October, 2022

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App Partners of the Month: Xerocon Sydney 2022 special edition

Xero

Xero connects with over 1,000 apps that help small businesses and their advisors succeed, check out the Xero App Store. Each month we celebrate an app partner who stands out for helping small businesses thrive. Find out more about becoming a Xero app partner here. In September, Xero was joined by thousands of accounting and bookkeeping professionals at Xerocon Sydney.

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Deloitte launches artificial intelligence initiative

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How to Increase Net Dollar Retention (NDR) Using Automation

Sage Intacct

Net dollar retention (NDR) is one of SaaS companies' most critical revenue-based metrics. It is material because NDR is the KPI that tells you the percentage of revenue you either gained or lost from your existing customer base over a given period. This lets you understand and optimize the success of the product from your most profitable cohort: current customers.

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How To Unlock Granular Kubernetes Cost Metrics

CloudZero

It can be a challenge to measure costs within a SaaS company. While a business with physical inventory can count the number of items sitting on the shelf and the money needed to create, store, and ship those items, operating within the cloud means SaaS companies have to measure their costs through a layer of abstraction.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Choosing the Best Commercial Collection Services

Enterprise Recovery

When making the decision to use commercial debt collection services, businesses should be choosy. Not only are you selecting a company that should be efficient in recovering what's owed to you, but your brand reputation is also at risk. The collections specialists will be speaking to your clients on your behalf. It's imperative that they're able to be a fair but authoritative representation of your company.

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EOG Accounting ties business goals to positive impact to embrace the beauty of giving

Xero

It’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day clamour of our working lives. Targets, KPIs, deadlines – these are the things that keep many people awake at night, and often distract from the bigger picture. Which is to try to do some good on this planet before we leave it. . The team at EOG Accounting , a solely Xero practice based in North Wales, understands the need to meet business targets, but also to make a positive impact whenever possible. .

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Making Hispanic business beautiful

Xero

As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Xero, I have been reflecting on our theme, “Esta es mi gente” or “These are my people” and what it means to be part of a community that supports and uplifts one another. There is something truly special that happens when you find this community spirit. . I’ve been fortunate enough to see this unfold first-hand leading Xero’s US Hispanic team.

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The Making Tax Digital for VAT portal is closing. Here’s what it means for small businesses

Xero

Close the door, pull down the shutters. The time has come. HMRC is closing the old VAT online portal on November 1. You may have recently received an email from HMRC explaining that VAT-registered businesses will no longer be able to use this gateway to file monthly or quarterly VAT returns. Instead, you’ll need to submit them through Making Tax Digital (MTD)-compatible software. .

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We’re making changes to some fields in our practice tools

Xero

From early November 2022, we’ll be updating some fields in Xero Practice Manager (XPM) and Xero HQ. This is all part of our work to provide you with a more unified client record in the future, so you can enjoy a seamless connection between our practice tools. . What’s changing in XPM and Xero HQ. Over the coming weeks, the fields in your practice tools will look a little different.

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Xero named New Zealand’s most-loved accounting software by Kiwi small businesses

Xero

For the fourth year in a row, I am stoked to announce that Xero is the winner of Canstar’s Most Satisfied Customer Award for small business accounting software. We’re super proud to be named New Zealand’s most-loved accounting platform by our customers, and it’s even more special that we’re celebrating this win for the fourth consecutive year. . Canstar Blue is a customer satisfaction research and ratings business aimed at helping consumers make better purchasing decisions.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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How PreviewMe is changing the hiring game for job seekers and businesses

Xero

When job hunting, how do you summarise yourself in a single page? Your experience, from school to jobs to hobbies. Your personality, the way you’d fit into a team. Same goes for businesses – how do you neatly compose a job listing that tells a potential hire exactly what makes you so special? . This is where tech startup PreviewMe comes in. PreviewMe is a video-led platform, enabling businesses to streamline the hiring process, and job seekers to put their best foot forward. .

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How to get support from Xero

Xero

We know that when you have a question about Xero, you want a helpful answer quickly so that you can get back to work. . Xero Central is our one-stop-shop for getting the support you need. It has a range of content to help answer your questions about Xero, including how-to articles, videos, community discussions and the option to raise a case with our customer experience team if you get really stuck.

