Flexible working arrangements, prohibiting pay secrecy, the gender pay gap and gender equality, as well as sexual harassment in the workplace are all discussed in this episode ... episode 15 of the ICB News Channel. The "Secure Jobs, Better Pay" laws that have commenced rolling out here in Australia are the lens that is examined by Matthew & Rob in this episode along with how STP & Activity Statements are entering a new era of pre-fill and how this will affect Bookkeepers. Tom from XERO drops by to discuss the final phases of the Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 rollout and how this will unfold for XERO users and what Bookkeepers need to be across, to ensure ATO requirements are met. Rob & Simone then finish this action packed episode by discussing Rostered Days Off & TOIL, along with a number of other new and updated resources now available to ICB Members. Big Business now accountable for paying Small Business suppliers on time, rounds out Episode 15 of the ICB News Channel.

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Episode 14 of the ICB News Channel, has ICB Executive Director, Matthew Addison and host Rob, taking a look at the year ahead, 2023, and what Bookkeepers (Professional or Employed) as well as Business Owners, can expect when it comes to all things Bookkeeping. How to deal with the "unexpected and the unknown" is given a particular lens. Paid Domestic Violence Leave and how this will impact Payslips is discussed in this episode along with the impacts to Bookkeepers and Small Businesses following on from the recent Australian Workplace Relations overhaul. Client Agent Linking for BAS Agents and Businesses, as well as a specific focus on Bookkeeping for the Medical Industry are also explored in Episode 14. Rob and ICB CEO, Amanda Linton, then have a great discussion around "Professionalism is Everybody's Business" and what does that actually mean and what are its impacts. Amanda also outlines the upcoming ICB Australian Bookkeepers Summit and what to expect this year and how to get onboard for the events around Australia. This episode of the Podcast, as always, gives an excellent opportunity for Bookkeepers to gain valuable information and insights, as well as CPE, as we move into a whole new year with its many twists and challenges and the need therefore for much energy and passion. Be fuelled by tuning into this episode of the ICB News Channel.

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Episode 13 of the ICB News Channel Podcast features Xero's Will Buckley, who sits down with Rob and unpacks Xero's staged rollout of Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 and explains next steps for Bookkeepers and Xero customers across Australia. Rob is also joined by MYOB Community Relations Manager Partners, Leanne Berry, who brings an update of the journey MYOB has been on with Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 and a few tips as to what MYOB users should consider as deadlines loom for STP2. Finally, Employee versus Contractor is the major topic of discussion when ICB Newsletter editor, Simone Emmett joins in on this episode, along with a number of other key articles coming out of the most recently released edition of the ICB Newsletter.

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"Beating the Peak Season Blues" is a focus in this episode of the ICB News Channel Podcast and continues our focus on mental health and wellbeing for Bookkeepers and Small Business owners. If you are either a Professional Bookkeeper, Bookkeeper in Employment or a Student Bookkeeper as well as a Small Business Owner, and have been struggling a bit lately or feeling somewhat stressed and anxious, this episode is a must listen. Renowned Beyond Blue speaker and former Bookkeeper and Business owner, Tim Hoopmann is our guest in this episode. Tim shares his experience with coming to terms with stress and anxiety in Business and how he now can assist others with their struggles employing a number of strategies, including his "mental health toolbox". Tim outlines some very simple, but very powerful ways to make facing the tough times of being in Business and dealing with those around you, just that little bit more tolerable. Following Tims story, Rob and Amanda also dive into discussing a number of other critical factors affecting Bookkeeping and Small Business right now, including a Bookkeepers perspective on the recent "Optus hack", authorisations and declarations in a STP2 World and in other compliance areas, the restrictions of role based emails, heaps of training opportunities in the coming months with ICB, FWO, The Australian Cyber Security Centre ... plus much much more. This is an action packed episode that we encourage all Bookkeepers and Business owners to tune into.

