It's the new year and we thoughts why not dissect some financials while you enjoy your holidays! Can Dan guess who these financials are? Would he buy this business? Find out now! 

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It's Christmas time and of course of the Two Drunk Accountants that means the Drunkies! That's right who will win the small business and accounting communities most prestigious awards! Listen now to find out! 

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No episode this week as we take a quick break. Instead we update you on all of the exciting things coming up in the next 2 months! 

Do you need a shareholders agreement in your business? We talk all things shareholders agreements with Deon van Dyk from Edge Legal. Deon also discusses caveats you might not know you have entered into with your suppliers! And if you stick around to the very end you might hear the debut of the Two Drunk Accountants Christmas Carol. 

Dr. Tony Hayek CEO of Blue Wealth Property comes on the podcast to give his thoughts on the property market from his experience and research. We also debate housing reform! Which is fun. 

We also announce the launch of The Accountabilibuddies! A monthly online mentoring and advisory group starting in the coming months! Make sure you register on our website for early bird pricing. 

*Obviously any opinions on this episode by Tony or us are general in nature. Please consider your own personal circumstances and goals and obtain individual advice before investing. Blue Wealth is a referral partner to a business we have an interest in also. 

Its a new financial year and we thought we would revisit some common misconceptions in the community about how individual tax actually works! 

This week we are joined by Sarah Lawrence founder of Hot Toast and 2023 Accounting Awards CFO of the Year! We chat about trends Sarah has been noticing in the business community and ways to help be more efficient when keeping track of your businesses performance! Its also the first week of Christmas in July!

This week we chat Emily Ossington the NextMinute about the common challenges in the building and construction industry and how adopting tech could help solve these issues. We also again solve the housing crisis with part 3 of our reforms and we also discuss Fboy Island. 

This week we are joined by friend of the podcast Heather Smith to chat all things AI and Chat GPT! We also discuss our next housing policy idea, laugh at Dan's man flu voice and other hot takes! 

Its that time of year again where we let you know the actions you can take in your small business before 30 June to save tax!

On this episode we tackle several topics we have missed while being away! Including the PWC debacle, Victorian State Budget and the issues facing the construction industry.

This week is a bonus episode while Tim and Dan take a break. This was a live panel discussion at Accountex featuring Dan, Amar from Mad Wealth, Michelle from Rainforest Bookkeeping and hosted by Heather Smith at the Go Cardless labs!

This week we tackle the 2023 Federal Budget and what is in it for Small Business! Hint.....Not Much. #backinblack

This week we chat about director penalty notices and how to avoid them! With the ATO issuing more and more DPN's we discuss what they are and how to avoid becoming personally liable for your company's tax debts!

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This week we chat with Organisational Psychologist Dr. Sarah Cotton from Transitioning Well to chat about the causes and what you can do about poor mental health of small business owners. This comes off the back of the report on the wellbeing of small business owners released by Xero during the week. 

Did you know small business owners experience lower wellbeing ratings than the general population? We chat to Will Buckley the Country Manager Australia for Xero about the recent report on the Global State of Small Business Owner Wellbeing. 

This week we chat about improving your leadership skills with Brendan Rogers! Brendan is a leadership coach, consultant and podcast host from the Culture of Leadership! Special thanks to Marc from Central Coast Digital Media for recording this interview for us! 

This week we are joined by our newly named Stats Man of the podcast John Shepherd. John is the General Manager of the National Data Acquisition Division at the Australian Bureau of Statistics and we chat about what is happening at the ABS and also what information you can get from the ABS to help your business! 

This week we tackle the tricky issue of frequent flyer programs and allowing your employees (including yourself!) to use the points for personal travel! We also why Tim the Grinch likes easter more than Christmas.

While at Accountex 2023 we were able to speak to lots of great software providers about what they were up to! Many have never been on the podcast before so it was great to chat to some new faces! We spoke to MYOB, Quickbooks, Pursuited, Content Snare, Aider, Next Minute, Cloud Staff, Business Fitness and others! This episode is all about the software and services at the conference.

On day 2 of Accountex Tim and Dan take a moment to reflect on what trends we are seeing at the conference and discuss what we got up to on day/night 1!

On this live from Accountex episode of the podcast we sit down in the caravan of fun with John Munden (the Podfather himself) to discuss why you should go to your industry conferences!

This week we have our first politician on the show! David Harris our local member for Wyong and the Shadow minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Jobs, Investment and Tourism and the Central Coast comes on the podcast to chat all things NSW state election. We discuss what small businesses should be considering when deciding who to vote and also how to use your local member more effectively! 

Our number 1 requested return guest and friend of the podcast Mike Mortlock of MCG Quantity Surveyors returns to chat to us about his experience in using public relations for his business. This is an area we want to be better at and so it was a great chance to ask someone who is actually using PR well!