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How Vinod Shah & Co is embracing cloud accounting to reach their paperless goal

Xero

Accounting has been revolutionised many times over with the emergence of new technology. From calculators to Excel spreadsheets, accountants wouldn’t have gotten far if they weren’t willing to adapt for the good of their practices and their clients. . For Ravi Shah, partner at Vinod Shah & Co , change is being embraced in a practice that was first established by his father in 1989. .

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How advisors can support small businesses to access finance

Xero

Small business lending, and in fact lending in general, has had a lot of recent focus – through the Royal Commission, the government support initiatives during COVID-19, RBA rate changes and the work of the Small Business Ombudsman. . A persistent theme we see from small businesses is that many are struggling to access capital when they need it, which can impact a business’ ability to grow or to maintain a positive cash flow. .

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Direct filing of the Singapore GST F5 return is coming to Xero

Xero

At Xero, we are committed to helping Singapore small businesses simplify their accounting processes. And this is why we are thrilled to announce that you can now submit your GST F5 returns quickly and directly from Xero to IRAS in one click, making the filing process simpler. This means you and your advisors can pull the financial data already sitting within Xero into your GST F5 return report.

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Celebrating our FY23 Xero Australia Award winners

Xero

Over the past week, we’ve had the great honour of celebrating the outstanding achievements of our small business community by crowning the Xero Australia Award winners for FY23. . We received a record number of entries this year, representing some fierce competition. So those who took out the top spots should be incredibly proud of their accomplishment, which is no easy feat among such a high calibre of contenders. .

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How Blackbook Winery is preparing for vintage years ahead

Xero

Until recently, the UK would have been unlikely to trouble a list of the most prestigious winemakers. Customers would turn to the lush green wine-making regions of France, or the sun-dappled vineyards of Italy, before landing upon Britain for their tipple of choice. . But after several years of boom, with sales increasing and accolades stacking up , UK wine makers are the coming force in the industry, with amazing wineries of all sizes springing up throughout the country.

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The Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG): Future-proofing SMEs in their digital journey

Xero

This is a guest blog post attributed to Jin Lee, Digital Strategy Specialist at W.L.P Group. Singapore continues to lead the way globally in its aspirations to become a digital-first smart city, thanks to government initiatives that extend far and wide. One of the key pillars of this initiative to transform Singapore through technology focuses on helping local businesses use digital technologies to improve operations and build stronger capabilities to grow faster and more efficiently in the digi

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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How a Xero rockstar is embracing digital to make things less complicated for her firm

Xero

When Lucy Johnson won the 2022 Xero Award for Sole Practitioner of the Year, her practice – Simplex Accounting (formally known as Isle Book-keep) – was just 12 months old. Knowing the businesses she was up against, Lucy acknowledged: “To even be considered a finalist was a massive deal for me; I was just happy to be there.” . Lucy started Simplex Accounting after being made redundant from her job doing the books for a beauty company.

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We made the 2022 Most Innovative Companies list

Xero

Last year, we reached a significant milestone in our data journey when we built machine learning algorithms that worked to accurately predict your transactions’ contact and account codes. Whenever we invest in machine learning, our vision is always to give you more meaningful time back in your day, so we’re thrilled that this work in bank reconciliation has been recognised as a top 10 innovation in the 2022 AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list for just that.

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IRS to target abusive ERTC claims

Accounting Today

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IRS hires 4,000 employees to help with next tax season

Accounting Today

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Lawmakers introduce bill to expand anti-money laundering due diligence by finance pros

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IRS to require speech recognition to reach Practitioner Priority Service

Accounting Today

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Accountants, remove these 5 things from your to-do list

Accounting Today

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IRS drafts new K-2. K-3 instructions

Accounting Today

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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IRS extends time to 'perfect' R&D credit claims

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Caterpillar's 15-year tax saga ends with $740M IRS settlement

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IRS and AICPA call for crackdown on bogus Employee Retention Credit claims

Accounting Today

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IRS increases 401(k) limit by record amount as inflation surges

Accounting Today

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Travel and Expense Policy Success: Your Essential Checklist

Setting the stage for successful organizational change always begins with clear, thoughtful communication. When it comes to rolling out a new travel and expense (T&E) policy, establishing a well-structured communication plan is key to ensuring that all employees understand the changes and their impact. By following a step-by-step approach, you can guide your organization through the transition, fostering smooth adoption from the outset and improving compliance.