PingtailFor bookkeeping firms in Australia
Proven on Australian books. GST, the BAS and A$ from the start.
Pingtail was proven on an Australian QuickBooks Online company: its GST codes, its closing date and its accounts in A$.
The BAS is due on the 28th, and half your clients' September lines still sit in Ask My Accountant with a bank rule's GST code.
Pingtail asks with the BAS checklist, and shows the GST code on every line before you post.
- Asks with the BAS checklist, due date from the ATO calendar
- Shows the GST code each line keeps, before you post
- Keeps to the closing date set in QuickBooks
14 days free. One client. No credit card required.
How it works
A quarter in an Australian practice.
The words your clients and the ATO use, on every screen.
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Step 1: Ask for the BAS.
Pick the BAS checklist, and the due date is suggested from the ATO calendar: for the September quarter, 28 October.
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Step 2: Every line with its GST code.
A suggestion names the account, the reason and the GST code the line keeps. Nothing posts before your press.
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Step 3: Tie GST at month end.
GST Liabilities Payable sits with the bank and the other balance-sheet accounts, with your note of what you checked.
What stays in your control
Your clients' books, as they are.
Pingtail reads them, shows you the codes and posts only what you press.
The GST code, first.
Posting a line moves its account and leaves its GST code as it is. The confirmation says which code stays.
On the screen
GST code stays: GST on purchases
Closed periods stay closed.
Pingtail reads the closing date before it writes, and a change to a closed period is refused.
On the screen
The books are closed up to 31 Aug: a date on or before it is refused before anything is sent.
A way back.
Every change to a line (its account, its GST code, a split) keeps its before and after, with an Undo. A new journal or expense is reversed in QuickBooks, not here.
On the screen
Undo covers a mistake.
Who it is for
For small Australian practices.
Bookkeepers and BAS agents.
Monthly books and the quarterly BAS for small businesses, from one list of clients.
Clients on QuickBooks Online.
Lines read from the client's company and posted back on your press, in A$ with its GST codes.
Teams of one to a few.
Every client's month on one board, with who prepares it and who acts next.
Not what it does
- Lodge the BAS. Pingtail collects and checks; you lodge it as you do today.
- Connect to MYOB or Reckon.
Before you start
Questions from Australian firms.
Was it tested on Australian books?
Yes. Posting a line and its Undo, the closing-date refusal, a GST code change on a line and the accrual journals were proven on an Australian QuickBooks Online company in A$.
Does posting change a GST code?
No. The line keeps its GST code, and the confirmation shows it first. If it looks wrong, fix it on the line before you post.
Does it know the BAS dates?
It suggests the due date from the ATO calendar: 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July. You can change it on each request. Lodge through an agent? Change the date on the request; agent dates are not suggested yet.
Where is our data kept?
The application and the database run in Helsinki, Finland, and every client file is encrypted. The security page lists each provider.
What does it cost?
One price per active client, with everything included. See pricing.
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