This week Tim and Dan discuss your most important investment and that is your time. We recently attended a talk by Kate Christie about ways to save time, and you know we love a time-ass-tip, so discuss what we learned from this awesome session. 

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This week we start the conversation about outsourcing to an overseas team. Did you know  many accountants and many other industries do this? We don't but we wanted to explore the idea further and find out the truth of this complex issue. 

Book Nuggets! In the final episode of love your business February we tackle the often quoted Start With Why by Simon Sinek. We discuss our key takings from the book and also what we thought of the book as a whole. But first Tim tells an inappropriate joke! 

This week on the podcast we talk about the most important part of your business, You! Jay Merrilees discusses the fundamentals and elementals of looking after yourself and giving yourself some self-care! 

In this special adults only love your business February episode, we talk about the tax consequences of OnlyFans and adult entertainment more broadly! 

On this bonus episode of Love your Business February, we instead show some love for our industry and chat with Will Buckley, Country Manager of Xero in Australia about their State of the Industry report that comes out today! 

Its the first week of love February and we thought we would start with loving your business by increasing its value! We chat with Brett Goodyer from Business Valuations Online about some of the things you might not normally think about to increase your business's value. We also give out the Fuming Drunkie Award. 

I sold some pokemon cards on ebay, do I pay tax on that? We get this question more than you think! So we answer the questions when do you pay tax on selling collectibles online? 

We are back for the new year and this week we chat to Tony Harcourt co-founder of Work Guru to discuss all things job costing. What is it? Who should do it? How to do it? We cover it all! 

Who will win the most prestigious awards in the small business and accounting industry this year? Listen to this episode to find out! 

Tim's back! Aka Big Papi! To celebrate we do our next installment of book nuggets. This week we get to systemising with the E-Myth by Michael E Gerber. 

This week we discuss 5 pieces of the data that you will likely overlook that will greatly increase your risk of being reviews or audited by the ATO. 

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ATO Industry Code Finder: https://www.ato.gov.au/calculators-and-tools/businesses-industry-code-tool

Still flying solo Dan is joined this week by the one and only Michele Grisdale from Rainforest Bookkeeping to discuss some of the steps to take when trying to go paperless in your business! 

This week Dan chats with Jason Staats an accountant in the USA about what it's like being an accountant in America compared to Australia. 

This week Dan is still without his ride or die Tim but filling in this week is Jack Dixon of Back Beach Accounting. This week Dan and Jack chat about Lifestyle accounting and revisiting what this actually means for working with your accountant. 

This week the man on the street himself comes onto the podcast. Thats right Michael Orford from HealthPoint Physiotherapy chats with Dan about how to prevent a sore neck and back from sitting at a desk all day. We chat about preventative measures and some simple tricks to help avoid the dreaded sore neck. 

This week your number one accounting app hype girl Heather Smith joins Dan to chat about what apps can help you better communicate with your clients! 

This week we are brewing another business! This time with the founder of LEP Digital, Laura Prael! Laura discusses the challenges of managing a team for the first time, switching to a 4 day work week and some of the hurdles she has experienced along the way! 

We celebrate our 200th episode live! We conduct a whisky sour lesson, Mike Mortlock from Geared for Growth and MCG Quantity Surveyors drops by, we get the man on the street's opinion on the economy and tax deductible golf, we listen to audio tributes and we laugh and talk nonsense. If thats the kind of thing you are into, you will love this episode. Thanks for listening everyone!

A quick update from last nights budget. What should you know? What did we think? We discuss it all. 

This week we chat to friend of the podcast Leon Black from Anspired about what the recent Optus data breach has showed us, how frequent these kind of things actually happen and what you as a small business can do about it. 

This week we chat to Trevor Satour about what small business should know about the upcoming referendum and how to stay informed. 

This week we tackle another set of financial statements from an interesting point in time, Twitter circa 2021. Tim has seen them, Dan has not. Can he answer whats good, whats not good, what is the industry, what is the business and would he invest? Find out as we deep dive and analyse Twitters financials! 

Don't forget you can submit your anonymised financial statement for us to review on a future episode of Show us ya books! by emailing them to twodrunkpodcast@gmail.com.

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This week we do a book nuggets on Deep Work by Cal Newport! We gleaned a lot out of this book so have a listen and see how you can drain the shallows from your life!

In our final episode live from Xerocon we chat with Luis Sanchez the EGM of Practice Management and Leigh O'Neill the EGM of Financial Services at Xero to hear whats happening at Xero and what we can look forward to in the coming years!

Are you a small business owner? Than this one is for you! Dan, Tim and Bec discuss everything we learned for small businesses at Xerocon! We also interview the folks at Cogo and Service M8!