Macquarie Partners

An introduction to XERO with Macquarie Partners

XERO

What is it?

You are probably familiar with myob or quickbooks as an accounting solution. Xero is an alternative product, developed from the ground up with powerful features, and it does everything, that myob and quickbooks should of done in the first place.

  • Xero is an online accounting system (therefore internet connection required for use) and was designed specifically for accountants and for their clients.
  • Xero gives small business and their advisors easy access to bank transactions, invoices, reports, even BAS - anytime and anywhere.
  • Xero is listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange, has 73 staff & 450+ accounting partners and 12,000+ clients. Watch an introduction video on XERO here: http://blog.xero.com/2008/12/videos/

    See it in action:

Why use XERO?

  • Online and backed up safe and secure. No data loss ever!
  • Xero allows you to see what is happening in real time which helps you manage your finances much better
  • We as your accountant can log in and support you in the software and see exactly what you see.
  • Xero can download a feed of your bank transactions, no inputting necessarily! This make reconciling very easy and even can be fun!
  • No installation, upgrades or maintenance, XERO updates automatically!
  • Access Xero from unlimited amount of computers and even view it on your phone and create invoices on the go.
  • Unlimited support by XERO & Us at no additional cost
  • We, as your accountant, can also access your data in Xero in real-time, which makes it much easier for you to share your data with us - this allows us to provide you with proactive support throughout the year
  • Basically if you've ever asked yourself why doesn't my accounting system do this, XERO does it!

See xero's reconciling in action:

What does it cost?

Unlike other accounting software XERO only charges a monthly fee. Most small business' we recommend you jump on the Medium plan at $49/month. We just on charge this fee to your next Macquarie Partners invoice.

Other Xero plans are listed here: http://www.xero.com/pricing/

Do I have to register and set it up?

Don't worry, we'll set the whole system up for you! Once you've let us know you want to use this software and we have discussed what must be done to roll over from your old system, you should receive an email inviting you into the accounting software system and you can create your very own login to access it. From then on just goto http://mpcc.com.au/login and log in!

If you would like to find out more about Xero then you can either take a look at the Xero website where you can take a free trail, or better still contact us and we can arrange a full demonstration of how it works.





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