Wanting to better tracking profitability? Better understand how your time is being spent? Perhaps Xero Projects might be right for you.

Accountants, listen up! Illumin8 needs you. Sick and tired of just ‘doing what happened last year’? Find yourself contemplating how to make your day somewhat bearable? Well it might just be your lucky day friend.

The most frustrating part about learning, however, is when we don’t use it. All that knowledge without any benefit for the future me.

It's a common question we get here at Illumin8. So we thought we'd pop together a quick guide on how to actually run a bank reconciliation report in Xero. Easy peasy.

You could expect that after sending a bunch of accountants to Xerocon, an accounting software conference, that they’d come back raving about the latest technology and accounting-y things. And in part, you’d be right...

Budgets seem to be a necessary evil in the 21st Century. In recently developing a financial plan for my life, I share what I've learned about the dreaded B word.

Have a self-managed super fund? Listen up.

We're on the hunt for a new bookkeeper. Think you got what it takes?

Stop drowning in the day-to-day of running your business. Get your head above the water, so you can see and breath clearly again.

With EOFY fast approaching, many businesses start to focus on cash flow management, fulfilment of tax obligations and a business plan for the upcoming financial year. What is the single best way to ensure you are primed to accurately review these...

Andrew takes a minute to reflect on his recent 'Thought Leader of the Year' award win. His 'thoughts' on the win might surprise you...

The 'hear hears' have subsided, suits and ties removed and we wait for the obligatory opposition response. Our team has been cutting through the crap to identify some of the aspects of the budget that impact YOU.

In celebration of May the 4th, Brooke highlights 3 lessons small business owners can learn from Star Wars.

Do you know what takes up your time? Kate discusses how getting an understanding of where your time is being spent is the first step to working SMARTER!

Shane Scott (our resident innovation guru) explains what two factor authentication is and why you should use it everywhere you can.

Post Sale Payment options may seem like a convenient option for you and your customers, but what's the REAL cost?

What does the singer Rihanna have to do with running your business? Kate Stathis cracks the code in how to run your business SMARTER and not harder.

Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) affects a number of our clients, and with the end of the FBT year fast approaching (31st March), we ask – are you FBT ready?

Ask any small business operator and they’ll say business is great, cashflow isn’t. Here’s a few tips to help your small business get paid and manage those nasty quarterly BAS and superannuation payments.

Another year rolls around. Will this one be the same as the last?

As we look toward 2018, we reflect on the incredible year that 2017 has been.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but for small business owners, it can also be the most stressful! We've popped together three tips to help you win at Christmas this year.

Did you know on average business owners spend 68% of their time working in their business, and not on it. Are you one of them?

After 2 years, our pal Josh is finishing up at illumin8. But why on earth would we upload his final blog?