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You Don’t Need a Cert IV in Bookkeeping & Accounting to be a Contract Bookkeeper

Christina from Glenmore in Sydney graduated from the Xero Complete Training Course & Certificate and runs several businesses

Starting a bookkeeping business has been a go to option for many mums returning to the workforce, particularly if they did accounting and office administration work before having children.

I’ve been writing about starting a bookkeeping business at this website since we started our bookkeeping blog and as you can see it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.

Since the GST, however and the creation of the Registered BAS Agent some things have changed.

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6 Months Access to MYOB Business (Essentials) for Training Course Students

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One of the most common questions we get asked by students when they enrol into an online course relates to access to the software.

Years ago you could buy the MYOB AccountRight software from Officeworks for $10 and use it forever but online software like Xero, QuickBooks Online and MYOB Business Essentials are all subscription based and offer a 30 day free trial.

Although 30 days doesn’t seem like a long time if you are enrolled into a MYOB or Xero course that provides 12 months course access, there are ways you can still make VERY good use of these trial periods.

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Xero Bookkeeping using Value-Based Pricing – Learn from your kid & their chores

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I participated in an interesting project this week that clearly defined Performance Based Pricing. It came about because paying a flat wage just didn’t produce the desired outcome. Let’s just say that the kids didn’t complete all their chores and their mum got tired of paying pocket money while having to chase them up every day – sound familiar?

Xero have always promoted Performance Based Pricing (also known as Value-based pricing) as the best way to run a bookkeeping business but have the flexibility to operate your own hours. It’s based on paying for outcomes rather than time. It encourages workers to use technology to be more productive.

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Microsoft Excel & Xero Bookkeeping COMPLETE Training Course Package is Now Here

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You may be asking WHY it has taken us so long to create this training course COMBINATION package considering that Xero and Excel go hand in hand for all things financial and accounting?!

Xero is fantastic for keeping track of all of your financial transactions for a business and Microsoft Excel is still the preferred choice by most bookkeepers and accountants for producing reports and working with the data that comes out of Xero.

The versatility of Excel as a spreadsheet means that you can do so much more with it than just make sense of the financial information from your Accounting software. One case study in our Microsoft Excel Courses comes from our own experience about scheduling courses, trainers and training rooms for enrolments when we had a training centre in Dee Why NSW.

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Cert IV in Bookkeeping Changed to FNS40222 – Study Through EzyLearn’s RTO Partnership

There are many ways to get started with a career in finance and bookkeeping.  For those looking for a nationally recognised qualification, something like a Cert IV is a great way to learn the skills you need to find work or continue in your studies.

The Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping is a national accreditation provided by registered training organisations (RTOs).  It can start you on your way to becoming a registered BAS agent, or prepare you for roles like payroll officer and bookkeeper.  But the qualification has recently been updated!

Here’s what you need to know about the changes:

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NEW “Bookkeeping Basics” Training Course Covers Beginner Level Xero, MYOB & QuickBooks Online

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Bookkeeping is an essential part of business, not just to keep track of financial activities for the business’ sake, but also to meet obligations from the ATO.  It’s nothing ground-breaking to highlight the importance of bookkeeping, but lots of businesses might start operating without considering the necessity of bookkeeping. 

If you’re a business owner who doesn’t have a background in accounting or bookkeeping, then you’ll want to learn at least the basics quickly – even if you intend to hire accounts staff, it’s great to understand the bookkeeping tasks that need to be completed.

EzyLearn has you covered with out new Bookkeeping Basics Training Course.  Let’s break down how you’ll learn the foundational aspects of bookkeeping with this course:

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Xero’s Integration With DiviPay Can Help Small Businesses Manage Expenses

Expense management is an important thing to have control of in order to keep a business running smoothly.  But it can be a time-consuming process, full of paperwork, data entry, and chasing up staff members for receipts and invoices.

Xero’s integration with DiviPay promises to make the whole process easier, with seemingly half of it being done by staff members on their mobile phones!

But how does it all work?

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How are Small Businesses Changing in 2022?

It’s not a stretch to say the last few years have been tough…especially for businesses.  Through lockdowns and restrictions we’ve seen businesses struggle, falter, adapt, and survive. 

Now that we’re in to 2022, and things are (fingers crossed) almost looking normal again, it’s exciting to see how businesses will recover and thrive.

Xero has released a guide to small business trends for 2022, based on surveys they conducted in 2021 of their subscribers in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Singapore, Canada, and the US. 

Here’s are 10 trends on the rise for small business this year:

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Pandemic Digitalised Small Businesses more than NBN, Xero Report Reveals Numbers?

The pandemic has seen huge changes to the way businesses run, with Zoom meetings and remote working becoming the new normal and working parents are loving it (if they have the space for it).

The common factor here, of course, is the move to digital solutions for businesses.  Whilst ICT expenditure has always formed part of a business’ expenses, the pandemic has contributed to an increase in this area of spending.

Businesses are becoming increasingly digital, and it’s actually improving their performance. One of the areas I’ve noticed is the use of website chat has increased and customer service work can be performed by anyone running a micro business from their own home.

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MYOB Business is AccountRight & Essentials but can it catch up to Xero?

MYOB has fallen behind in recent years to other accounting software like Xero.  With Xero’s cloud accounting-first strategy, it’s become a leading software in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Canada – by focusing on integrations and simple accounting solutions.

MYOB, on the other hand, has caused confusion over its multiple products and unexpected updates, which have since caused users to gravitate away from it.

Now, its repackaged MYOB Essentials and AccountRight under one cloud-based solution.  Will this solve its problems?

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Office Administration or Business Administration: What Jobseekers Need To Know

Jobs in office administration and businesses administration are pretty popular currently – Seek has them projected at 7.3% and 9.9% growth, respectively.

