Accounting Software Inflates Profits and Close Loopholes

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Thursday, December 22, 2011

Now, more than ever, there is a need to adopt accounting software by every business. This is after reports revealed that banks are actually making use of loopholes in accounting regulations to their advantage where they could alter results like profit levels and staff bonuses.

The Adam Smith Institute says banks utilize complex financial products that may conclude a profit value that is different from the actual one.

The blame can be put on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) according to Gordon Kerr, a former banker who authored the report. The IFRS allows banks to include in their current profits certain expected future income.

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Australian Stocks Hits two-week Low over Europe Recession Fears

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Monday, December 19, 2011

As poor data out of Asia and the bad news of the growing outlook of a recession in Europe are sending investors running for cover, the Australian stocks dropped to a two-week low.

Stocks have been closing lower for the fifth day out of six after more dismal news comes from Europe overnight which saw an increase of Italian bond to a euro-era record, which then has triggered a sharp selloff in commodities as investors were rushing to the perceived safe haven of the dollar.

Data revealed that China's manufacturing sector has continued to contract in December as exports slowed compounded fears that the euro zone debt crisis is already slowing growth in Asia.

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Why Cloud Computing is a Must for Businesses?

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Cloud computing is increasingly becoming popular among business owners when it comes to their accounting software for business. In fact, Phil Wainewright, the vice president of Eurocloud, is saying that the norm now for businesses is cloud computing.

Therefore, it is necessary to adopt accounting software for small businesses in order to get the best and maximize every company’s earnings.

Bill Claybrook who is the principal analyst of New River Marketing Research in Massachusetts says that cloud computing must be a technology that companies must explore. So why is this so?

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Cloud Computing Will Take Over by 2016

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Monday, December 12, 2011

It has been seen that cloud computing will continue taking the limelight even in the next 5 years. The conclusion was drawn after this said accounting software made it to the top 10 predictions for the IT industry. This was performed by the research body, Gartner.

By the end of 2016, more than 50 percent of Global 1000 companies will be storing their data and information in the cloud. This is a huge increase from the more than twenty percent who are already using the technology today.

However, there have been mixed reactions on this subject. According to Jignesh Shah, Vice President for Business Infrastructure Solutions of Software AG:

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Survey: Small Business Owners Worried as Running Cost Rise

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The soaring of running costs are driving small business owners to become more pessimistic. However, they are seen to bounce back according to a national happiness survey.

Only 48 percent of businesses are expecting an improved performance in the coming 6 months, according to Westpac Local Business Sentiment Survey. Furthermore, it said that this figure is 11 points down from the May survey. Among those that cause the biggest worries are increased costs and declining revenue.

From just 33 percent, there are already 40 percent of respondents who now believe that it is becoming more difficult to run a business.

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EU shake up Audit Market: Accounting Software users' Revamp Operations

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Monday, December 5, 2011

The £600 million audit market is now under scrutiny as it faces a major shake-up.

As authorities attempt to make improvements on standards across the board, some of the audit industry's largest users of software for accounting may soon be asked to reorganize their operations.

With city firms, large companies and smaller accountants who have been using accounting software for small businesses have been expressing their concerns for several years of the "Big Four" - PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young – and their stranglehold on one of the most important cogs of corporate British life. Michael Barnier, internal market commissioner at the European Union has told the “Big Four’ that splitting their European bodies could be the key to an upturn in quality and opening up of the market.

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Australian Government Surplus-Saving: 10 Key Points

Posted by Shoebooks Team in Thursday, December 1, 2011

With the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook statement revealing a drop in the revenue for the next four financial years amounting to a whopping $20 billion, Wayne Swan, Federal Treasurer, has been prompted to put a halt to spending in order to save the 2012-2013 budget surplus promised to the Labor.

"We are experiencing the worst bout of global instability since the global financial crisis,” said Mr. Swan.

Though the economy of Australia is seen by the Treasury to grow by 3.25 percent in the financial year 2011-12, Mr. Swan is still trying to illustrate the global economy and its impacts on Australian economy using the MYEFO report.

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