Bas and Balances

Bas and Balances You didn’t go into business to do bookkeeping… we did. Ready to simplify your bookkeeping? Let’s chat.

Denise Twigger: Australasian Training Specialist
Xero | Quickbooks | ServiceM8
Paperless Business Solutions - creating efficiency using cloudbased solutions for SMEs & Trades 🔧 Bookkeeping That Gives You Your Time Back
At BAS & Balances, we take the stress out of bookkeeping, payroll and compliance so you can focus on growing your business. With 30+ years’ experience, Denise Twigger supports tradi

es and small businesses across the Perth Hills, including Kalamunda, Lesmurdie, Forrestfield and High Wycombe. Our Services
• Bookkeeping & cloud setup
• Payroll, STP & super compliance
• BAS & IAS lodgements
• Payroll Tax & MyLeave
• Paperless business systems
• Training & workshops (Xero & QuickBooks)
We don’t just “do your books”—we build paperless, cloud-based systems that eliminate admin, automate processes, and give you your time back. Using smart systems and AI-driven tools, we deliver more than data entry—we deliver clarity, efficiency and real value.

Imagine tomorrow morning I confiscated your laptop and sent you to Bali for 7 days. 🌴🍹Be honest...Who sends the invoices...
09/09/2026

Imagine tomorrow morning I confiscated your laptop and sent you to Bali for 7 days. 🌴🍹

Be honest...

Who sends the invoices?
Who does payroll?
Who approves the bills?
Who knows what's happening with cash flow?
Who answers client questions?
Who has the passwords?
Who fixes something when it goes pear-shaped?

If every answer is ME, we've found the problem. 😂

Your goal isn't to make yourself redundant.

It's to stop making yourself responsible for EVERY. BLOODY. THING.

Systems + automation + delegation = FREEDOM.

🌴 TAKE THE BLOODY HOLIDAY!

No laptop.No “quickly checking Xero.”No answering emails from the pool.No staff calling because nobody knows the passwor...
08/09/2026

No laptop.
No “quickly checking Xero.”
No answering emails from the pool.
No staff calling because nobody knows the password.
And absolutely NO doing payroll with a cocktail in the other hand. 🍹😂

Could your business survive?

If the answer is “HELL NO!”, we need to talk.

A business that relies on you for every decision, every approval and every little problem hasn't given you freedom.

It's given you another job.

Over the next few posts, we're going to look at how you can build a business that keeps moving while YOU...

🌴 TAKE THE BLOODY HOLIDAY!

If your business currently passes merchant fees onto customers, the upcoming changes might have you thinking…😳 “Great… a...
07/09/2026

If your business currently passes merchant fees onto customers, the upcoming changes might have you thinking…

😳 “Great… another cost my business has to absorb!”

But before we hit the PANIC BUTTON 🚨 — there are actually some positives here.

From 1 October 2026, card surcharging rules are changing in Australia.

And while that means many businesses will need to rethink how they recover merchant costs, it also gives us a brilliant opportunity to look at something we probably should be reviewing anyway…

👉 ARE YOUR PRICES ACTUALLY COVERING THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS?

Because merchant fees are just ONE business expense.

You've also got software, insurance, wages, super, rent, fuel, bank fees, bookkeeping, subscriptions and about 947 other little expenses nibbling away at your profit. 😂

So let's turn this change into something POSITIVE. 🙌

🌸 Review your pricing
Instead of a separate surcharge appearing at checkout, look at whether your overall pricing properly reflects your operating costs.

💰 Know what the fees REALLY cost you
Pull out your merchant statements and calculate the actual annual cost. You might be surprised!

🔎 Shop around
This is the perfect excuse to compare merchant providers and negotiate a better deal.

📱 Look at payment alternatives
Depending on your business, there may be lower-cost ways for customers to pay.

✨ Create a better customer experience
Simple, upfront pricing means customers know exactly what they're paying — without an extra charge appearing at the end.

📊 Give your whole business a PROFIT CHECK
If merchant fees haven't been reviewed for years… what other costs haven't been reviewed either?

And here's the biggest positive…

WE HAVE TIME TO PREPARE. 🙌

Don't wait until September 2026 and suddenly wonder what the hell you're going to do. 😂

Start looking at your numbers NOW.

At BAS and Balances, we don't want small businesses scared of change.

We want you INFORMED, PREPARED and making decisions based on your actual numbers.

✅ Review your pricing
✅ Negotiate better merchant fees
✅ Simplify customer pricing
✅ Explore cheaper payment options
✅ Review your overall profitability

Because sometimes a change we didn't ask for gives us the kick up the backside we needed to make our business better. 😉

You finally do it.✈️ Out-of-office ON.🍹 Cocktail in hand.🌴 Holiday mode activated.Then… your phone starts going nuts.“Wh...
06/09/2026

You finally do it.

