Today I'm excited to announce another link in the chain towards providing accountants with the most versatile online software solution.

New Zealand's leading online payroll provider, SmartPayroll, has partnered exclusively with Acclipse to provide every accounting firm in New Zealand with a free version of their service.
When we roll this out to users, it will make managing the pay cycle easier for all accountants using iFirm. Of course specific permissions can be set, so that only the necessary staff have access to this.

iFirm users will also be able to manage their clients' pay (if they are authorised) directly from within iFirm, with plans further down the track to enable easy account creation for clients.

The best part about this integration, is that it requires absolutely no additional effort on the accountants' part, as the pay info for each team member is entered when your iFirm site is set-up for users - and, for those using another payroll system, SmartPayroll will handle the conversion for you as part of their usual customer service.


I'm really excited about this new offering, and equally so about working alongside the SmartPayroll team - who share a similar vision. Asantha Wijeyeratne, CEO of SmartPayroll says, 'we're excited to be part of the iFirm offering to accounting firms in New Zealand. We see this opportunity to partner with Acclipse, a key player committed to empowering accountants, as a logical extension of our business. We’ve been working at developing and strengthening our relationships with accounting firms around the country and this is a logical forward step to provide a better, more versatile online solution for them and their clients. I’m confident that this initiative will certainly connect more dots between accountants and the SME marketplace'.

For too long accountants in New Zealand have had to deal with desktop software and separate vendors (and systems) that don't talk to each other - or if they have made the move to online software, it's simply been to a spaghetti tin of separate vendors, account logins, and multiple browser windows. Sure, they've got themselves online; but they're not realising the true benefits that the cloud can bring.

Fixing this, and streamlining the flow of data from client to accountant to Inland Revenue, and back, has been my motivation behind developing iFirm.

It's not just about the flexibility and security of online software, it's about software that is designed from the ground up to be fundamentally better; to simplify capacity planning, to make managing your workflow easier, to automate the tax process, to provide you with an accurate set of reports - faster, easier and smarter.

But this alone isn't enough.

The core iFirm modules (Contacts, Practice Manager, Tax, Client Accounting & Fixed Assets, Intranet and Web Manager) provide accounting firms with all the tools they need for their compliance work, and more - and that's just the beginning.

We know you'll never have all your clients running on the same accounting software (and nor should you) - which is why our General Ledger product supports connections to BankLink, Saasu and Xero. This means instead of worrying about your workflow (the direct integration to iFirm takes care of this), you can focus on what's best for your client. We've even made it easy for firms running MYOB AO to import their ledger files into iFirm with just a few clicks of a button.

I respect your role as a trusted advisor... you've spent a long time establishing it. Don't risk your reputation by being locked into one system. We've designed iFirm to play nicely with several other great products, and will continue to add more as the platform grows.

If you're keen to find out more about iFirm, and what it can do for your practice, join us at one of our free roadshow events throughout February.

SmartPayroll are also running a series of events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch - you can register for those here. blog comments powered by Disqus