If you want a better understanding of your banking activity, the Bank Reconciliation Summary is a very useful tool to use. We use this report every day while we are working within Xero and we want to share with you how useful it can be too. Where do you find the Bank Reconciliation Summary? In […]
Author Archives: Cindy Hovig
Have you ever wondered why your bookkeeper gives you four main reports? Have you ever wondered why these particular four reports are included and what they actually mean? This article will share the purpose of the four main reports and why you should be looking at them. Think of your reports as a vehicle to tell your […]
We all are looking for ways to get paid faster. Did you know that Xero has a feature that allows you to automatically send your invoices to your customer’s Xero file as a draft bill? This feature is called the Xero to Xero Network. Invite a Xero User to Your Xero Network In General Settings>Connect>Xero […]
Have you heard of the bullet journaling craze? It’s a really popular thing right now. If you look on Pinterest and Instagram you will see beautiful journaling pages artfully designed and so creative. It can be overwhelming to look at because there are just so many different great ideas! I’m personally starting a bullet journal […]
We have a great tip for you today – how to attach a W-9 Form received from your vendors to a Contact in Xero. Why is this a good idea? Well, you will thank us later when it’s 1099 time and you have all your paperwork in order. We think it is a “best practice” […]
Some people wonder if it is worth it to hire a bookkeeper. Have you ever wondered this? Also, what should you expect from a quality bookkeeper? To help you answer these questions, consider some benefits of having ongoing bookkeeping services. This time of the year many of us reflect on how things went last year and […]
January 19, 2018 –Morgan Hill, California Beyond Balanced Books Inc won top honors in the annual Xero Awards Americas, claiming the Partnership Impact Award for 2017. Xero, a global small business platform, has over 100,000 business advisors worldwide as part of its network and it was an outstanding achievement for Beyond Balanced Books Inc. to be […]
Oftentimes people ask me why I choose Xero as our cloud accounting platform. Foremost is that I love the product. I can recall vividly the first day I was introduced to Xero. Within a very short time, I fell in love with the bank reconciliation. It is still one of my favorite features in Xero. […]
We are excited to announce that Cindy and the Beyond Team were named as one of the Hubdoc’s Top 50 Cloud Accountants for 2017 for the fourth year in a row! Hubdoc is a secure document storage application that converts your financial documents into useable data. With the ability to auto-fetch bank statements, bills, and […]
We talk a lot about “machine learning” at Beyond and in our everyday life. It seems to have become a buzzword these days, but have you ever wondered what exactly is “machine learning”? We have too. For the purpose of this discussion let’s define what it is a focus on how Xero uses machine learning […]










