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Our highly trained team has over 40 years of experience helping our clients manage their businesses in smarter ways.
We work with you to ensure you understand your financial options and empower you with the knowledge that you’re making the right choices.
Our Xero accountants are always looking for more innovative ways to optimise processes so that they can pass on their insights to you.
Your day-to-day finances might be complex, but they don’t have to be a hassle. So, we make it easy for you to understand precisely how a Xero subscription helps your business thrive.
Xero is more than just another accounting platform. It’s a complete accounting and bookkeeping package that manages all your business’s accounting needs from one central platform.
As a cloud-based system, you can access your Xero account from any device, from your mobile phone to your desktop. Xero seamlessly integrates with other platforms and apps to help you undertake business planning calculations and forecasting.
By trusting our meticulous Xero-certified advisors to keep your cash flow in order, you’re setting yourself up for success and avoiding financial pitfalls long before they appear. As your dedicated team, it’s our responsibility to ensure you always have a clear and thorough understanding of your business’s financial position.
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Xero’s partner program gives its most dedicated users exclusive access to unique training to develop their efficiency and to tiered benefits and rewards that can be passed on to their clients. The highest level of their program is Platinum status, which we have earned through our technical mastery of their platform. As your Xero specialist, we can:
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Intuitive and easy to learn, setting up a new Xero account is quite easy. But with our expert support, we can have your bookkeeping services up and running with minimal disruption to your day-to-day.
Right from the start, we can work with you to set up your Xero account correctly. Our Platinum status gives you access to partner pricing plans that let you get more from the platform.
We even deliver ongoing training so that you can get more from your Xero experience. From automatic ATO reporting to setting up bank feeds, there’s always more to learn.
You have a business to run and an existing account with a bookkeeper that, while iffy, more or less does the trick. The thought of migration gives you a migraine. Leave it all to us.
Our Xero conversion experts will help you transfer your critical business financial data from your current platform to your new Xero account. There will be no lost data or missing numbers — all of your data will be intact and in order.
Following your transition to Xero, we’ll provide comprehensive support so you and your wider teams can learn to navigate your new accounting software.
You have a business to run and an existing account with a bookkeeper that, while iffy, more or less does the trick. The thought of migration gives you a migraine. Leave it all to us.
Our Xero conversion experts will help you transfer your critical business financial data from your current platform to your new Xero account. There will be no lost data or missing numbers — all of your data will be intact and in order.
Following your transition to Xero, we’ll provide comprehensive support so you and your wider teams can learn to navigate your new accounting software.
Our professional Xero setup services cover every aspect of the process. Trust our guidance to achieve your financial goals, now and for the long term.
Kieran Liston and the Liston Newton team have been assisting me with my accounting matters since 1976. For the past 47 years, Kieran and the Liston Newton team have provided reliable accounting assistance, which has allowed me to focus on my business in primary production.
Their exceptional service has consistently exceeded my expectations and made me feel that they truly care about my financial well-being.
Liston Newton has given me really helpful guidance over the years for both my business and my personal finances. When you have an accounting team that you trust to give the right advice, it gives you the confidence to focus on growing your business and doing the things you love.
Liston Newton helped us move our accounting over to Xero. Their Accountant managed the set up and training so we felt comfortable with the software. We now have all our processes streamlined which gives us improved visibility of our business performance. This has allowed us to open 2 more stores without a significant increase in administration effort.
Nothing energises us like seeing Australians and their businesses thrive. That’s why we’re glad to put a selection of free guides that’ll teach you all you need to know before you make critical financial decisions.
If you read something you’d like to learn more about, book a free consultation and let’s have a chat.
We aren’t a set-and-forget firm. We look to build genuine, lasting partnerships with our clients. That’s why, before onboarding a new client, we make sure we have the capacity to serve them with absolute dedication.
You’ll never be sidelined by the needs of other clients. Your dedicated team will make sure your priorities are always met.
As your partners, you can expect years of ongoing support to help your business grow and develop toward extraordinary rewards.
We have developed a unique approach to accounting. All our services are part of an overall strategy designed to move your business through the different stages of growth. We call our method Get Set, Get Moving, Get Free.
Let’s get the fundamentals right by establishing your goals and shoring up your business’s existing processes.