✈️ Out-of-office ON.
🍹 Cocktail in hand.
🌴 Holiday mode activated.

Then… your phone starts going nuts.

“Where do I find this?”
“Can you approve that?”
“The invoice hasn’t gone out.”
“Who pays this?”
“Something’s gone wrong.” 😳

And suddenly you’re running your business from a sun lounge.

So what’s the answer?

❌ Stop taking holidays?
❌ Accept that business owners never really switch off?
❌ Keep being the only person who knows how everything works?

HELL NO.

Maybe it’s time to RETHINK, REBUILD & REBRAND the way your business operates.

A great business shouldn’t crumble because the owner disappears for a week.

It needs:

☁️ Cloud-based systems
📲 Paperless processes
🤖 Automation
📋 Documented procedures
👥 A team who knows what to do
💰 Bookkeeping and payroll systems that keep moving
🔐 Access and approvals set up BEFORE you leave
🧠 Knowledge that lives in the business — not just in your head!

Because the ultimate goal of owning a business shouldn’t be creating yourself a job you can never escape from.

Your business should be able to operate WITHOUT YOU being involved in every bloody little thing.

At BAS and Balances, this is exactly why I’m so passionate about paperless systems, automation, training and streamlined workflows.

I don't just want to balance your books.

I want to help you build better systems so you can actually step away from your business without wondering what fresh disaster is waiting in your inbox. 😂

If your business can’t survive you going on holidays, maybe the problem isn’t the holiday.

Maybe it’s the systems.

🌴 Take the holiday.
☁️ Fix the systems.
📲 Go paperless.
🤖 Automate what you can.
👥 Empower your team.

And build a business that gives you something every business owner deserves…

YOUR TIME BACK. ❤️

Small business owners… WE MADE IT! 😂🙌The emails have been emailed.The fires have been put out. 🔥The invoices have been s...
03/09/2026

Small business owners… WE MADE IT! 😂🙌

The emails have been emailed.
The fires have been put out. 🔥
The invoices have been sent… well, most of them. 😜
The bank account has been checked 47 times.
And that “quick five-minute job” only took 3 hours. 🤦‍♀️

So here's your official Friday reminder:

🛑 CLOSE THE LAPTOP.
📱 STOP CHECKING THE EMAILS.
👟 PUT YOUR FEET UP.
🍷 Pour something nice.
😎 And for the love of small business… DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Running a business can consume every spare minute if you let it.

There will ALWAYS be another email.
Another invoice.
Another quote.
Another job on the bloody to-do list.

But there is only ONE weekend. ❤️

So give yourself permission to switch off, recharge and enjoy it.

And if you're spending your weekend doing bookkeeping, payroll, chasing receipts or sorting out your accounts…

We probably need to have a chat. 😂

At BAS and Balances, we believe business systems should give you MORE LIFE — not more work.

🌸 Less paperwork.
⏰ More time.
🏖️ More weekends.
🍹 And definitely more holidays.

Now go forth and DO NOTHING.

You've earned it. 🙌

Dreaming of a holiday instead of quoting until midnight? ✈️🍹If your evenings are currently spent…📄 Chasing paperwork🧾 Di...
03/09/2026

Dreaming of a holiday instead of quoting until midnight? ✈️🍹

If your evenings are currently spent…

📄 Chasing paperwork
🧾 Digging through receipts
💻 Re-entering information
📧 Searching emails for invoices
✍️ Writing quotes after everyone else has gone to bed
😩 Wondering why running a business involves so much bloody admin…

It might be time for a SPRING CLEAN! 🧹

And I don’t mean your office cupboards.

At BAS and Balances, we help businesses ditch clunky, manual processes and move towards smarter, paperless systems.

☁️ Cloud accounting
📱 Mobile apps
🧾 Digital receipt capture
⚡ Quote-to-invoice workflows
🔄 Automated processes
💰 Better bookkeeping systems

Because technology should be giving you TIME back — not creating more work.

Imagine finishing the job, sending the quote or invoice while you’re still on site, and actually going home when the workday ends.

Or even better…

🏖️ Taking that holiday you keep talking about!

This Spring, don’t just clean your office.

🌸 SPRING CLEAN YOUR SYSTEMS. 🌸

BAS and Balances can help you work smarter, go paperless and reclaim your time.

Because you didn’t go into business to do paperwork until midnight.

