Xero Blog

One of the things I love most about my role as Practice App Specialist is the front row access to the Xero app ecosystem. Designed to help our advisor partners do beautiful business, it features a constant cycle of innovation and enhancement.

In this blog post, Caroline Plumb, CEO and founder of Fluidly, talks about how cash flow forecasting can help accountants to prepare for the future. When I talk to accountants about their clients, I often hear these words: “if only they had talked to me before doing that” or “if only they had known that we offered that service.” In a fast-changing world, it’s all too easy to get disconnected from your clients and what’s really going on in their businesses.

The prime minister visited the governor-general this morning to dissolve the Parliament and set a federal election for May 18. The campaign will be a 35-day PR drive, and small businesses can expect to be frequently mentioned.

From 1 July this year, Single Touch Payroll (STP) will apply to all employers in Australia. First announced in 2015, STP is an Australian Tax Office reporting regime that requires employers to report salaries and wages, PAYG withholding tax, and superannuation to the ATO each time they pay their employees.

The ATO recently made Single Touch Payroll (or STP) compulsory for all businesses. How will this change affect you as an advisor? We’ve got you covered with all the top questions on STP answered.

With interest in Xero’s app marketplace growing rapidly for businesses and accountancy firms alike, we’re excited to launch our new Xero UK App Integrator Program. The program is a direct response to our partners and customers who tell us that with more than 700 apps now in the Xero marketplace, researching and implementing the right apps can be an arduous task.

With an election predicted for May, the budget and the budget-in-reply speech act as an election platform for both the government and the opposition. In terms of small business, the government put forward a budget with consumer tax cuts, an expanded instant asset write-off, incentive for exporters and cash for businesses to take on an apprentice.

We’d like to introduce you to Denis Breen, Managing Director at Irish accountancy firm and Xero Gold Partner, ProfitPal. Here he discusses some of the challenges facing the Irish accounting industry and small businesses.

Following Xero’s acquisition of Instafile in November 2018, we’re pleased to announce its new name: Xero Tax. We’re working to integrate the product seamlessly into Xero, and that includes the name.