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who are we?
Supporting Business Nomads
Based on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, we are registered BAS Agents, providing bookkeeping, BAS and business management services to small businesses focused on growth, profitability and leveraging technology. We focus on adding real value through streamlined accounting and business processes, reducing the cost of doing business, adoption of appropriate technologies and giving you more time to do the things that are important to you.
We own a number of businesses ourselves, all of which can be run remotely. We love to travel and have structured our businesses around this passion. We refer to ourselves Business Nomads and love working with other Business Nomads, and business owners who aspire to become nomads, like us.
We enjoy outstanding relationships with our clients because we are focused on what is important to them. We are collaborative, reliable and add significant value to our client's businesses.
Bookkeeping
As professional, certified bookkeepers we are focused on ensuring that you acccounts are accurate and up to date, making sure that you are able to make informed and timely decisions about your business.
Business Management
We are experienced, MBA qualified bookkeepers who know your business almost as well as you do. This puts us in a great position to help identify and resolve business management issues as they arise. We are also well placed to provide management relief, if required.
Automation
Reducing costs and wasted resources through automation is our passion.
Using tools that you probably already have available to you, we work with you to automate routine administration and sales tasks.Lifestyle
Our focus is on making sure that you are able to do the things that are important to you. That may be to travel more, more family time, going fishing more often, or any number of other things.
Isn't that why you started your own business?
Definition: Business Nomad
Your team. Here to help.
Meet the all sorted team
Your technology partners, who happen to also be awesome bookkeepers.
Scott Elsom
Ask me how I help small businesses become more efficient through outsourcing and improved business systems.
Marita Thornton
Let me know when you are ready to take your business bookkeeping into the cloud.
Shakthi Kumar
When things do not add up, give me, and my team, a call.
What's happening at All Sorted
Interesting bits and pieces about small business, bookkeeping, business automation and success.
Bookkeeping Rates Review
The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers recently completed their 2019 annual bookkeeping survey. A key focus of the survey is to determine average rates for bookkeeping around the country.
How to scaleup your business
Scaling up isn’t just a case of letting organic growth take its course. Genuine hypergrowth means achieving accelerated 20% growth over a 3-year period. A big ask for any company! So if you’re planning to make the transition from established startup to ambitious scaleup, what are the foundations you need to get it right? Setting[…]
10 steps to grow your business
We are focused on helping you grow your business. Recently we came across Xero’s guide to grow your business and passed it onto a handful of clients. They found it really useful so we thought we’d share it, as nearly every business has a growth focus. The 10-step checklist deals with cashflow, preparing your team,[…]
Online invoicing – a faster way to get paid
Online invoicing removes the limitations of using traditional paper invoices to get paid. Xero’s built-in online invoicing features let your business carry out the whole invoice process electronically. There are key tools for creating repeat invoices, taking online payments, tracking sales revenues and chasing up any late payments – all from inside Xero. Removing the[…]
Five ways to do your own market research without an expert
If you’re keen to understand your clients better, you can conduct market research yourself. Here are five quick ways that won’t slow you down or take up too much of your time: Hold a focus group – This is an efficient way of getting information from multiple people at one time. Be prepared with the questions[…]
Keep your business safe from email fraud
Email scams come in all shapes and sizes. One that’s on the rise is the use of email invoices to commit email fraud and extortion. Companies big and small can be targeted and it can happen in a number of ways: An email account is hacked and then it’s used to send invoices that look[…]
Gain cash flow confidence with credit reports
When you’re expanding your business and working with new companies, you want to be confident that anyone you deal with has a good payment history. Credit report can help provide this. Credit reports give you a realistic picture of a company’s finances and lets you make informed decisions based on facts. While credit reports are[…]
B2B tips for working with big companies
To start working with big companies is an exciting milestone but servicing them can be demanding. If you’re more used to working with smaller clients how do you make the transition to servicing larger ones? Don’t over-promise Many small businesses are tempted to go beyond their core competencies to win a big contract. Avoid that[…]
Goal setting and measuring performance
Goal setting is what drives the long-term performance of your business. Agreeing on clear targets, and measuring your progress over time via key performance indicators (KPIs), helps you to understand exactly where the business is going. But how does this kind of performance management work in practice? Track your performance with KPIs Tracking your goals[…]
Use automatic bank reconciliation to save you time
Bank reconciliation is a vital financial task – but one that eats into your business time. Matching your financial transactions to the relevant lines on your bank statement can be a tedious and time-consuming task. So wouldn’t it be great if you could automate that whole bank reconciliation (bank rec) process? If you’re using Xero,[…]
Access to funding to finance your growth
angel or You might have self-funded the early days of your business, but to expand, grow and scale you need access to funding. But how can you access the right level of outside funding? And how do you impress your potential private investors and lenders with the long-term prospects for your company? Making your business[…]
What does a bookkeeper do?
