Professional Melbourne Payroll Services Provider Are you looking for Melbourne Payroll Services? Look no further! Here at Off The Hook Bookkeeping, we offer Melbourne Payroll Services! We understand that not everyone can do payroll, or even if they can, they don’t like doing payroll. Payroll is one of those things that comes with risk.   5 reasons to use our Melbourne Payroll Services Risk of paying wrong hourly rates, superannuation or allowances and then having to back pay Chance of paying wrong amount one week and having your staff resent you Possibility of setting your payroll up wro ..read more

Melbourne Bookkeeper. Looking for a Melbourne Bookkeeper? We can help you! I know it’s hard to believe but not everyone enjoys bookkeeping as much as we do. So if bookkeeping isn’t your smashed avo on toast, you can give it to us! It’ll be a great partnership – we’ll look after your books, and you immerse yourself in your favourite part of your business. Off The Hook Bookkeeping is a Melbourne-based bookkeeping service (although we’re Virtual, so we work across Australia, and also have an office in Brisbane). We offer a wide-range of bookkeeping services, from keeping your accounts up-to-date ..read more

How to fix Common Bookkeeping Mistakes Over the past 5 years the world of business has seen an increasing trend towards the use of cloud accounting software. Businesses are becoming more confident in the use of online software platforms which allow them to operate more efficiently, engage clients and staff overseas and collaborate in ways previously never imagined. With Xero Accounting Software leading the way for cloud accounting software, accounting seems like “just clicking a few buttons”. So many business owners have opted for not paying a bookkeeping, and instead doing it themselves or em ..read more

COVID19 Coronavirus Resources For Australian Small Business Hello everyone. Corona virus (aka COVID-19) isn’t something that we never talked about. And now everyone’s talking about it. And it’s had a significant impact on people’s lives, including Business Owners, and the Bookkeepers who stand with them. So we write to you today as a source of knowledge and wisdom so that together we can survive and even flourish even in the face of adversity. Corona Virus Pandemic is a tragic event unfolding in our lives. The problem is the sheer volume of new information being released. Misinformation, chang ..read more

6 Tips for Managing ATO Payment Plans for Overdue BAS Statements If you get yourself in a pickle, and get behind in your BAS lodgements, it’s easy to bury your head in the sand. But the problem will only snowball and become bigger (and more expensive). An ATO payment plan will help get you out of trouble, and back into financial success. Sound interesting?   Rip off the bandaid slowly, or quickly. It’s your choice I’ve worked as a professional bookkeeper for over 20 years. And I’ve seen many different kinds of situations. And I know from experience that the best way to deal with it is ..read more

6 Tips for Managing ATO Payment Plans for Overdue BAS Statements If you get yourself in a pickle, and get behind in your BAS lodgements, it’s easy to bury your head in the sand. But the problem will only snowball and become bigger (and more expensive). An ATO payment plan will help get you out of trouble, and back into financial success. Sound interesting?   Rip off the bandaid slowly, or quickly. It’s your choice I’ve worked as a professional bookkeeper for over 20 years. And I’ve seen many different kinds of situations. And I know from experience that the best way to deal with it is ..read more

Late JobKeeper Payment Are you worried you have missed the cutoff for JobKeeper Payment? Wasn’t it the end of April? Don’t worry, here at Off The Hook Bookkeeping, we are here to answer your questions about Late JobKeeper Payment applications. The ATO has extended the deadline for the Late JobKeeper Payment application date. It was the end of April 2020. But now it is the end of May 2020. 31st of May to be clear. That means you still have about two weeks to go, as of the time of publishing this Post. To get it from the ATO itself, please click on this link to see the date.   How can Off T ..read more

JobKeeper Eligibility Do you need help with JobKeeper applications, payments or recording transactions in Xero? Look no further ~ at Off The Hook Bookkeeping, we are here to get your JobKeeper related bookkeeping sorted for you! JobKeeper Payment Eligibility is something we are here to help you with. Obviously the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has thrown a massive curve ball at us all. Evidently the World Government shutting down and quarantining almost every nation, to restrict Coronavirus from running rampant, has created financial challenges for businesses. For most business owners and their emplo ..read more

Corona virus and your Australian Small Business Hello everyone. Corona virus (aka COVID-19) isn’t something that we usually talk about, but it is having a significant impact on people’s lives, including Business Owners, and the Bookkeepers who stand with them. So we write about this to help you be a source of knowledge and wisdom, so that together we can survive and perhaps flourish even in the face of such adversity. Corona Virus Pandemic is a tragic event unfolding in our lives. The problem is what it is. What makes it worse than what it is, comes from misinformation and/or lack of informati ..read more