Once everything is stable, we can improve it. Let’s optimise, automate, and forecast our way to a brighter future.
Now that your business is at its strongest, let’s start thinking about what ‘financial freedom’ means to you — and how to reach it.
After helping them transition to Xero, we conducted quarterly business coaching with Quality Energy and helped increase their profits by 90 per cent.
Take a lookSince engaging Liston Newton’s services, Kate Nixon has seen a 12x increase in revenue and has effectively scaled her business in a tax-effective way.
Take a lookWe restructured Papermill Media and moved them to cloud accounting. Papermill was listed at number 43 in the Australian Financial Review's Fast 100 List in 2017.
Take a lookWe have six offices across the east, from which we can provide accounting services for metropolitan and regional businesses alike. Rest assured that our services are available to you no matter what state or territory you’re based in, and we’ll gladly make the trip over for a handshake, coffee and a consultation.
This is a common question from business owners. Once you engage external accountants and bookkeepers, you will no longer be hands-on with that aspect of the business. However, with regular meetings with your bookkeeper to discuss any issues and ongoing tasks, you will continue to feel in control of your bookkeeping.
Yes. The ATO relies on the Single Touch Payroll (STP) initiative to gain payroll details from Australian businesses. Xero’s payroll system sends an STP-compliant report to the ATO on every payday.
Xero is a powerful accounting software that can work for businesses of all types. While it’s historically been used for small businesses, organisations of all sizes can take advantage of its easy-to-use features and integrations.
One of the beautiful things about Xero is that a Xero account is an entirely scalable accounting software. You can start with one user and grow from there.
Along with your traditional accounting features, like billing, invoicing, and Single Touch Payroll, Xero integrates over 1,000 apps.
Xero will help you thrive in whatever industry you're in.
Xero is perfectly safe to use all day, every day. If it weren’t, we wouldn’t be using it.
Here’s just a taste of the security protection that Xero offers:
Part of the reason we love and recommend Xero is its ease of use.
From an easy setup process to intuitive banking, getting your head around your Xero system doesn't take long. It features an easy-to-understand dashboard showing all available accounting features and applications.
A top menu holds all your operations in logical siloes, so you can easily navigate your way around your day-to-day needs.
Built on powerful cloud software, Xero is designed to be used on any device, wherever you have an internet connection.
It’s made to be user-friendly, and if you have any questions or concerns or can’t understand how to do something, our Xero accountants are right here to help you learn.
Every organisation is different, so we can’t offer you a clear timeframe for Xero conversion just yet. We can tell you that different factors, such as business size and complexity, will affect your Xero accounting software conversion.
The conversion process needs to be seamless to ensure your chart of accounts and bank accounts answer to the new Xero software without disruption. As such, the bulk of the work goes into meticulous planning, preparation, research, and data entry.
However, as a rough guide, a complete Xero conversion can take up to around three months from engagement to completion.
Yes, you can. However, while there aren’t any problems in doing that, our preference and advice is to leave your Xero accounting software conversion until year-end. This is the cleanest method and leaves you with a fresh, new accounting platform for the new year.
Should you choose to undertake a Xero conversion mid-way through the financial year, we recommend picking a go-live date closer to the end of a reporting period.
Similar to the length of time for a Xero migration, the cost will differ between businesses.
When you consider the planning, conversion, training, and integration processes included, these projects can be quite complex.
For larger businesses, with many different functions that need to be built in, you’re likely looking at $10,000 and upwards.
When choosing the Xero plan for your business, it’s important to first determine exactly what you need to achieve with your platform.
The beauty of Xero is that its plans are scalable, so you can start out on one plan and grow from there.
As Xero setup experts, we can help you identify the right plan for your business.
Ideally, there will be a seamless transition from your current platform to a new Xero platform. After all, we don’t want to leave your business without an operational accounting platform.
As such, the bulk of our Xero setup work goes into meticulous planning, preparation, research, and data entry of your existing data. Then, it’s just a matter of signing you up to Xero, customising your platform, and managing your Xero setup and training. All the important data should be converted already — it’s just a matter of learning how to use the platform.
Our diligent preparation will also ensure you’re left with an accounts scheme approved under professional standards legislation.
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