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First Class Accounts Australia's largest bookkeeping franchise specialising in supporting small business ✨ First Class Accounts bookkeepers are available Australia-wide!

We provide a wide variety of services that can be offered both on-site, and online, so no matter where you live, there is a First Class Accounts bookkeeper that can help you.

Recognition does not only come from inside the network.Jackie Becker of First Class Accounts Subiaco has won Best Profes...
22/10/2026

Recognition does not only come from inside the network.

Jackie Becker of First Class Accounts Subiaco has won Best Professional Services Franchise 2026 from Franchising WA.

That is an industry award, judged by people outside First Class Accounts, and it says something about the standard of work that comes out of a franchise practice.

Congratulations Jackie Becker.

If you have ever wondered whether joining a franchise limits your professional standing, Jackie is a fair answer.

📖 More franchisee stories: https://www.firstclassaccounts.com/blog/category/bookkeeping-franchise-opportunities/

BAS due 28 October and the books aren’t done? That’s four working days.It’s doable. But not on the Tuesday night.Three m...
22/10/2026

BAS due 28 October and the books aren’t done? That’s four working days.

It’s doable. But not on the Tuesday night.

Three months of transactions, the receipts that have gone walkabout, the GST on anything unusual, then lodging. That’s days of work, not hours.

It’s the job we do every quarter for businesses that have run out of road.

📩 Send us a message about getting the books caught up.

Brand Ambassador is the award for the people other franchisees point to when someone asks what First Class Accounts is l...
21/10/2026

Brand Ambassador is the award for the people other franchisees point to when someone asks what First Class Accounts is like.

This year it was shared by Trudy Mendis of First Class Accounts Carlingford and Deepak Vallabh of First Class Accounts Balgownie.

Two franchisees, two different practices, and the same reputation inside the network.

Congratulations Trudy Mendis and Deepak Vallabh.

📖 See every winner from Cairns: https://www.firstclassaccounts.com/blog/celebrating-bookkeeping-excellence-fca-conference-2026/

Could you spot a fake invoice in your business? 😮It’s ok; most small business owners couldn’t. That’s because most fake ...
21/10/2026

Could you spot a fake invoice in your business? 😮

It’s ok; most small business owners couldn’t. That’s because most fake invoices are built from real ones.

✅ Same logo
✅ Same amount
✅ Same job reference

But there’s a big difference...

❌ The bank details

In the 2024 to 2025 financial year, scams like this accounted for 15% of the top self-reported cybercrime threats affecting Australian businesses.

Read our blog below to learn how to safeguard your business from these threats and spot fake invoices before they get paid 👇🏻

https://www.firstclassaccounts.com/blog/could-your-business-spot-a-fraudulent-invoice-before-it-was-paid/

20/10/2026

Can’t pay your BAS? Lodge it anyway.

The ATO fines you for lodging late, not for paying late. Those are two different things.

Get the form in on time and that fine never starts. What you owe still gets interest added, but that’s a separate issue, and the ATO will talk payment plans once something has actually been lodged.

Doing nothing is the only option where both clocks keep running.

📩 Send us a message about getting yours in on time.

Two awards from Cairns that are less about numbers and more about what someone puts back in.Service to the Brand went to...
19/10/2026

Two awards from Cairns that are less about numbers and more about what someone puts back in.

Service to the Brand went to Jana Aldhaibi of First Class Accounts Bass Hill.

The Hank Middleton Award went to Steven Jeanes of First Class Accounts Narre Warren.

Congratulations Jana Aldhaibi and Steven Jeanes.

Jana spent more than 25 years in corporate finance before a restructure made her redundant. She landed her first client in her first week of training, a former colleague who knew her work.

See every winner from Cairns: https://www.firstclassaccounts.com/blog/celebrating-bookkeeping-excellence-fca-conference-2026/

18/10/2026

Running an Australian small business? Do not miss these 3 financial deadlines next week 👇🏻

1️⃣ 28 October: your July to September BAS, if you lodge on paper
2️⃣ 31 October: tax returns, if you do your own
3️⃣ 2 November: where that 31st actually lands, because it falls on a Saturday

This week, a missing invoice is a five minute job. Next week it’s a problem.

📩 Send us a message if you would rather not be doing this next week.

15/10/2026

Some people get to BAS time and barely notice it.

Their books are already up to date. The bank was matched off back in July, August and September, when it actually happened. Lodging takes half an hour and then they get on with the job.

That’s not luck. That’s what you get when the books are done every month instead of all at once in October.

📩 Want your next quarter to look like that? Send us a message.

Business Performance, Employer, went to Samantha Parker of First Class Accounts Artarmon in Cairns last month.Vanessa an...
15/10/2026

Business Performance, Employer, went to Samantha Parker of First Class Accounts Artarmon in Cairns last month.

Vanessa and Tony of First Class Accounts Surfers Paradise were named runners up.

Samantha also took the Community Service Award on the same night, which is a rare double.

Congratulations to Samantha Parker, and to Vanessa and Tony.

Employer is the category for franchisees who have grown past one desk and now run a team. It is where a lot of people hope to end up, and it is worth knowing it is possible inside this model.

📖 Every winner from Cairns: https://www.firstclassaccounts.com/blog/celebrating-bookkeeping-excellence-fca-conference-2026/

“So you just do the data entry, yeah?” 😅Not quite.Data entry is the bit that has to happen first. The real job is making...
14/10/2026

“So you just do the data entry, yeah?” 😅

Not quite.

Data entry is the bit that has to happen first. The real job is making sure the numbers are right on the day you need them, and that nothing has quietly gone overdue while you were out on a job.

Our blog breaks down what a bookkeeper actually does, and where the job stops and an accountant starts 👇🏻

https://www.firstclassaccounts.com/blog/what-does-a-bookkeeper-do-in-australia/

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