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Getting Started with Xero Projects Projects in Xero offers a way for contractors, freelancers, startups and service based businesses to estimate and track time and costs on particular projects and provide useful project reports.

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When Should Startups "Close" their Accounts? What does it mean to "close" your books?  Why is it important?  What are the benefits?

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How do Contractors and Freelancers Pay Tax? What are the various taxes that contractors pay and how to stay on top.

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Ideas to Optimise Pricing Pricing has a huge impact on startup success. A look at a few useful ways
we've found to optimise pricing, hopefully upwards!

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The Easiest Way for Founders to Pay Themselves A nuts and bolts look at the simplest and easiest way to pay shareholding
founders in startups.

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Startups and Subscriptions Whats a Subscription business model mean, and how can it impact your startup? We look at recurring revenue, having a ongoing customer base and growing a bigger business through the Subscription model.

Getting Ready for Year End Although accounts are prepared after the financial year is finished, there
are still a few items to tick off before that date rolls around. For any
help with the above please contact us

Contractor Tax Changes New tax changes now incorporate agencies so if you're a contractor with an
agency, and you're sent an IR330c, please fill this in to avoid tax being
withheld at 45%.

Using Power BI for Data Driven Insights We're big fans of dashboards as a way to present financial information.
Power BI adds some great functionality and usability, which makes it easy
to recommend.

How Lean Canvas Helps Your Startup Accounting Having recently stumbled upon a blog post by Dave Moskovitz on a great board meeting template we disappeared down the Lean Canvas rabbit hole, including watching and rewatching this helpful Youtube video from Lean Canvas founder Ash Mayura:  What is a Lean Canvas? Lean Canvas promises an actionable…

Friday Q&A Session - What Happens If Startups Pay Cash Bonuses at Christmas?

Friday Q&A Session - What Happens If Startups Pay Cash Bonuses at Christmas? 1. Will there be any tax? Yes - any cash benefits are to be treated as normal salaries and wages.   2. Can employers treat this as a”fringe benefit” and get in under the annual de-minimis rules? Cash bonuses aren’t subject to Fringe Benefit Tax so need to be included in your salary calculations for…

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Dealing with Scope Changes Founders can be cavalier when the prospect of new work comes around, so
they quote a price for a service and get to work. Doing this can mean they
spend more time on the job than anticipated, or incur more cost, and
passing this onto the customer can be tricky