Bells Business Services

20/10/2025

If you're having issues accessing Xero today, this could be the reason.

TUESDAY XERO STATUS UPDATES
Morning Community,
As you are likely aware, we have experienced one of the world's biggest outages in the last 12-13 hours. The team at Xero has been working tirelessly throughout the night to try to restore full functionality.
Due to reasons outside our control, some customers continue to experience slowness and issues logging into Xero due to the ongoing global issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is a Xero third-party provider, and are working to rectify with urgency.
Some customers can successfully login to Xero and we are monitoring. Customers can check our Status page for updates.
https://status.xero.com/

We thank you all for your patience and apologise for the inconvenience.
We appreciate your understanding as we navigate this widespread technical issue.

Kind regards
Rebecca and the Xero team.

01/05/2025

Xero has announced further price increases across its plans from 1st July 2025. If you'd like to discuss whether you are on the correct plan for your businesses needs, reach out.

We’re proud to continue to deliver a secure, reliable and innovative platform to help you run your business today and in the future. Over coming months we’ll be delivering more valuable functionality to you, including new Analytics powered by Syft - empowering you with cash flow insights, foreca...

26/02/2025

Important updates regarding Casual Employees. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A12vkmvAu/

Changes to the rules for casual employees wanting to become permanent started on 26 February 2025.

Eligible casuals can notify their employer in writing of their intention to change to permanent employment. An employer can only refuse the notice for certain reasons. This is referred to as the ‘employee choice pathway’.

Our website has more info about eligibility, responding to a notification, dealing with disputes as well as new template letters and case study examples: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/starting-employment/types-of-employees/casual-employees/becoming-a-permanent-employee

10/12/2024

Great info to know as we head into the Holidays. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ZhK9e7vW/

Teeing up end-of-year holiday celebrations with family and friends can be a bit of a scheduling nightmare. To help you plan, we’ve compiled all the public holiday dates across the country in one neat table.

For info about your public holiday entitlements, visit our website: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/public-holidays/2024-public-holidays

01/10/2024

Check out the End of Quarter checklist to streamline your BAS processing.

29/05/2024

This Friday 31/05/24 is the Caloundra Show Day holiday. We will be taking advantage of the long weekend & hope if you're in Caloundra zone, you too enjoy an extended weekend.

15/03/2024

IMPORTANT! We generally prepare these for our clients at 30/06 each year with all other year end reporting requirements. If you think you may have missed one, please let me know so we can get this up to date for you asap.

🚨 Attention all businesses in Australia! Effective from March 22nd, the ATO is cracking down on overdue Taxable Payments Annual Reports (TPAR). 📅

Last year, the ATO penalized over 11,000 businesses, totaling $18m in fines. Don't let your business be one of them!

Don't risk penalties – ensure compliance now. 💼

Read more: https://ow.ly/JU9y50QNssJ

31/01/2024

IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM XERO ON AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK FEEDS:

The American Express feed is changing

American Express is introducing a new direct bank feed allowing easier setup and improving access to reliable transaction data. As a result, you will need to reconnect your American Express feed by 28 February 2024. This will ensure that your transactions continue to flow into Xero. After this date, existing feeds will no longer be supported and will stop importing transactions.

How to connect to the new American Express feed
• Have your internet banking login credentials on hand
• Login to Xero
• From the Xero dashboard, select Update bank connection > Review Terms > Click Agree and continue
• Follow the steps and connect to the new American Express feed

Note: The process should take less than 5 minutes.

For further detailed instructions on how to update your clients bank feed, please click here.

Kind regards,
The Xero team

P.S. We know you may have chosen to not receive marketing updates from us; however, this operational information relates to your use of Xero and we wanted to make sure you’re aware of it.

22/12/2023

BBS are now closed for the Summer Break. Wishing you a super happy christmas & new years. May you enjoy time with family & friends, relax and rejuvenate. Thank you for working with me in 2023, I love being part of your business and look forward to working together in 2024. See you on 08/01/24.

20/12/2023

With one day left of my working year, I am reflecting on what has been a wonderful year. How did you go? Was 2023 a year of Purpose, Passion & Prosperity for you? Stay well & enjoy the break.

19/12/2023

This is one of my amazing clients. If you, or anyone you know, is interested reach out. Really great team to work with.