ABN Helpline allows you to enjoy email-based support from our team of qualified accountants on bookkeeping, income tax, and general GST and BAS related matters. We can also provide you with a perspective on any ethical issues you may have encountered in your dealings with clients. You can use this service to assist you in solving a technical issue that may be proving to be a problem, or simply to seek a second opinion on advice received elsewhere. 

Submit your questions through the ABN Helpline section of our Member’s Area. A qualified accountant will email you a considered response to your question.

1    Expert advice on technical or ethical questions affecting either you or your client;
2    Written responses providing you with backing for the approach taken;
3    Peace of mind on issues you are not familiar with or experienced in.

ABN Helpline is included as part of your ABN membership.  

The BAS Agent Laws have seen the introduction of a national Tax Practitioners Board who, among other things, oversee and regulate the supply of BAS Services to the public. It is critical that bookkeepers remain abreast of the ongoing interpretation of those laws by the Board. Our BAS Agent Updates are a great way to stay on top of the changes and understand any impact on you and your business.

Simply await the delivery of future BAS Agent Updates into your email inbox.

1    Timely information enabling you to properly gauge the impact of the legislation on your business;
2    Plain English guidance on laws that are otherwise complex to understand.

Bookkeepers Knowledge Base is ABN’s technical publication which focuses on the topics that matter most to bookkeepers. We typically start each edition by examining the theory and any laws or Tax Office rulings surrounding the subject. We then look at things from a bookkeeping standpoint with an emphasis on case studies and examples, pro-forma journal entries, GST tax codes and BAS treatments. Bookkeepers Knowledge Base is written for bookkeepers, not for accountants or the general public. We also email you supplements whenever the content of an earlier edition requires updating due to changes in laws.

We will notify you via email each time a new Bookkeepers Knowledge Base is ready for download. We also have a rich library of back editions which can be downloaded from the Member’s Area of our web site. Click here to view a list of back editions or click here to download a free preview of a previous edition entitled Financing Motor Vehicles.

1    Continuing professional development for you and your staff;  
2    Relevant information, tailored with a bookkeeper audience in mind;
3    A permanent technical and training resource that you can turn to.

Bookkeepers Knowledge Bases are included as part of your ABN membership.  In addition, by visiting the Member’s Area of our web site, every back edition can be downloaded free of charge. 

 

Bookies Bulletin is ABN’s industry newsletter which features articles on major industry developments, business building tips, breaking changes from the Tax Office in the income tax and GST laws that affect bookkeepers, I.T. tips, and a selection of questions and answers from members. Bookies Bulletin keeps you at the forefront of current issues affecting the bookkeeping industry. 

We will notify you via email each time a new Bookies Bulletin is ready for download. To read the most recent edition, click here.

1    Keeps you up to date with issues that matter to the bookkeeping industry;
2    Advice and tips for helping your business to succeed;
3    Enables you to keep abreast of your ABN Membership and what is new.