NEWS FROM ADMIN ARMY
How To Know When It Is Time To Start Outsourcing
When was the last time you had an evening off? Can you remember what your friends look like any more? Are you so behind on watching Shortland Street that you think Kirsty and Lionel are still the hot couple? If you are embarrassed by your answers to those questions,...
GST: Eight Things You Need To Know
GST is undoubtedly a bit of a minefield for a number of small business owners. The biggest concern we hear regularly is that people just want to get it right. Some small business owners even purposefully limit their sales so they don't have to register for GST as they...
How To Effectively Delegate Tasks To Your Virtual Assistant
It is exciting to get to a point in your business where you can outsource. Hiring a virtual assistant (VA) is often an important step for a business. By delegating tasks that are time-consuming, complicated, or just downright tedious, you gain more time and energy to...
Why Your Business Needs a Budget
You have your own business, you consider yourself to be financially savvy, and don’t like to be bound by boring things like budgets. No problem, you can still have a thriving business without one… right? Actually, wrong. Even the smallest start-up businesses need to...
How A Bookkeeper Can Help You Save Money And Time
Running a business can feel exhausting at times! There is the endless task of trying to be more productive, more efficient, and the balancing act of not spending too much money. Many business owners try to handle everything in-house to save a few dollars. After all,...
How Much Time Are You Wasting Every Week?
Time is money. It is an old fashioned cliché, but there is a reason that sayings become so popular in the first place. It’s because they are true! Every minute you waste being unproductive, performing tasks inefficiently, or handling jobs that are best delegated to...
10 Tips For Making Your Business Finances Easier
The financials are a necessary part of any successful business. Unless you are a numbers whizz, they can be a challenging part of your day to day tasks. We are all about working smarter and not harder, so we have put together out 10 10 tips to make your business...
Are You Holding Your Own Small Business Back?
Running a small business could be compared to juggling, while balancing on a Swiss ball and successfully keeping a hula hoop swinging in motion around your waist, all the while stopping your coffee from spilling. It can be super challenging with a hundred things to...
Xero Tips – Dashboard
Did you know that your Xero dashboard has customisable features? Many Xero subscribers simply 'plug and play' when they set up their Xero account. Xero's dashboard is the screen you probably spend the most time on, yet you have no say in what information is displayed...
What Is Payday Filing?
The noise about payday filing is starting to get louder. But what exactly is it and how does it impact your business? Payday filing is a requirement for filing your employee pay information as part of each pay cycle. The pay information to be provided will include:...
Why Working With A New Zealand VA Is Best
Have you told people that you are thinking of hiring a VA? It is safe to say that you have had a whole bunch of responses in return. One of the most popular is probably that you should hire a VA from overseas as they are cheaper. That comment is partially true. You...
Why Your Accountant Loves Your Bookkeeper – Guest Blog By Chris Mercer, MBP Advisors + Accountants
Many business owners assume that their accountant won’t like them hiring a third-party bookkeeper. This couldn’t be further from the truth. A good bookkeeper, like those at Admin Army, are worth their weight in gold. Your accountant knows this and if you collaborate...