Why It Matters   For many employers in the community services industry, this new scheme introduces...

Minimum Wage Increase Effective 1 July 2025The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.5%...

Wellbeing Action Tool: A Practical Guide for Business OwnersRunning a business means wearing a lot...

Are You Paying LAFHA Correctly? New ATO Rates ApplyMany businesses confuse Living Away From Home...

Employee or Contractor?Determining whether someone working for you is an employee or a contractor...

So, you have a new employee starting! What documents must you give them before or when they...

Purchasing a new car in your business? What you need to do BEFORE you buy!We pride ourselves on...

Wage Underpayment is Now a CrimeNew wage theft laws have taken effect from 1st January 2025,...

What You Need to Know about Superannuation ComplianceWhile late superannuation contribution...

Recent Beam News:

e-Invoicing eInvoicing is a government initiative designed to make exchanging invoices and doing...

Invoices with an option to ‘pay now’ get settled far faster than not.    Imagine what that...

Enter the unsung hero of financial management... "the bookkeeper".  In a dynamic world of...

Industry leader Xero have recently announced that there are further increases coming to their...

The Fair Work Commission has announced on Monday 3rd June that the National Minimum Wage will...

Here are a few ways to maximise opportunities and navigate challenges effectively, as we get...

Celebrating Success - Winning The Australian Small Business Champion Awards 2024!  It is with...

Making the Most of Fair Work Resources The world of Fair Work is a minefield, so it makes sense to...

Fixed Term Employment Contracts - What you need to know about recent changes in this space Fixed...

Rinse and Repeat!Our observations in recruiting for finance related roles  If you ask any business...

Beam Bookkeeping announced as 2024 Australian Small Business Champion Awards FinalistWe are proud...

Can you be held personally liable for unpaid employee superannuation contributions?  A scary...

Critical information you need to understand about superannuation contributions for employees...

Surge in GST Audits Expected - How Confident Are You If The ATO Came Knocking?  We all like...

Global Bookkeeping Week 2023Today closes out Global Bookkeeping Week for 2023. This week some of...

Today marks the start of a new system at the ATO that may impact you at some time in the future....

Celebrating Global Bookkeeping Week   It’s Global Bookkeeping Week, an annual tradition that...

Is now the time to consider outsourcing your bookkeeping? Outsourcing the financial side of your...

Xero is backing Beautiful Business Xero is once again supporting the dreams and futures of small...

Do you know the difference between Travel Allowance & Living Away from Home Allowance This is...

NewAccess Support for Small Business Owners Running a small business can be challenging, and with...

Xero – Old Reports Unavailable from 31July  If you’re still using old reports in Xero you may have...

Beam recognised as one of Australia's Happiness Workplaces!  Beam Bookkeeping has been...

The Super Guarantee rate is about to increasefrom 10% to 11% from 1 July 2023   You need to...

Efficiency Deep Dive:How efficient are your internal finance processes? Are you hearing these...

Triggers to consider outsourcing your bookkeeping Outsourcing the financial side of your business...

Family & Domestic Violence Leave became law from February 2023 Family & Domestic Violence...

Your STP2 Transition You may notice in your payroll software this month that software providers...

As you know from previous comms STP2 has been on our radar for some time.    We have strategically...

New Report in Xero - Income & Expenses by Contact Xero has released a new report, Income &...

New Xero Feature - Payroll History This update has been on our industry's wish list for a very...

What does this mean for you? We are elated to be able to share that we are now one of the very few...

Super Changes Start Today: What do you need to know and do? We did alert you to these changes a...

Hello EOFY  It's that time of year again when employees will be eagerly awaiting their Annual...

Super Deadline   If after consulting with your Accountant, you are planning to bring forward...

Team Beam are Finalists! Team Beam have been announced as finalists in 2 categories for the...

What is a Key Person? A Key Person is someone with a proven skill and/or critical knowledge behind...

Here's what you need to know about the 2 changes to Fuel Tax Credits in the last quarter.  ...

Late or Unpaid Employee Super It’s important for employers to educate themselves and/or seek...

Super changes from 1 July 22 and beyond…  A few changes to super are just 12 weeks...

New Employee?  What docs must you give them?  So, you have a new employee starting! What...

STP2 - Should be on your radar! STP (Single Touch Payroll) phase 1 has been with us for some...

ATO Lodgment Deferrals for Flood Affected Areas Following devastating flooding and storms across...

A reminder that applications for this subsidy close on 31st March 2022.It applies to employers of...

Small Business Support Program  If you're a business, sole trader or not-for-profit...

Team Beam is Growing.With 2022 well underway, Team Beam is working so effectively that we are...

Introducing the newest addition to our growing Team Beam. When you call our office, it is highly...

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Two of the Hunter’s leading bookkeeping firms, Booksmart and Biz Synergy have joined forces to become Beam Bookkeeping.

We wanted to take the opportunity to share with you 4 pieces of what we consider to be time critical tips

‘Stapling’ is the new thing in super from today for employers to be aware of.