APL Accountants in Cleveland, Queensland | Business consultant

APL Accountants

Locality: Cleveland, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 3488 0131

Address: 2 Genoa Court 4163 Cleveland, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.aplaccountants.com.au

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24.01.2022 We have had some questions as to whether or not veterinary businesses are likely to be allowed to be open if there is a lockdown. Looking at Europe the answer is yes - clinics over there are allowed to work. Remember this is a good time to be getting some sort of telemedicine going as well for those clients not wanting to risk coming in or to reduce the risk to your team seeing too many clients face to face.

24.01.2022 Are vets going to be declared an essential service? We have just had notification from one of our clients on the NSW board. The comment was: The AVA has done a submission for vets to be declared as an essential service. He would be surprised if vets were not declared as an essential service. Vets are currently declared as essential in Spain, Italy and Belgium.

24.01.2022 What type of leave in Australia if staff need 14 days self isolation? many of you will need to be processing leave for staff members that have travelled so we have checked with Employsure. We have been told that you should process it as sick leave, once that is used up then annual leave. If there is no leave left then either pay them if you want to or it's unpaid leave.

23.01.2022 Thank you to those of you who registered for our web event on budgets and cashflows. And as always because of your attendance something special happened! For this event your registration enabled us to give access to drinking water to families in Ethiopia using b1g1.com as a giving portal. In fact there were so many of you that we were able to provide 10 years of fresh water to a family - such is the power of tying in your business processes and wonderful clients with 'givi...ng'. For those of you who may have missed or forgot to register, you can still make a difference. You can view the recording for a small donation of $5 (all of which will go to the same cause). Just click on this link: https://vetbusinessuniversity.com/checkout/?product_id=8208 This will give you 2 weeks of access to the recording as well as our previous 3 web events

23.01.2022 Video for: "How to decide who to sell your business to", is now ready to view if you missed the web masterclass. In order to watch this recording you can go to the page below. Please note that there is a small charitable donation of $5 to access recordings and access to recordings is only available for 14 days after payment: https://vetbusinessuniversity.com/checkout/?product_id=8208

22.01.2022 This months newsletter

22.01.2022 Need a budget and worried where your money from your business has gone? Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//2315911/WN_VlDaM54QSoKpwiC8_mGz9g When: Wednesday 17th June at 1pm QLD time... This is one of our free online masterclasses with 'no sales' and practical advice on how to create a budget and cashflow projections. Many veterinary practices find they are making a profit but short of cash. This session will explain why this can happen and how to prevent it. This is a practical session showing you how to make a budget and a cash flow projection.

20.01.2022 WORKSHOPS (VIRTUALLY IRRESISTIBLE)! Special 50% off offer on our annual benchmarking report and strategy conference until 30 June 2020. Contact us here if you would like to attend: https://aplaccountants.com.au/contact_us/... Below is what it will include and if you took all these services individually they would add up to $6,000. But we are offering this package for $3,000 until 30 June: -6 months free connection to Profitdiagnostix worth $1,800 -6 months free access to Vet Business University worth $900 -Full analysis of financial and clinical parameters of business for past year compared to average and top performers prepared by one of our consultants prior to the workshop worth $2,000 -Identification of 4 key strategies that will make the greatest difference on your profitability -Attendance of our 2 half day online workshops including guest speaker, small group discussions and help formulating your strategic plan for the next 12 months worth $1,000 -A 45 minute consultation to discuss progress with one of our business consultants 6 months after the workshop worth $300 Contact us here if you would like to attend: https://aplaccountants.com.au/contact_us/

19.01.2022 We have had a further update to leave from Employsure and if you are confused you need to check out https://www.fairwork.gov.au//coronavirus-and-australian-wo as this is an ever evolving topic

19.01.2022 Anybody needing bridging finance for JobKeepers the bank hotlines for the big 4: Westpac - 1300 731 073 NAB - 1800 562 533 (1800 JOBKEEPER)... CBA - 13 26 07 ANZ - 1800 571 123

18.01.2022 Thanks to the great audience we had at out 'understanding your balance sheet' lunchtime web masterclass. The recording is now available here: https://vetbusinessuniversity.com/checkout/?product_id=8208 for a small $5 charitable donation to plant trees for orangutans. This recording will explain the key points on understanding the balance sheet of a veterinary practice

18.01.2022 Another quick tip - customer experience with Paul Dunn https://vimeo.com/456404417/21eb0c7077

14.01.2022 A number of clients have ordered these reusable, washable, droplet proof 3 layer masks. Its our dog trainer who is a costume maker and re purposed her business for this

13.01.2022 Hi all, I will be presenting again something similar to what we did today with APL Clients (stimulus package and cashflows) on Friday, March 27, 2020 11:45 AM AEST (Brisbane). This is run by The Veterinary Dental Co. Register here if you want to attend: https://www.theveterinarydentalcompany.com/summit speakers: Dr Amy Grice VMD MBA - Amy Grice VMC MBA LLC Scott Harris - Ultimate Coach (mindset) Dr Paolo Lencioni BVSc DipCAP MPA - APL Accountants

13.01.2022 Another quick tip - Pricing by Paul Dunn https://vimeo.com/382531234/a6d2ad06f1

12.01.2022 Important change to your Wage Reports: We have updated wages reporting in Profitdiagnostix and many of our other benchmarking processes. This category will now INCLUDE superannuation based on popular request. This means that you get a true reflection of what you spend on staffing, but also means that it will jump to 10% higher than what you are used to seeing! This brings the 'average' wages to around 44% as a percentage of revenue as the national KPI. Previously we reported wages as being just over 40% of revenue exclusive of superannuation. This will also now allow more accurate comparison of the cost of staff resourcing globally as Australia has one of the highest compulsory superannuation contribution requirements.

