We are excited to announce that Xero has joined the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) as part of its Firm Alliance. PICPA is the second-oldest CPA organization in the United States and largest CPA association in Pennsylvania with more than 20,000 members. By collaborating with PICPA, Xero is the preferred platform for their […]
Archives for October 2020
Xero joins the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs Firm Alliance
We are excited to announce that Xero has joined the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) as part of its Firm Alliance. PICPA is the second-oldest CPA organization in the United States and largest CPA association in Pennsylvania with more than 20,000 members. By collaborating with PICPA, Xero is the preferred platform for their […]
Less tweets, more checks
When you deposit $1200 into the checking account of a person who is struggling to pay their bills and feed their family, a very interesting thing happens – they actually spend that money in the real economy. We saw this happen over the summer, unequivocally. The money moved around. Tax cuts for the already wealthy […]
Paytm First Games is back on Google Play Store
Paytm First Games has been relisted on Google Play Store, the gaming app of fintech company Paytm said in a blog post on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after it was taken down from the dominant app store. The company said it had realigned its promotion strategies, which Google had termed as “policy violations” earlier. Google’s […]
4 Reasons Why It’s Time to Hire an Accountant for Your Small Business
October 7, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. According to the 2019 Onpay Small Business Finance and HR Report, just 30 percent of small business owners work with accountants. That’s not surprising, given how much each dollar counts to a small company. Doing the accounting yourself certainly saves some […]
Coordinating Social Security Couples’ Benefits For The Self-Employed: The False Promise Of Salary-Splitting
Executive Summary For many financial advisors, Social Security retirement benefits are often an integral part of their clients’ retirement strategies to provide income. However, married couples not only have their own retirement benefits that are calculated based on each person’s individual’s work history (assuming they have the requisite 40 quarter-credits of earnings) available to them, […]
UK Finance appoints new CEO
Trade body UK Finance, which represents 250 banks and finance firms, has appointed David Postings as its new chief executive. He will become UK Finance CEO in January, taking over from Bob Wigley who will continue as executive chair of UK Finance until Mr Postings takes up his role. Mr Postings was UK chief executive […]
12 accusations in the damning House report on Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
House lawmakers released a scathing report on four of the world’s largest tech companies, accusing them of abusing their market power. The report, which was released on Tuesday and concludes a 16-month investigation into Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, recommended breaking up the companies and passing the most sweeping changes to antitrust laws in decades. […]
COVID-19 Business Update – 7 October 2020
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest. We hope you and your family are safe and doing well. Read on for this week’s update. Federal Budget 2020 Released The Federal Budget was released earlier this week. Here’s a quick rundown of the key points: This budget is based on economic assumptions including that there will be […]
What it was like inside this year’s Federal Budget Lockup
Each year in Australia’s capital, an event takes place that’s shrouded in great secrecy: the Federal Budget Lockup. In a unique privilege, Xero was invited to Old Parliament House to gain an understanding of how Budget 2020/21 will affect its customers. As Small Business Advocate (and one of Xero’s resident Canberrans), I was lucky enough […]