The work that bookkeeper do es has changed significantly and continues to change. In the past bookkeepers processed invoices and reconciled bank statements. This work ensured that businesses could see what had happened in the past. In today’s world these mechanical, repetitive processes are such a minimal part of what we offer business owners. What[…]
Affiliations and Partners
We are closely associated with a number of professional organizations and suppliers of leading bookkeeping and business processing applications.
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WorkflowMax
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Common questions we're asked
Recent FAQ’s
Bookkeeper vs accountant. What is the difference? You probably refer to your bookkeeper as your accountant, however, the two are very different.
Your businesses requires accurate and timely accounting information so you can make informed business decisions. This information is prepared and documented by bookkeepers FOR accountants.
Your bookkeeper will focus on daily/weekly/monthly accounting tasks, providing information, but usually not opinions.
The accountant will oversee the work performed by the bookkeeper and will provide you with analysis and interpretation of the information generated by the bookkeeper.
You bookkeeper will work closely with you, often interacting with you or your staff daily. This provides your bookkeepers with a unique insight into your business, making them a key business advisor for most businesses. On the other hand, an external accountant may only interact with your business once or twice during the year (usually at tax time). They may not know the business as intimately as the person maintaining your books.
A more detailed discussion on the choice between a bookkeeper or an accountant can be found here.
Why Maroochydore?
A very bright future
As a book keeper in Maroochydore we believe that the future is very bright for our city. Maroochydore has the business network and key infrastructure to support the technology needs of a businesses like ours.
The city has the business network and infrastructure to support the high-tech needs of a businesses like ours and those of our clients. It has a broad network of business leaders committed to helping business thrive. And most importantly both the Sunshine Coast Council and State Government have committed to making Maroochy the new capital city for the Sunshine Coast.
We believe that our chosen location has been key to our success, to date. Consequently we have outlined some of the key benefits of doing business here on this page.
Our clients love the strong relationships that we have with them and their staff as well as the deep understanding of, and interest, in making their business a successful business.
The combination of workflow automation, process improvement, innovation and trusted accountants provide clients with the freedoms that should come with being a small business owner.
We help to give you back the dream that you started out with.
Why Xero?
Xero accounting software is ideal for small businesses with employees, basic inventory, payroll or more complex accounting needs. The cost for most small business is only $50 per 
month. Additionally, because the system is cloud-based it can be linked to other software that you may already be using, such as Survey Monkey, Square, Stripe, Hubspot, Google G Suite, Gmail, Autoentry, Woo Commerce, WordPress and many others.
As we are Xero specialists we can get you up and running quickly, ensure that you maximise your investment and save you valuable time and money.
This video gives a quick overview of the system and you can get more information here.
Warning:
Don’t allow your Accountant or Bookkeeper to own your accounting data. Read more….
We are often asked what is the best free accounting software in Australia. Unfortunately, for most businesses free accounting software can end up being very expensive.
Free Accounting Software in Australia
For a handful of clients we have use Wave, which is a free Canadian accounting package. We have found that for most businesses it is not adequate, as it does not handle Australian GST very well, BAS returns need to be completed manually and it does not deal with superannuation at all. We also found the level of support when things went wrong to be non-existent. Not getting support when you need it can cost your business dearly. It is for this reason that we have moved away from Wave.
Your business software really is the core of your business and like most things, you do get what you pay for. While not free, we recommend and use Xero for most businesses that we work with. We can provide Xero for as little as $5 per month to regular clients, depending on their requirements.
Contact us and we’ll help you find a system that works for you.
We have fixed price bookkeeping rates for routine bookkeeping tasks. This means that you know exactly what your bookkeeping costs are going to be before we start.
If we can’t provide you with a fixed price we’ll give you an estimate of the cost before we start.
All of our services can be purchased up front from our online store.