Two Drunk Accountants

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.

On day 2 of Accountex Tim and Dan take a moment to reflect on what trends we are seeing at the conference and discuss what we got up to on day/night 1!

On this live from Accountex episode of the podcast we sit down in the caravan of fun with John Munden (the Podfather himself) to discuss why you should go to your industry conferences!

This week we have our first politician on the show! David Harris our local member for Wyong and the Shadow minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Jobs, Investment and Tourism and the Central Coast comes on the podcast to chat all things NSW state election. We discuss what small businesses should be considering when deciding who to vote and also how to use your local member more effectively! 

Our number 1 requested return guest and friend of the podcast Mike Mortlock of MCG Quantity Surveyors returns to chat to us about his experience in using public relations for his business. This is an area we want to be better at and so it was a great chance to ask someone who is actually using PR well!