Xero Blog

Some weeks back, Shannon Smit received a simple request. Her colleague, Hayden Winter, asked if he could save up additional annual leave for some overseas travel – and his query sparked an idea.

Xero’s epic annual NZ Roadshow has begun! We’re travelling the country through 16 locations across both islands, from Whangarei to Invercargill and several towns in between! We’re showcasing some of our wonderful partners in the centres we pass through in our Roadshow Profile series.

I never wanted to be a leader. I’m sometimes surprised to find myself running a 60-person team at Xero that looks after thousands of bookkeepers and accountants in Australia. I was a shy kid growing up.

Watch an interview with Jonathan Fryer; Partner at Mazars Thailand and Luke Cheng, CFO at Omise, the online payment gateway for ecommerce businesses, about how they’re using Xero to support cross-border expansion.

As Xerocon inches closer (less than 100 days to go!) we got in touch with some of  last year’s award winners to talk everything Xerocon and why they continue to go year after year.

One of the things I love about Xero is their willingness to partner alongside the ‘little guy’. As someone who’s spent the last 10 years working in various administration and communications roles, I know how it feels to be viewed as the ‘little guy’.

The more data you have, the better the connections you can make. That’s the intention behind the Xero HQ explorer feature. Now practices have the full picture with the addition of bank data.

Xero’s epic annual NZ Roadshow has begun! We’re travelling the country through 16 locations across both islands, from Whangarei to Invercargill and several towns in between! We’re showcasing some of our wonderful partners in the centres we pass through in our Roadshow Profile series.

HMRC has this week announced significant changes to the roll-out of its Making Tax Digital scheme, which was due to go live from April 2018. Following feedback and concerns about the broad scope and short timescales from parliamentary bodies, businesses, the accounting profession and software companies, including Xero, the scope and timetable have now been pared back as follows: Only businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold will have to keep digital records and only for VAT purposes.