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May 2020

Australian accountants working at home-is the myth of the full time home worker finally over

Australian accountants working at home: Is the myth of the full time home worker finally over?

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: ACCOUNTANTS, Ad hoc work, australian accounting, work life balance, WORKING FROM HOME

For those of us that have been trying to work from home, while at the same time keeping a glancing eye on our children also doing school from at home, there must have been some questions in the backs of our minds, especially related to the fees we are paying for our children’s education. Regardless of whether our children are …

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Apr 2020

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Australian accountants: Are you working as best as you can in remote mode?

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: Accounting Firms, Ad hoc work, Australian Accountant, Compliance Work, WORKING FROM HOME

We’re seeing and hearing from our clients that some of them have been taken by surprise by the recent and quick move to lock down in Australia. Despite providing pretty much the same compliance services to the public, remote work for firms has been a huge range from “not a problem” to “very difficult”. For more progressive firm owners who …

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Jun 2017

Why bringing your outsourced work back inhouse often isn’t seamless…

By: Odyssey Outsourcing
Tags: Ad hoc work, compliance, Full time resources, Outsourcing models, Overseas outsourcing

An ex client of Odyssey reached out to me last week, and wrote the following: Dear David, It has been some time since I have made contact. I was wondering if we could touch base. We used Odyssey for the majority for SMSF clients in the 2016 year, approximately 40-50 funds. Most of these were handled by our senior accountant …