Two Drunk Accountants

This week Tim and Dan go through some interesting data recently released by the ABS (the Bureau) and what they mean for you business!    Sponsor Offers:   Here Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au Email: twodrunkpodcast@gmail.com

The podfather returns! John Munden and Dilnar Tangri from Cloudoffis join us to discuss why you are getting fatigue from the ever growing list of apps in your tech stack, how AI is leading to growing expectations from your software and how this relates to your business and your clients!  Sponsor Offers:   Here Cloudoffis: https://cloudoffis.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccount...

Greatest friend of the podcast Heather Smith joins Dan to discuss 5 things we each have on our mind. We talk about our podcast network, we discuss the best new apps for small business and accountants, we discuss what we think about auto-reconciliation and we discuss guests we would love on the show!    Sponsor Offers:   Here Heather Smith: https://au.linkedin.com/in/heathersmithau Accounting Apps...

This week Tim and Dan are joined by their partner in mortgages Nick Ware from Mortgage Choice Wyong to discuss the reasons you might want to consider refinancing that isn't just a lower interest rate. Dan also reveals part 1 of his revenge on rat gate.    Sponsor Offers:   Here Nick Ware: nicholas.ware@mortgagechoice.com.au Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://w...

Can you claim your rent (or mortgage) as a tax deduction? The answer could be yes! But also no. Plus Dan surprises Tim with big news!    Sponsor Offers:   Here Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au Email: twodrunkpodcast@gmail.com

Book nuggets is back and this time we tackle Traction by Gino Wickman. Do you feel like you are struggling to hit the ground running with progress in your business? Well this book aims to solve that. We also discuss another new housing policy idea Dan has!  Sponsor Offers:   Here Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website...

This week we are joined by Steve Hui Australia's #1 Points travel expert to talk all things points! Where to get them, are they worth it? Where to spend them? Find out on this episode!  Links: Steve Hui: https://au.linkedin.com/in/stevenhui Pay.com.au: https://pay.com.au/ Sponsor Offers:   Here Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccou...

This week Tim and Dan discuss the governments updates to the superannuation....again. We also discuss what big companies aren't and are paying tax.    Links: Sponsor Notes:   https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au/podcountant-network/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au Email: twodru...

No episode this week as we take a quick break. Instead we update you on all of the exciting things coming up in the next 2 months! 

This week we chat about director penalty notices and how to avoid them! With the ATO issuing more and more DPN's we discuss what they are and how to avoid becoming personally liable for your company's tax debts! Links: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au Email: twodrunkpodcast@gm...

This week Tim and Dan discuss your most important investment and that is your time. We recently attended a talk by Kate Christie about ways to save time, and you know we love a time-ass-tip, so discuss what we learned from this awesome session.  Links: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website: https://twodrunkaccountant...

This week we discuss 5 pieces of the data that you will likely overlook that will greatly increase your risk of being reviews or audited by the ATO.    Links: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au Email: twodrunkpodcast@gmail.com ATO Industry Code Finder: https://www.ato.gov.au/cal...

This week we tackle another set of financial statements from an interesting point in time, Twitter circa 2021. Tim has seen them, Dan has not. Can he answer whats good, whats not good, what is the industry, what is the business and would he invest? Find out as we deep dive and analyse Twitters financials!  Don't forget you can submit your anonymised financial statement for us to review on a future...

This week we recap our time at Xerocon! We rehash the fun times and of course all the product announcements from Xero this year. We chat to Angad Soin Manage Director of Xero Australia and NZ and Chief Global Strategy Officer and debrief with friend of the pod Heather Smith! 

This week Dan is joined by Liam Hindle Head of Product Marketing at MYOB to discuss their Accounting Industry Monitor report. We discuss what they found the best firms were doing in areas like talent retention and tech/AI. Links: MYOB Accounting Industry Monitor Report - Here Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Youtube: https://www...

This week we go full clickbait and discuss how you can deduct your home loan interest. We cover the general mistakes peoples make when borrowing against their home for investments and the issue around lending this money to a discretionary trusts. We also discuss our hair for an extended period.   Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/...

This week Tim and Dan discuss how we are currently using AI in our business and what we are finding it can and can't do.    Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants Socials: @twodrunkaccountants

This week Tim and Dan cover the updated superannuation laws taxing unrealised gains. We also discuss some other tax reform being discussed in the lead up to the Economic Reform Roundtable...which we have not been invited to.    Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au/ Email: twodrunkpodcast@gmail.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDru...

This week Tim and Dan go full mythbusters style and discuss the viral videos doing the rounds about whether you can use your tax to pay down your mortgage. Will it be true? Will it be busted? Find out this week.    Website: https://twodrunkaccountants.com.au/ Email: twodrunkpodcast@gmail.com Insta: https://www.instagram.com/twodrunkaccountants/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoDrunkAccountants...

This week Tim give his tips for running a small business and having a young family while Dan with no kids plays devils advocate.   Sponsored: Accsouce - email john.m@accsource.net to receive 30 day free trial.

This week Tim and Dan tackle a common questions when starting a family business, can I hire my spouse or kids? Can I distribute income to them? 

This week Tim and Dan play another round of everyones favourite new game Show Us Ya Books! Can Tim guess the business correctly? Will he make a fool of himself? Do we wish we invested in this company? Find out!

This week Dan reveals why he and Tim have bad blood, we begin our question for Xerocon tickets and discuss why using the immediate write off over COVID might come back to cost you more tax now. 

Its the end of the year as we know it, and Tim and Dan have made a little jingle to help you remember what you need to do before 30 June! Plus we discuss the top 10 things you consider before 30 June. 

Dan and Tim dodge death, battle a rogue office mouse, and somehow tie it all back to gratitude and balance sheets. In their new segment "Show Us Your Books," they crack open Lehman Brothers’ financials like a cold one—revealing red flags, dodgy debt, and the truth behind “growth.” Laughs, lessons, and a little light accounting—what more could you want?