Events

2012 Accounting and Tax Training Program - July 2012 - Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane

Have your graduate staff (and other team members involved in the accounting function) hit the ground running in the new financial year with our classroom training. The training will take place in July.

Whether you have graduate team members, experienced bookkeepers, or administrators looking to move to an accounting role, this training will give them the practical tools and knowledge needed to prepare accounts and tax returns this year. The training includes:

• 2 days of intensive accounts preparation training
• Tuition from a qualified ICAA with many years of practitioner experience
• Practical skills needed to be ready for the 2012 tax season

The cost for the two days, including training materials, lunch and refreshments is $995 – please click here to register.

Our program covers:
 
Best practice for processing different types of records, and strategies for efficiently dealing with common problems encountered, including working with MYOB, Quickbooks, Banklink and Xero, as well as a cash book.

Legal structures, the relationship of the individual proprietors to the business, and the accounting and tax issues specific to each entity type.

A hands-on walkthrough of a BAS for a business and an IAS for an investor, including routine trading, sales and purchases of capital items and variation of PAYG instalments.

A hands-on walkthrough of a set of business accounts, including procedures for reconciling all of the commonly encountered balance sheet, equity and profit and loss accounts. Also covers procedures for resolving questions and review of files by partners and managers.

Presentation of a detailed sample Individual tax return, plus a close look at tax return items specific to partnership, trust and company tax returns.

General overview of a self-managed superannuation fund tax return.

North Queensland Client Forum

As you know, at Business Fitness we are continually developing our products and services to meet the current and future needs of our clients.

In early July, we would like to hear directly from our North Queensland clients their views on the future of the accounting profession and the problems that exist now or in the foreseeable future. We propose to hold the forum and breakfast at 7:30 am on Tuesday, 10th July in Cairns.

Discussion points for the morning will be:

• Problems currently faced by accounting firms
• Future developments in the accounting profession
• Future developments in IT
• The solution to problems

Business Fitness will cover the costs for the forum which will be chaired by Margaret George, General Manager and at the end of the forum we will preview the new features of HowNow version 4.1 including the web application for better remote access.

Please click here to register your interest and we will keep you informed of the venue.

Sydney CBD and Sydney West Breakfast Focus Groups

Our Breakfast Focus Groups are short informal sessions designed to bring together accounting professionals to discuss what they are doing to get the most out of HowNow, as well as other relevant issues in the industry.

They're a great way to interact with and learn from other HowNow firms, both on a professional and social level.

Our next breakfasts in Sydney are Sydney CBD on Wednesday 23rd May and Sydney West on Thursday 24th May – we'd love for you to attend and take this opportunity to catch up not only with Brad Geelan as your Client Development Manager but with others in the profession who have similar experiences and challenges.

We've themed our breakfast 'Reducing compliance costs and strengthening the Client Relationship' but really, it's all about what you want to discuss.

If you'd like to register for our Sydney CBD event, please click here or if you would like to register for our Sydney West Event, click here. We'll be in touch once the have been confirmed.

Webinar - How to get the right information from your clients - the first time, every time

What is the quality of the information you receive from your clients - and could it be better? Are you constantly correcting mistakes, chasing up missing information or losing time to job pick-up / put-down?

Industry events and webinars supported by Business Fitness

Training Beyond Accounting

Training Beyond Accounting is a webinar program (run by specialist practice management consultants, Business Aptitude) which specifically addresses practice management issues in a practical and informative manner.

Please see below for upcoming session details and links to online registration.

How to manage stress during busy times in an accounting practice	Wed 2nd May	12.30 - 1.30pm AEST
Which pricing model is appropriate for which client - working through the maze of fee options	Wed 9th May	12.30 - 1.30pm AEST
7 strategies to improve staff retention - lessons and ideas from the National Accounting Firm Employee Engagement Survey	Tue 15th May	12.30 - 1.30pm AEST
The five keys to successfully selling a practice - M&A Program #1	Wed 30th May	12.30 - 1.30pm AEST

 

Changing Habits School

This highly interactive and practical school provides tools and tactics to allow professionals in accounting firms to change their habits when it comes to the topic that most accountants love to hate - business development & sales! It is a Sydney-based course taught by James Evangelidis, the author of “What do Accounting Clients Really Want?”.

Business Fitness clients and contacts are entitled to a 20% discount on the cost of attending. For more details and registration information, please click here.