#1 The ATO Already Knows Your Clients’ Numbers. What It Wants Now Is Your File | (Workiro Blog)
The ATO’s growing use of payment data raises the stakes for accurate, retrievable working papers. Workiro argues that firms need a clear evidence trail for client decisions, approvals and lodged positions, so a review can be answered with records rather than reconstructed from memory.
#2 How to Prepare for Your Fathom Demo: A Four-Step Checklist | (Fathom Blog)
Fathom offers four ways to make a product demo more useful: start a trial, connect your accounting software, involve decision-makers and users, and bring questions. It also explains what attendees can expect, including discussion of reporting, cash flow forecasting and analysis.
#3 XBert Wins Xero Practice App of the Year 2026 – Here’s Why the Judges Got It Right | (XBert Blog)
#4 How Much to Charge for Bookkeeping Services: A Pricing Guide for Bookkeepers | (MinuteDock Academy)
MinuteDock’s guide shows how to build fees around scope, delivery time, overheads and profit rather than relying on a market average. It compares hourly, fixed, tiered and value-based pricing, then sets out a practical calculation for a sustainable monthly fee.
#5 How to Write a Client Engagement Letter (+ Samples & Tips) | (Ignition Blog)
A well-written engagement letter sets out services, exclusions, fees, payment terms, timelines and each party’s responsibilities. Ignition’s guide includes drafting prompts and sample templates, while reminding firms to check that template wording fits their services and jurisdiction.
#6 Louis Theroux’s Lessons for Accountants | (Accounting Apps Podcast)
Drawing on Louis Theroux’s London Xerocon keynote, Heather Smith and Alex Falcon Huerta discuss how accountants can listen more closely, ask simple questions and use silence to understand the person behind the numbers. They also consider how technology can support, rather than replace, human judgement.
#7 5 Steps to $1M (Most Accounting Firm Owners Overcomplicate This) | (Ryan Lazanis)
Ryan Lazanis from Future Firm outlines five connected levers for building a profitable seven-figure firm: a niche, a clear value proposition, focused marketing, lead conversion and the right team. The discussion also links growth capacity to sound pricing and healthy margins.
#8 When AI Does More, Accountants Can Be More Human | (Vaibhav Chatterjee)
#9 Ecommerce Automation: 12 Ways to Automate Operations | (Fishbowl Inventory)
Fishbowl’s guide covers ecommerce automation across order management, inventory, abandoned-cart emails, customer support, shipping, reviews and dynamic pricing. Its examples show where repetitive processes can be systematised as an online store grows.
