run various reports to check the how the chart of accounts is set up, have a look through their allocations, and see if the reports reflect their GST figures on their BAS forms.

We’ve saved some business owners large amounts of money by ensuring that their bookwork is running smoothly.

Your Varsity Lakes business may need a health check, so give us a call and we can organise to review your Quickbooks or MYOB data files and ensure that you’re not paying the ATO more than you need to.

If you also need help contact us NOW