So if you’re scrolling through one of the many job seeking sites, searching for an administrator role, it’s important to know the difference between these categories.

And it can be a bit confusing.  Some job listings seem to use these terms interchangeably, or you might just see the blanket term ‘administrator’ as the title.  Whilst there is some overlap, there is a difference between the jobs descriptions and tasks of office administrators and business administrators.

Here’s how to know which one is right for you:

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Looking For Bookkeeping Work? This is How You Can Stand Out To Employers

Getting qualifications and experience are the foundational steps in looking for jobs, but then what?  It can be a daunting task to join or re-enter the workforce, even with a Certificate in Xero Accounting in hand.

Our courses are in-depth and diverse – you can gain practical experience and the MYOB & Xero certificate to prove it as well as office administration with our Office Academy training course package.

If you’ve completed a course and are now looking for bookkeeping work – whether its with a business or as a contractor in the gig economy – you don’t have to go it alone.

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Digital Business Skills to Compliment Xero & MYOB Training

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Digital Business Skills are important for everyone who works for a company or who owns one. Authentication for Xero Course students highlighted to me the importance of general digital business skills. Our Digital Business Course has been available for a while as a FREE student inclusion but we’ve recently added to it.

Electricians, tradies and real estate agents are communicating with prospects and customers digitally, even regarding their accounts, and I wrote about how we’ve started to see these skills come up in office admin job ads. If you have any doubts about how to do this you need to up-skill.

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This is Why Businesses Love Cloud Accounting and not MYOB AccountRight so much

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If you have worked in an office you know how frustrating IT issues are. If you are now working from home you know how frustrating IT support issues are. If you have ever experienced an IT support issue installing software (like MYOB AccountRight) you know how frustrating IT issues are.

We stumbled upon the technical support help page for MYOB AccountRight and all remembered why we LOVE online accounting programs like Xero, QuickBooks Online and MYOB Essentials!

Attn: We’ve just BUNDLED all the MYOB AccountRight BEGINNERS Certificate Courses together for those students looking for junior accounts and general office support and admin jobs.

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Bookkeeping Academy Membership

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Business Owner Benefits

The Bookkeeping Academy is designed for anyone who wants to enhance their knowledge and use of technology to manage the financial aspects of their business. As a business owner this gives you a low cost educational and support resource to help you use technology to become more organised and efficient in the administration aspects of your business.

Ongoing Course Access and Support

EzyLearn Online Course Updates & Additions for latest versions of Xero, Excel & MYOB coursesThis membership gives you ongoing access to EVERY course that you have ever enrolled into (since January 1st 2013) with EzyLearn – this includes all updated training workbooks, videos and exercise files.

We update our training materials every month to keep up with changes in features, compliance requirements and navigation changes made by the major software vendors.

Specialisation for Certified Bookkeeping Assistants

QuickBooks-MYOB-Xero-Integrations-Training-Course-Certificate-Hubdoc-HubSpot-Planday-Harvest-Deputy-EzyLearnWhen you specialise you demonstrate your commitment to a deeper level of understanding about certain Bookkeeping Assistant tasks. This knowledge ensure you are more productive for your employer or client and can help them use technology to better manage their business.

Specialisation Training include:

  1. Introduction to Apps and Integrations
  2. Receipt Capture and Storage
  3. Credit Management
  4. Rostering and Workforce Management
  5. Financial Reporting

Get the details about Bookkeeping Academy membership

EzyLearn ANSWERS

EzyLearn Answers for student support in online training courses in MYOB, Xero, Quickbooks online, Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint and WordPressIf you need to accomplish a certain task which is not covered in our training materials you can put the question to our support team and community. If it can be answered quickly we’ll answer it and if you need we can introduce you to other Bookkeeping Academy members who can help.

Learn more about EzyLearn ANSWERS

Bookkeeper Benefits

Bookkeeper Database + Public Profile

Your details will be entered into our Bookkeeper database and a public profile will be created for you. With over 25 years experience in helping students learn how to use office administration and bookkeeping software we have become well known as a source of bookkeepers.

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Membership to the Bookkeeping Academy will help you stand out to potential employers as well as small businesses looking for a bookkeeper.

If a potential employer likes the information on your profile they’ll reach out to use and we’ll connect you!

Becoming a Bookkeeping Academy member is the cheapest way of getting online exposure for bookkeeping work.

Get Career Support

As a member you receive support from our team about job requirements and how to present yourself for job vacancies.

Local Awareness Marketing

Our national database of bookkeepers who are available for work or to take on clients are promoted online to potential clients or employers in the local area.

NBN Rollout across Australia will help teleworking, virtual assistants and those running a business from home

As a Certified Bookkeeping Assistant you’ll have the opportunity to explore induction and internship opportunities and be connected with established bookkeeping businesses and BAS agents who need a new bookkeeper.

Do you qualify for a discount joining fee?

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If so you may be entitled to a discount off your joining fee. Make sure you email your EzyLearn support consultant to double-check or enter your detail into the inquiry form at the Bookkeeping Academy information page below.

Get all the Information

Visit the Bookkeeping Academy information page to see all the services and training included in the Bookkeeping Academy membership.

 

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Xero Learn. Xero software offered for $6 per month. Why are businesses paying $60+ NEW: RESUME REVIEW SERVICE

It’s interesting and exciting that Xero now offer their Xero Learn service to training course publishers like EzyLearn for $6 per month. This ongoing access to Xero Accounting software seemed exciting at first but then I realised that it’s just accounting software! AND it’s just for training! AND 30 days is MORE than enough per case study!

Most students don’t want to access Xero accounting software forever. Even business owners don’t really want to pay an ongoing fee for their accounting software – they want something else..

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