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If you are a Bookkeeper and a Small Business Owner here in Australia and have been struggling mentally or had feelings of stress and anxiety in recent times, we strongly recommend you take time to listen this episode of the ICB News Channel Podcast. ICB have recently partnered with the Beyond Blue "New Access for Small Business Owners" program, also known as NASBO. This program is a free initiative to assist Bookkeepers and Small Business Owners who are dealing with those feelings of stress and anxiety as well as depression, to break down in a "highly confidential" and "out of hours" way, how these feelings have emerged and various strategies to implement to turn these around. This episode includes an interview with one of NASBO's Coaches - Kirsty Hull, who explains her experiences with clients (including many Bookkeepers to date) and the program as a whole as well as the outstanding results that are coming from it. Kirsty has significant small business background herself, as do all of the coaches for the NASBO program and she gives a very insightful recent case journey with a Bookkeeper and the incredible outcomes. We also unpack for you, how you or your clients can engage with the NASBO program. This is a "must listen", that is a direct result of recent outpouring from the Bookkeeping Community here in Australia. ICB are committed to making mental health, the centrepiece of conversation in the Bookkeeping and Small Business communities. Finally, in the back end of this episode, Rob and Simone put a focus on a number of looming important deadlines for Bookkeepers and Business owners in the next few months, as well as many other key items and articles from the August edition of the ICB Newsletter.

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This episode of the ICB News Channel Podcast tackles a big issue and a very important conversation for all Bookkeepers and Small Business to be having at the moment. Cashflow is a lifeline in any business at any time, but never in our history have we seen the need to be aware of and have an understanding of, cashflow and the role it plays in dealing with growing inflation, interest rates, supply issues and employee recruitment and retention ... just to name a few challenges confronting business owners and industry right now in Australia. Andrew Watson, the Deputy Commissioner of Small Business at the ATO, gives some great insights in this episode, into an initiative that the ATO believes will assist in unpacking what a business owner needs to consider and be aware of in their business and how cashflow is working. This is a solution all business owners and Bookkeepers can engage with. We also talk all things "e-invoicing" in this episode with the CEO of Link4 - Robin Sands ... yet again a process that small business needs to start understanding and engaging with more and more as cashflow and the processes needed to survive in business, takes centre stage over the coming months and years ahead.

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This episode of the ICB News Channel Podcast, tackles topics such as - impacts of the minimum wage increases in Australia commencing July 2022, Single Touch Payroll Phase 2 questions answered, key legislation changes for consideration for Bookkeepers and Businesses as we move into the 2023 financial year, how to change a PAYG Withholding cycle with the ATO, Fuel Tax Credits, ATO Business Debts on hold, Business email compromise, MyGovID troubleshooting, plus much more. Join host Rob Marshall as well ICB Newsletter Editor Simone Emmett as they unpack and discuss each of these subjects as well as other elements of the monthly articles found in the ICB Member Newsletter and also News Items freely available at icb.org.au to all Bookkeepers and Business owners throughout Australia.

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In this Episode 7 of the ICB News Channel, host Rob Marshall is joined by the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Newsletter Editor, Simone Emmett. Rob & Simone discuss and unpack some crucial topics that Bookkeepers and Small Business owners from across Australia will benefit from, by tuning in. This includes a look at options and processes the ICB offers for End of Financial Year 2022, with many critical tools available to make this very busy and intense time of the year, a bit less stressful. Communications from the ATO, GST refund fraud, rejection of Superannuation guarantee payments and stapled funds, the Bookkeepers role in "keeping Small Business open" and Ransomware are all discussed in this episode. Rob is also joined at the back end of this episode by ICB CEO Amanda Linton, to look at the initial rollout of the ICB's new Association Management System and Website, with plenty of instructions and assistance offered up for ICB Members to listen into during this transition period.

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Episode 6 of the ICB News Channel Podcast again taps into the essential and relevant topics of the "now" in Bookkeeping. In this episode we take a very close look at the results from the recent ICB Annual Bookkeeper Survey results. The core information discussed from the survey results may surprise some as well as providing great insights for all Bookkeepers to use and leverage, either in practice or in employment. ATO communications being sent to Employers for STP2 and changes to Superannuation is discussed at length in this episode, along with recent announcements from the ATO regarding penalties for overdue TPAR. The ICB Newsletter article regarding the Sale or Purchase of a Business and ramifications to employees is highlighted along with an article examining reasons to vary PAYG Instalments for Business. We also discuss the Apprenticeship Data Management System and how that can be turned on and the steps to walk through this. Finally we explain the process for ICB Members and Non Members to engage with the ICB End of Year Seminar happening in June 2022. Stay informed, stay connected by listening into this episode 6 of the ICB News Channel.

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