About Us
We wanted to bring accounting into the modern age.
Our aim is to make business life easier for our clients through effective utilisation of modern technology. This could range from the automation of manual tasks through to setting up a paperless office. We listen to clients to understand their pain points and then seek to implement appropriate solutions. Our team of Chartered Accountants, MYOB Certified Consultants and Xero Certified Advisors have decades of experience in servicing Australian businesses.
What does it look like to be a client of a modern progressive accounting
firm versus a traditional firm?
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Engagement and fees
Traditional Firm
- Unexpected large bills
- Limited transparency about what services you will receive
Highlight Accounting & Advisory
- Fixed fee monthly direct debit packages which help you manage your cash flow
- No unexpected large bills
- Clearly defined service inclusions
Software and other technical support
Traditional Firm
- Confusing support over the phone without being able to see what you are referring to
- Charge you to drive to and from your business premises to assist
- Only general knowledge of MYOB and Xero accounting software
Highlight Accounting & Advisory
- Remote login to your computer (you provide access each time) to provide assistance
- A team of MYOB Certified Consultants and Xero Certified Advisors that can provide specialist software advice and support
Client meetings and advice
Traditional Firm
- Often only annually
- At an old fashioned stifled office
- Mainly discuss the financials & tax figures from the prior year
- No tax planning prior to year end sometimes resulting in large unexpected tax bills
- No cash flow budgeting
- You sign a pile of paper documents which you take with you and store for years
- No real effort to ask the right questions to get a proper understanding of your business
Highlight Accounting & Advisory
- Various meeting options including remote video, at your premises, at our modern office or somewhere more relaxed such as a bar or cafe
- Digital signature of documents and they will be available anytime you need them from the Client Portal on our website
- We’ll look forward with you rather than spending all of our time looking backwards
- ATO and industry benchmarking to identify areas for improvement against other businesses in your industry
- We’ll ask questions to highlight the pain points in your business and assist where possible with implementing solutions
- Being a good accountant isn’t about knowing everything yourself, it’s about having connections in the areas that a business might need assistance in (eg. marketing, IT, legal, banking, estate planning, franchising, grants, exporting, etc)
Ready to get started?
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Paperless office and efficiency reviews
Traditional Firm
- No advice on how to make your office paperless
- No reviews of your processes to identify efficiency improvements
Highlight Accounting & Advisory
- Optimised automation of your transaction processing including bank feeds directly into your accounting software
- Storage of transaction and some other documents digitally within your accounting software meaning you don’t need to keep paper copies
- App for you to scan receipts on your mobile phone
- Advice in relation to future developments such as software updates, e-invoicing, the New Payments Platform, etc
- Review of your business processes to identify areas for efficiency improvements giving you more time to spend on your business or personal life
Outsourcing
Traditional Firm
- Some work potentially performed by offshore staff or contractors
Highlight Accounting & Advisory
- 100% of work performed by staff in Australia with decades of combined experience working in Chartered Accounting firms
