Author Archives: Cindy Hovig

Beyond Balanced Books is Xero’s 2016 Bookkeeping Partner of the Year

Xero's Bookkeeping Partner of the Year

Many of you know that we were in San Francisco last week at XeroCon. We were delighted to receive the award of Xero’s 2016 Bookkeeping Partner of the Year!  We are so honored to have won this award. XeroCon is the ultimate accounting technology conference and we had a fun filled four days. We can’t wait to tell […]

Things are Changing with Modern Client Accounting Services

Beyond Balanced Books

Recently our team was talking about how bookkeeping used to be done with a paper system. How archaic that method seems now! Much has changed with client accounting services today. Think about all the changes the industry has seen in the last 20 years. From paper to the desktop computer, from the desktop computer to the cloud. […]

Sending Receipts in Xero

paper airplane sending receipts in Xero

If you are a client that uses invoices in Xero, you likely already know that you can send electronic copies to your customers. However, did you know that you can also send electronic receipts? Let’s discuss sending receipts in Xero. Send a receipt directly from payment First, locate the invoice payment by going to Bank […]

Millennials and the Cloud

Millennials are taking over the work force. They have surpassed the baby boomers as the nation’s largest living generations. Millennials are those born between 1980 and close to 2000. Most likely you have millennials working in your business, in fact you might have predominantly millennials in your business. It’s important to understand millennials because they […]

Take our test – can cloud accounting improve the way you work?

Cloud accounting solutions are changing the way small businesses work.   As cloud accounting experts, we can help you determine which cloud solution is right for your business.   Here are a few questions to help you think about whether we might be able to help: Do you have account balances or financial statements that don’t make sense? […]

Client loyalty: why you benefit

 “Effective customer relationship management means organising your entire business to focus on the needs of customers.” We take pride in client loyalty. It is an extremely important part of our ethos. We believe it drives us to work harder for our people, and we also believe in the nature of a longstanding client-accountant partnership. Client loyalty […]

Xero the Hero: Applying Split Payments to Bills & Invoices

Have you ever received a bill that you would like to partially pay? What should you do if you receive a partial payment from a customer? Xero allows business owners to navigate these challenges successfully with the ability to apply split payments against both invoices and bills. Let’s see how. How to split a payment In […]