From “You Can’t Charge Extra for Card” to a Surcharge Ban: Australia’s Payment Rules Have Come Full Circle

Steve Slisar — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:38:02 +0000

Here’s a bit of business history that surprises younger bookkeepers and business owners: there was a time when, by law, […]

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Sticky Mailchimp vs AWeber: We’re Looking Because Mailchimp Broke Our Stuff

Steve Slisar — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 21:17:03 +0000

Here’s a confession from behind the scenes at EzyLearn. We’ve been a long-time Mailchimp user, but Intuit (yes the owners […]

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How Does Payday Super Work? A Plain-English Guide for Employers and Bookkeepers

Steve Slisar — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:55:00 +0000

Payday Super is now live, and it’s the biggest change to superannuation in years. If you run payroll — or […]

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Terrified of Chasing Unpaid Invoices? You Need a System (Or a Robot)

Steve Slisar — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:50:12 +0000

Let’s be honest about something almost nobody in small business admits out loud: chasing up money is terrifying. Not “public […]

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When a Payments Giant Buys a Legal Company, Pay Attention: What Stripe Buying Clerky Tells Us About the Future of Work

Steve Slisar — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:28:24 +0000

On 26 August 2026, a company most people have never heard of was bought by a company almost everyone in […]

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Overwhelmed by the Financial Side of Your Business? Start With Our Free Xero and MYOB Bookkeeping Course Samples

Steve Slisar — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 05:58:55 +0000

A new national taskforce has just confirmed what a lot of small business owners already feel: the financial side of […]

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How Would Your Customers Deal With a Robot Chasing Them for Money!?

Steve Slisar — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:55:00 +0000

It had to happen eventually. There’s now an AI that will phone your customers to chase up unpaid invoices politely, […]

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Xero Raises Prices Again — Six Years in a Row. Are the New Features Worth It?

Steve Slisar — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:40:02 +0000

Here’s a tradition we could set our watch by: another year, another Xero price increase, and another wave of frustrated […]

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Why “Applied” Is the Most Important Word in Our Advanced Certificate in Applied Bookkeeping

Steve Slisar — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:53:00 +0000

When one of Australia’s most respected universities decides that traditional degrees aren’t hands-on enough — and starts building “applied degrees” […]

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How Does Referral Marketing Actually Work? Revolut’s A$90 “Invite a Friend” Campaign, Explained

Steve Slisar — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:52:41 +0000

A little while ago we wrote about Revolut being granted a full Australian banking licence. Now the neobank is doing […]

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Why Is Your Cloud Storage Suddenly Full? The Tech Pricing Playbook Every Business Should Understand

Steve Slisar — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:46:27 +0000

You’ve seen the notification: “Your storage is almost full.” Your photos, your emails, your documents — the things you can’t […]

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Can You Transfer a .au Domain Name to Another Business? Yes — But It’s Now a Formal Legal Process (And a Capital Gains Event)

Steve Slisar — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:49:51 +0000

Here’s a topic most bookkeeping courses never mention, but every business bookkeeper will eventually run into: what happens in the […]

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Is Revolut a Real Bank in Australia Now? Yes — And Here’s What It Means for Bookkeepers

Steve Slisar — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:06:47 +0000

Big news in Australian banking last week: Revolut was granted a full banking licence by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority […]

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What’s the Difference Between Leasing and Buying Your Business Devices? Apple’s New Upgrade Program Is a Perfect Case Study

Steve Slisar — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:05:43 +0000

Apple just made one of the biggest changes ever to how it sells its products — and it’s a gift […]

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Will AI Replace Bookkeepers? What the Live Chat Industry Just Taught Us

Steve Slisar — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:11:35 +0000

If you want to know whether AI will replace bookkeepers, don’t look at the accounting industry — look at what […]

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2024 pricing – limited time offer

Steve Slisar — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:12:18 +0000

What Happened to Accounting Software in 2024? (And Why We’re Winding Our Prices Back to Then) 2024 feels like a […]

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