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Build the best business you can, and leave the books to us
Ambitious entrepreneurs and business owners may dream about business growth, financial success and new ways to serve their clients. But if you’re asleep thinking about your finances, chances are you’re having a nightmare.
Liston Newton provides specialist bookkeeping and accounting services for Port Macquarie businesses. We design bespoke plans tailored to your goals and light a clear path to overcome your unique challenges. That path begins with a coffee at our William Street office. Let’s schedule a consultation — we’re happy to come by your offices or to meet via video. Let us know what works best.
Business hours
Monday to Friday
9am to 5pm
Parking
1h parking on William St. 3h parking at Officeworks on Short St.
Build the best business you can, and leave the books to us
Ambitious entrepreneurs and business owners may dream about business growth, financial success and new ways to serve their clients. But if you’re asleep thinking about your finances, chances are you’re having a nightmare.
Liston Newton provides specialist bookkeeping and accounting services for Port Macquarie businesses. We design bespoke plans tailored to your goals and light a clear path to overcome your unique challenges. That path begins with a coffee at our William Street office. Let’s schedule a consultation — we’re happy to come by your offices or to meet via video. Let us know what works best.
Business hours
Monday to Friday
9am to 5pm
Parking
1h parking on William St. 3h parking at Officeworks on Short St.
Business bookkeeping services available in Port Macquarie
Bookkeeping and cash flow reporting is a fraction of our service list. We are full-service financial experts, able to help you optimise every facet of your business, from virtual CFO services to tech and system upgrades.
Liston Newton helped us move our accounting over to Xero. Their Accountant managed the set up and training so we felt comfortable with the software. We now have all our processes streamlined which gives us improved visibility of our business performance. This has allowed us to open 2 more stores without a significant increase in administration effort.
Peter Luskan
Pandora
Exceed your ambitions with Port Macquarie’s business experts
Talk to usTrust our eagle-eyed experts to unknot your books
Accurate bookkeeping is the foundation for any successful business. It may seem like a straightforward task, but like a ship sailing kilometres off course because of a one-degree error, a slight flaw in your accounts will compound into a larger problem.
By trusting our meticulous bookkeepers to keep your cash flow in order, you’re setting yourself up for success and avoiding financial pitfalls long before they appear. As your dedicated team, it’s our responsibility to ensure you always have a clear and thorough understanding of your business’s financial position.
Bookkeeper responsibilities
- Creating and sending invoices
- Automated bank feeds and reconciliation
- Cash flow management
- Payroll functions
- Receipts and payments
- Superannuation payments
Meet the Port Macquarie team
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Accredited. Experienced. Reputable.
The service we’re best known for is providing business owners with total peace of mind. Partner with Liston Newton, and you can rest assured your books are in the best hands.
Why choose us
A wealth of experience
We have decades of experience helping businesses of all sizes as full-time and part-time bookkeepers.
Long-term client partnerships
A testament to the quality of our work, we have developed decades-long relationships with Port Macquarie businesses.
Full range of service
We will happily design a comprehensive business optimisation strategy tailored specifically to your needs and goals.
Leading industry innovation
We help our clients stay agile and competitive by transitioning them to new technologies and processes.
Our strategies deliver exceptional results. Ask our clients.
Success built on poorly kept books rarely lasts long. A prudent business owner knows when to seek help. We’ve had the fortune to do the bookkeeping for leading Port Macquarie businesses in several industries, and the work we’ve delivered has helped them secure the success they’ve worked so hard for.
We admit that we make bold claims about our bookkeeping services. But please do not mistake our confidence for marketing bluster. We have been honing our expertise in this field for decades, and we’ve earned the awards to back up our claims. Work with our local Port Macquarie specialists, and we’ll help you to:
- Automate your bookkeeping using leading fintech solutions
- Reconcile your accounts and deliver accurate reports
- Discern invaluable insights and turn them into actionable steps
Browse our case studies, and you’ll see how profoundly our services have helped our clients.
Three simple steps towards financial freedom
How we get you set
The first phase is all about establishing the fundamentals of your business and creating a strong foundation to build from. You also need to establish your long-term goals so you have a clear idea of what you're working towards.
- Plan your goals
- Structure your business and assets
- Online accounting
- People and HR
- Protect your business and personal risk
- Business and personal will
How we get you moving
The second phase is about gaining a deeper understanding of your business; how to make it more efficient and experience sustainable growth. This is where you transition from working in your business to working on your business.
- Understand your numbers
- Delegate bookkeeping
- Systematise and automate tasks
- Minimise tax
- Forecast cashflow and capital needs
- Quarterly coaching and accountability
How we get you free
The final phase is when all your hard work really starts to pay off. This is when you start using your profits to build your personal worth to a point that give you financial freedom—the freedom to work only if you want to.
- Understand wealth creation
- Investment portfolio
- Investment property
- Superannuation
- Succession and exit planning
- Your legacy
Our Port Macquarie case studies
Willow Urban Retreat
See how Willow Urban Retreat owner Jeremy gained clarity over his business performance and reduced time-consuming tasks with help from the Liston Newton team.
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Giving back as much as we get
While we’ve done our best to be the best, we couldn’t have gotten anywhere without the support of our clients and the Port Macquarie community. We are extraordinarily grateful for that support, which is why we’ve created a list of local and national charities to pay it forward to. That list includes:
- The Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea
- The Cancer Council’s Small Business Advisory Service
- The Type 1 Foundation
Of course, that’s just us here at the Port Macquarie office. Each office in the Liston Newton family has its own list of community initiatives and charities. We hope we can give back to your communities as much as they’ve given us.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a local Port Macquarie bookkeeper?
We recommend that all businesses hire dedicated bookkeepers. By hiring a local bookkeeper, you benefit from clearer lines of communication between them and you. Open communication allows you to address any issues they uncover immediately or implement changes based on any insights they offer.
Are bookkeepers and accountants the same?
Accountants and bookkeepers perform different tasks, though they are both part of a robust accounting department.
An accountant is an accredited financial expert and may even be a registered tax agent. They have strategic responsibilities, such as:
- Tax advice
- Tax planning
- Superannuation advice
- Succession and estate planning advice
Bookkeepers record financial transactions and have day-to-day responsibilities, such as:
- Processing invoices
- Processing wages
- Processing payments
- Accounts reconciliation
- Monitoring bank accounts
What bookkeeping software should I use?
Xero is an excellent bookkeeping and accounting service. Its cloud-based platform allows instant access by all team members, and its myriad features let you instantly discern up-to-date financial insights.
We often recommend our clients implement Xero, and as platinum members of the platform, we are able to help them seamlessly transition onto the platform.
What is a reasonable price for a Port Macquarie bookkeeper?
The cost of hiring a bookkeeper will depend on the responsibilities you give them. You can hire part-time bookkeepers for your one-shop small business, or a full-time bookkeeper for your multi store franchise. Rather than consider cost, we recommend you choose a bookkeeper based on the breadth of their abilities, their experience and their reputation.
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It’s hard not to be awed by the promises of the latest ‘artificial intelligence’ technologies. Tech evangelists claim that the new tools will revolutionise industries. They claim that new AI generators, trained on the sum of human knowledge, can deliver data-backed future-focused strategies. Do not be fooled.
AI tools are incredibly useful for optimising rote tasks, as we’ve found, but they cannot deliver the high-level strategies our clients deserve. The tools can only regurgitate the data set they’ve been trained on, including its flaws and biases. It cannot synthesise new strategies or plan for the future. For that, we place our trust in our human team. You should, too.