12.01.2022 For those needing to get their team members to agree to reduced hours this is a link to a fairwork document for this https://www.fairwork.gov.au//Full-time-hours-of-work-agree and for part timers and a different one for part timers https://www.fairwork.gov.au//Part-time-hours-of-work-agree

11.01.2022 JobKeeper Payment update: They are busy making all the rules, but note the most important one is that they can change, cancel or amend this payment at any time! Employees currently being paid paternity leave in the fortnight that JobKeepers is available to the business do not get JobKeepers. You apply before the end of a fortnight where you will be eligible eg. 30% decrease in revenue from last year same period. JobKeepers first fortnight ended 12 April (but you only need to ...apply by 24 April for that one). You only apply once you are eligible and then dont need to reapply, however they are just finalising what information they will want from you monthly once you have applied - this is an ongoing obligation once you get JobKeepers until it is finished (end of September) You will be able to apply online from 20 April via your business portal using MyGovID - so make sure this is working for you in case you need it. You need confirmation from your employee that you can claim JobKeepers for them so they need to complete the nomination form https://www.ato.gov.au//d1aab7f2-fbe8-44b8-9ec1-4885ded108 See more

11.01.2022 Quick tip - what expenses get looked at when your business gets valued https://vimeo.com/382535760/e41b0c64a5

10.01.2022 Here is a link to a web event we held with a short summary of the Australian Government stimulus package so far https://vimeo.com/402014230

09.01.2022 Reminder regarding JobKeepers (particularly Melbourne). Some of you are concerned about decreased work with the current regulations in Victoria. In order to qualify for JobKeepers (until end of September) your monthly revenue needs to be 30% lower than the same month last year (or reasonably projected to be). As many of you have had a good August to date and are now looking at reducing procedures you may find that you don't actually qualify for August, but only qualify in September. Important to note if you do qualify for Jobkeepers in either August or September you still have to qualify again for October onwards. In order to qualify after September your actual July to Sept 2020 revenue must be 30% lower than the same period 2019.

09.01.2022 As the Corona crisis continues, we are being exposed to some good ideas which we will continue to share with the veterinary profession. A few days ago we were concerned that when our bookkeepers work from home, their personal internet may go down due to high demand, so we gave them business mobiles with a business 4G plan Today one of our customers had the same concern and decided to upgrade his business plan, there is already a 3 week waiting list. So if there are any veterinary clinics out there running on basic internet plans, we would advise that you upgrade before the demand gets any higher and use business plans not personal plans.

09.01.2022 For those of you who want to learn about the government support packages and Australian veterinary environment during the covid-19 epidemic, here is a podcast we recorded with 'The Vet Vault'. Some of you may prefer podcasts so that you can listen while driving or doing other things: https://podcasts.apple.com//staying-in-black/id1458984289

09.01.2022 This is the link to this months newsletter. All vet business owners please read this is it contains very relevant information about running your business over the next few months.

08.01.2022 We will be holding a 20 minute update web event on some interesting changes to veterinary practices possibly getting job-keepers payments under the new regulations released 5 days ago. If you are interested register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN__bQZn3fVSlKpz3K2PhO0aw Monday 4th 12:30 pm Brisbane time

08.01.2022 You can register for updates to apply for jobseekers payment here https://www.ato.gov.au/general/gen/JobKeeper-payment/ This is a short extract from our web event discussing it https://vimeo.com/403582419

06.01.2022 So for those of you trying to avoid the news, one good thing is some more money for businesses with the latest stimulus package. You will get 100% of PAYGW credited back from March to June up to $100,000 and a minimum of $20,000.

06.01.2022 FREE PODCASTS for veterinary business owners.The veterinary business lifecycle - From startups to retirement, find our all the important things you need to consider for the stage of your business: https://vetbusinessuniversity.com/get-podcasts/

05.01.2022 As of today our facebook will no longer be updated. Our website www.aplaccountants.com.au is kept up to date. Please view our website for monthly newsletters and any new information. We have taken this decision based on Facebook banning with no notice the sharing of news from media companies in Australia, but also removed posts from the Bureau of Meteorology, state health departments, fire and rescue services, charities, and crisis services such as Suicide Prevention Australia, 1800Respect and Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence. This also effected a number of animal rescue organisations relying on Facebook to find foster homes for animals in pounds with only days left before euthanasia. On these grounds we cannot ethically support Facebook regardless of pages subsequently being unblocked because damage has already been done.

05.01.2022 This is part 2 of the podcast on valuations where Anne and Paolo discuss valuations with Joanna Oakey. If you missed part 1 we posted it on facebook in February. https://www.aspectlegal.com.au/valuations-and-ma-in-the-ve/

04.01.2022 Job Keeper extension on deadline: ATO has announced an extension to enrol into JobKeepers for April to 31 May (from 30 April), and the payments only need to be paid by 8 May not the original end of April deadline. The rules for the alternate tests have also been released with more updates still to follow (hence the extension)

03.01.2022 Any Australian veterinary business needing to monitor their finances weekly to keep cash flow positive this is for you. Contact [email protected] for info.

03.01.2022 Don't forget to register for our free web masterclass tomorrow where we help you set a budget and understand cash flows. Register here https://us02web.zoom.us//231591/WN_VlDaM54QSoKpwiC8_mGz9g Wed 17th June 1pm Qld time