That’s my department. 😉

✈️🏖️😎

🎉 HAPPY FRIDAY — ANOTHER BAS QUARTER DONE & DUSTED!For bookkeepers and BAS Agents everywhere… we survived another BAS se...
28/08/2026

🎉 HAPPY FRIDAY — ANOTHER BAS QUARTER DONE & DUSTED!

For bookkeepers and BAS Agents everywhere… we survived another BAS season! 🙌☕🥂

But what if you’re a business owner who didn’t quite make the BAS deadline? 😬

First things first — ignoring it won’t make it disappear.

Lodging your BAS late can put you on the ATO’s radar and may result in Failure to Lodge penalties, depending on your circumstances and how late the lodgement is. And if you also have an amount owing, leaving it unpaid can mean interest charges start adding to the pain.

Basically, late BAS = potentially more stress, more cost and more conversations with the ATO that nobody really wants to have.

💗 This is where BAS and Balances can help.

As Registered BAS Agents, we can help you:

✔️ Stay on top of BAS & IAS deadlines
✔️ Keep your bookkeeping up to date throughout the quarter
✔️ Make sure your accounts are reconciled and BAS-ready
✔️ Lodge through the BAS Agent system and access applicable agent lodgement concessions
✔️ Deal with the ATO on your behalf when required
✔️ Create a compliance routine so BAS time stops being a last-minute panic

And if you’ve already missed the deadline, don’t bury your head in the sand. Get in touch and let’s work out what needs to be lodged and get you back on track.

You went into business to run your business.

I went into business to look after the bookkeeping, BAS and compliance stuff. 😉

Let BAS and Balances take the BAS stress off your plate so next quarter you can enjoy BAS deadline day knowing it’s already handled.

📞 BAS and Balances Bookkeeping Services
Bringing back time to business owners.

🔥 BAS, BRAIN FOG & BLOODY MENOPAUSE 🔥Can we talk about something that doesn’t get talked about enough in business?Runnin...
27/08/2026

🔥 BAS, BRAIN FOG & BLOODY MENOPAUSE 🔥

Can we talk about something that doesn’t get talked about enough in business?

Running a business in your 50s while your menopausal brain occasionally decides to clock off before you do. 🤯😂

You’ve spent decades building experience. You know your business. You know your clients. You know your s**t.

Then suddenly…

👉 You walk into a room and forget why you’re there.
👉 You open an email and read it three times.
👉 You start doing the BAS, get distracted and 20 minutes later wonder what you were doing.
👉 You wake up at 2am thinking, “SH*T! Did I lodge that?”
👉 And some days the mental load feels completely overwhelming.

Meanwhile…

The BAS is still due.
Payroll still needs processing.
Super still needs paying.
Clients still need you.
Staff still need you.

And unfortunately, the ATO doesn’t have a “Sorry, menopause ate my brain today” extension. 😂

But here’s the serious bit.

Brain fog does NOT mean we’ve suddenly lost decades of knowledge, experience or the ability to run a successful business.

Maybe it means we need to stop expecting our brains to remember every bloody thing.

Automate it.
Systemise it.
Delegate it.
Use technology.
Use AI.
Get a bookkeeper.
Get support.

Build a business that supports the woman running it — especially when her hormones have apparently decided to start their own business without consulting her. 😜

I'm in my 50s. I've got 30+ years of experience.

I haven't lost my edge. I've changed my operating system.

And some days?

I just can't remember where I put the bloody thing. 😂

Ladies in business — tell me I'm not alone! 🙋‍♀️

Technical Tuesday Tip #10 – Build a Paperless WorkflowA simple tradie workflow:📞 Lead Enquiry➡ Quote➡ Job Booking➡ Time...
18/08/2026

Technical Tuesday Tip #10 – Build a Paperless Workflow

A simple tradie workflow:

📞 Lead Enquiry
➡ Quote
➡ Job Booking
➡ Timesheets & Photos
➡ Invoice
➡ Payment Collection
➡ Bookkeeping & Reporting

The smoother the workflow, the faster you get paid and the more time you get back.



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Still using paper job cards, manual timesheets or spreadsheets? BAS and Balances helps tradies streamline their workflows, go paperless and get back valuable time in their business. Contact us today to see how cloud-based systems can work for you. 🚜📱📊

Technical Tuesday Tip #9 – Job Cost Every ProjectWinning work doesn't always mean making money.Track:🔨 Labour🔨 Material...
11/08/2026

Technical Tuesday Tip #9 – Job Cost Every Project

Winning work doesn't always mean making money.

Track:
🔨 Labour
🔨 Materials
🔨 Subcontractors
🔨 Equipment Hire

Compare actual costs against the quote.

What gets measured gets managed.

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