Two Drunk Accountants

One week out from the voice referendum we chat to friend of the podcast Trevor Satour! Trevor provides his unique perspective as an indigenous man living in Katherine in the Northern Territory on the voice referendum. He discusses what he believes Australians should be focusing on leading up to the vote and combatting the misinformation out in the community. 

This week we chat to Freddie Bennett from the Make it Count Podcast, Guinness world record holder, author and athlete about his inspiring story and how changing your mindset and embracing who you truly are can help you find happiness and success! We also catch up on what Tim and I have been up to for last month a half! 

We are back! This week's episode is a wrap up of Xerocon Sydney 2023! We chat to Will Buckley from Xero about accountants having an image problem, we speak to some great apps in the market place including Seamlss, Futrli, Empira, Lightyear Docs, Suitefiles, Employment Hero and Service M8 and at the end you will hear me and the team at CATS after a night out trying to recap day one as best we could.

This week Tim Hoopmann comes on to discuss his experience with mental health in small business and the NewAccess Program small business owners can access through Beyond Blue!

Do you need a shareholders agreement in your business? We talk all things shareholders agreements with Deon van Dyk from Edge Legal. Deon also discusses caveats you might not know you have entered into with your suppliers! And if you stick around to the very end you might hear the debut of the Two Drunk Accountants Christmas Carol. 

Dr. Tony Hayek CEO of Blue Wealth Property comes on the podcast to give his thoughts on the property market from his experience and research. We also debate housing reform! Which is fun.  We also announce the launch of The Accountabilibuddies! A monthly online mentoring and advisory group starting in the coming months! Make sure you register on our website for early bird pricing.    *Obviously any opinions on this episode by Tony or us are general in nature. Please consider your own personal circumstances and goals and obtain individual advice before investing. Blue Wealth is a referral partner to a business we have an interest in also. 

Its a new financial year and we thought we would revisit some common misconceptions in the community about how individual tax actually works! 

This week we are joined by Sarah Lawrence founder of Hot Toast and 2023 Accounting Awards CFO of the Year! We chat about trends Sarah has been noticing in the business community and ways to help be more efficient when keeping track of your businesses performance! Its also the first week of Christmas in July!

This week we chat Emily Ossington the NextMinute about the common challenges in the building and construction industry and how adopting tech could help solve these issues. We also again solve the housing crisis with part 3 of our reforms and we also discuss Fboy Island. 

This week we are joined by friend of the podcast Heather Smith to chat all things AI and Chat GPT! We also discuss our next housing policy idea, laugh at Dan's man flu voice and other hot takes! 

Its that time of year again where we let you know the actions you can take in your small business before 30 June to save tax!

On this episode we tackle several topics we have missed while being away! Including the PWC debacle, Victorian State Budget and the issues facing the construction industry.

This week is a bonus episode while Tim and Dan take a break. This was a live panel discussion at Accountex featuring Dan, Amar from Mad Wealth, Michelle from Rainforest Bookkeeping and hosted by Heather Smith at the Go Cardless labs!

This week we tackle the 2023 Federal Budget and what is in it for Small Business! Hint.....Not Much. #backinblack

This week we chat with Organisational Psychologist Dr. Sarah Cotton from Transitioning Well to chat about the causes and what you can do about poor mental health of small business owners. This comes off the back of the report on the wellbeing of small business owners released by Xero during the week. 

Did you know small business owners experience lower wellbeing ratings than the general population? We chat to Will Buckley the Country Manager Australia for Xero about the recent report on the Global State of Small Business Owner Wellbeing. 

This week we chat about improving your leadership skills with Brendan Rogers! Brendan is a leadership coach, consultant and podcast host from the Culture of Leadership! Special thanks to Marc from Central Coast Digital Media for recording this interview for us! 

This week we are joined by our newly named Stats Man of the podcast John Shepherd. John is the General Manager of the National Data Acquisition Division at the Australian Bureau of Statistics and we chat about what is happening at the ABS and also what information you can get from the ABS to help your business! 

This week we tackle the tricky issue of frequent flyer programs and allowing your employees (including yourself!) to use the points for personal travel! We also why Tim the Grinch likes easter more than Christmas.

While at Accountex 2023 we were able to speak to lots of great software providers about what they were up to! Many have never been on the podcast before so it was great to chat to some new faces! We spoke to MYOB, Quickbooks, Pursuited, Content Snare, Aider, Next Minute, Cloud Staff, Business Fitness and others! This episode is all about the software and services at the conference.