We’re pleased to announce that SmartPayroll has joined forces with Acclipse in an exclusive partnership and are offering all accounting firms throughout New Zealand a complimentary copy of Smartpayroll for their firm.

This new partnership will make managing the pay cycle for your firm even easier. 

You will also be able to manage your clients’ pay (if you are authorised) directly from within iFirm.  This will enable you to access all the tools you need from within your iFirm software with one login.

But, the best part about this integration is that it requires absolutely no additional effort on your part, as the pay info for each team member is entered at the same time that your iFirm site is set-up – and, if you’re using another payroll system, SmartPayroll will handle the conversion for you as part of our usual customer service.

We are really excited about this announcement – as it guarantees to eliminate the hassle of managing your payroll, and highlights the flexibility and advantages that the iFirm online platform offers.

Read more about this announcement on Acclipe’s blog, and feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions.

After our successful courses last year, we are going around the country again offering accountants and small business owners the chance to become fully engaged with their payroll systems and obligations.

In the next few months we will be in the main cities sharing our knowledge and not expecting a cent in return.  Accountants are welcome to bring clients along if they are struggling with the ins and outs of payroll, and can earn CPD hours themselves as well.

The dates are:

Wellington, 24^th February – James Cook Chancellor Hotel, 4 – 6pm
Auckland, 29^th February – Novotel Hotel, Ellerslie, 4:30 – 6:30pm
Christchurch, 8^th March – Westpac Hub, 55 Jack Hinton Drive, 3 – 5 pm

Places go quickly, and are already booking up quickly so call 0800 10 10 38 or email chris@smartpayroll.co.nz to secure your place now.

We will be open on all anniversary weekend stat days.

For absolute ease, you can process your payroll on the public holiday Monday if that is what you normally do.  The banks are open as well so it will be all on schedule.

It’s totally business as usual so no need to panic.   If you need our helpdesk call us on 0800 1010 38.

You may hear us go on about us delivering payroll that’s “in the cloud”.  But what is the cloud?

 Well, basically it means you handle everything online.  Your payroll is set up and delivered through the Internet as opposed to you having to download software.  So you can do it from anywhere that has the Internet. 

But don’t worry, your data is completely safe.  We back it up and store safely so there are no security concerns and if your computer has a melt down, it won’t affect your payroll at all.

We are taking the hassle out of payroll and making sure everything is as easy as possible to make your business run smoothly.

From devastating lows like the earthquakes to magnificent highs like the Rugby World Cup win, it’s fair to say 2011 was definitely a year to be remembered.

We’re thinking 2012 will shape up to be one of the best yet, especially for us at SmartPayroll.  Just to start with, we’re looking to exceed last years whopping figure of nearly 2000 new companies that joined us in the cloud.

So in saying that, Happy New Year, we look forward to working with you.

Whether it’s a gleaming turkey or some nicely barbecued prawns that let you know the holidays have arrived, the team at SmartPayroll wish you and your colleagues a Merry Christmas whatever you may be doing.

Enjoy the sunshine (we hope), have fun with the kids playing backyard cricket and sit back, relax with a few beers knowing your payroll is all sorted.

See you all in the New Year.