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Metrics & KPIs for Business

Using Metrics & KPIs in your business can make the difference on how well you know your operation. What are Metrics and what can you do with them?  Firstly, Metrics are non-financial measurements of something in your business. They may be related to finance,...

North QLD NDIS Group … Full Steam Ahead

The recent signing of the bilateral agreement between the Federal and State government will finally see some progress made as the July deadline for the rollout of the NDIS gets closer. This news coming hot on the heels of the decision to retain the ACNC after almost...

Spruiking Automation

Learn the Calxa Way of Doing Things There is so much ground to cover with the rollout of the NDIS pending for many NFPs and new Charity Reporting Standards recently introduced in New Zealand. Sharing knowledge and our learnings is important to the Calxa team. Not only...

Governments Agree on QLD

In an historic bilateral agreement between the State and Federal Governments last week, both parties signed off on a plan to rollout the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Queensland. Having been held hostage mostly by uncertainty on the scheme, people...

ACNC … Here to Stay

Ending almost two years of speculation, an announcement has finally been made on the future of the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) with Government advising that the commission will be retained. Minister for Social Services Christian Porter,...

Bookkeepers Thriving in a Changing Environment

Published in the ABN Bookies Bulletin in September 2015. Last year Peter Thorp from the Australian Bookkeepers Network (ABN) gave a great presentation on how the industry has changed over the last 10 years. Peter put up a challenge to the audience asking attending...

Goodbye Paul, Hello Paul

Paul Drendel – Practice Faciliator and Enabler As accounting professionals start moving towards value added services for clients, it has quickly become apparent that the process for adopting a product like Calxa across a practice environment involves...

Aged Care to follow NDIS Model

Aged Care reform to start in February 2017 In 2011, the Productivity Commission found the aged care sector suffered similar weaknesses as other sectors such as extensive regulatory burden, delayed access to care and a lack in consumer choice. To improve the delivery...