Why I love Xero – perfect? or not?

Born and bred on a sheep farm in country Victoria, I came to Melbourne seeking knowledge and learning experiences.

I door-knocked the longest continuous shopping strip in the southern hemisphere (Sydney Road) to secure my first non-farm job.

19 years later I own that accounting business, and I can assure you, times have changed.

In 1993 after reconciling my fathers farm accounts on my custom macro driven Lotus 1,2,3 spreadsheet I discovered Quicken for DOS. Brilliant cashbook software, fast and efficient, I stuck with it through Windows 3.1 and beyond, before GST drove me to Quickbooks.

Now I have seen the future of business accounting software and, boy, does it have the “X Factor”!!

Xero is its name and I can happily describe it as Beautiful Accounting Software.

No updates for the user to install, no desktop software, no backups you or I have to do, mobile (iPhone/iPad/Android/laptop) access, and I can work with my clients on the same data hundreds or thousands of miles apart.

It is the way of the future, but best of all it is available today for Australian Business Owners.

For me, I love that one ledger means no data re-entry for Financial Statements, LIVE data feeds from banks so the information can always be up to date.

And did I mention platform independent! Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux… as long as you have a browser and an internet connection, you have Xero.

Great reporting, EASY to use, an open API (if you know what that means you will like it) so it can “talk nice” with other software. Saves you time, saves me time. What is not to love about that?

Perhaps it is not perfect. But it’s damn close for me!

I would love to hear what you think, or if you have any questions, just comment below and I will respond.