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30/01/2008
Microsoft upgrade Vista with the first service Pack

Improving the Windows Vista experience for you and your customers

Microsoft is constantly looking for ways to improve our programs and products to help Partners sustain business profitability for long-term success.

Guided by the valuable suggestions and feedback from our partners, we have been working hard to improve Microsoft Windows Vista, culminating in the upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). We�ve also heard concerns about how we have supported Partners with Windows Vista and have identified ways to improve the Partner experience

Learn more about Windows Vista and SP1 here.

Other news stories

� Inquiry into the Tax Agent Services Bill 2008

� Tax Agent Services Bill 2008

� TAX AGENT SERVICES BILL sent to Senate Committee

� Cert IV info night in Victoria

� Treasurer calls for input in the 2009-2010 budget

� BAS Agent Information Sessions

� LAW for BAS AGENTS to go to Ministers

� TAX AGENT SERVICES 2008 BILL – rushed into parliament for debate next Wednesday 26th

� IMPORTANT INFORMATION – ATO shuts down all computers

� Smart Company news article

� Tax Agent Services Bill 2008 - URGENT UPDATE

� Time limit for claiming refunds

� Update from Quality Training Solutions

� Online Learning for Small Business

� • ICB Financial Accounts year ending December 31, 2007

� TREASURY CONFIRMS CERTIFICATE IV in FINANCIAL SERVICES (Bookkeeping) IS VALID

� Top Questions to ask your Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping) provider (RTO)

� Top questions to ask about potential professional indemnity insurance policies

� Fuel tax credits and GST instalments

� Fuel Tax Credits - How to complete your business activity statement

� Online learning for small business

� ATO announces new timetable for implementing change to their systems

� Congratulations Kerry and Matthew Addison on the birth of your daughter

� GST tips for non-profit organisations

� MYOB Hands-on Workshop (Perth and Adelaide only)

� LEGISLATION TO ENTER PARLIAMENT

� Standard Business Reporting (SBR)

� Top questions to ask about potential professional indemnity insurance policies

� Evaluating Certificate IV In Financial Services (Bookkeeping) provider's (RTO)

� Melbourne and Sydney Information Sessions - venues now confirmed

� Business Victoria - Find an Advisor offer for ICB's Victorian members

� Bookkeeper Information Session

� June 2008 Consumer Price Index

� Reckon introduces Payroll Premier accounting software

� BSPs are not registered under current legislation

� DRAFT TAX AGENT SERVICES LEGISLATION - ICB SUBMISSION

� Complete guide to all Certificate IV Financial Services (Bookkeeping) trainers

� Explaining Draft 2 of BAS Agents law

� State and Federal Budgets 2008-09

� Tax Time for Small Business

� Government Acts to Reduce GST Compliance Costs for Business

� Essential references for bookkeepers

� An Accountants Perspective

� Client Checklist

� Checklist Information to Accountants

� End of Year Tip Sheet

� QuickBooks QBi Roadshow

� News from the MYOB Training Team

� Concept - Future of Business Part Two

� Microsoft upgrade Vista with the first service Pack

� Delivering for the community: making tax and superannuation easier, cheaper and more personalised

� First Steps Taken To Deliver Standard Business Reporting Programme

� BAS Service Provider Newsletter - January 2008 Issue 10

� Tax agents have a positive view of their life according to recent ATO survey

� Special Christmas News � Insurance Premiums drop from 1 January, 2008

� @goodbookkeepers.com.au

� 1st Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping)

� Pricing for an ICB Member taking the Cert IV In Financial Services (Bookkeeping) with the Bookkeeping Institute of Australia (BIA)

� Spreading the Christmas Cheer

� BAS Service Provider Newsletters

� Concept � Future of business

� Quicken conducts survey of bookkeepers

� Special offer on Quicken Professional Partner Program for ICB Members

� �Discounted� / �Pro-rata� subscription prices

� ICB UK Newsletter October 16 2007

� Tax Basics - Free Tax Seminars

� New portal access for BAS service providers

� ATO Uses Debt Collectors

� A CPE opportunity

� Working under the Direction of a Tax Agent

� Being a Legal Bookkeeper Today (September 2007)

� UPDATE � CURRENT STATUS OF THE DRAFT LEGISLATION � 29/8/07

� Bookkeepers Reference Guide

� The BAS Service Provider Newsletter issued 31 August 2007

� Calculating the superannuation guarantee

� Congratulations Rob Marshall WA Micro Small Business of the Year

� Excellent News � Government to make paperwork easier

� ICB joins with the bookkeeping industry in representing the views of bookkeepers to Treasury

� Shoebox Assessments

� ICB announces the introduction of Business Membership

� Response to the concepts in the BAS Service Provider Legislation (7/8/07)

� Compliance overview 2007-08

� Australia & UK Small Business Professionals Survey � Living in different worlds?

� Superannuation Contributions

� Convictions protect the tax system

� Treasury has advised extension on submissions on draft law

� Advance notice re FNS40207: Certificate IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping)

� ICB & ABN Strategic Partnership

� BAS Service Provider Newsletter

� Tax time deductions for small business

� Certificate IV Financial Services (Bookkeeping) - Update

� ICB meets with Treasury over draft legislation

� Tax File Number Declaration Forms and Superannuation

� Bookkeepers & ICB featured in the Melbourne Age - June 2 2007

� New law WILL NOT start before February 2008 at earliest�stated by Treasury

� ATO Bookkeepers Advisory Group meeting

� Accounting Association or Bookkeeper Association?

� ATO states support for all Associations

� Response to Accounting Associations

� Understand the New BSP Legislation here

� BAS Service Provider Information and Commentary Session

� Ground Breaking Accreditation in the Phillipines

� Minimum 2 years before anything needs to change

� ICB Newsletter May 2007

� GOVERNMENT NEW LEGISLATION � DRAFT RELEASED TODAY

� Occupational Health and Safety

� ICB Annual report for 2006

� Do professionals have an ethical compass and does it matter?

� Fringe Benefits Tax

� Special News Update - ATO provides newsletter called "The BAS Service Provider"

� ATO Deputy Commissioner Outlines ATO Working With the Tax Profession

� Is Your Business Prepared for a Crisis?

� An ATO Update on Changes to Legislation

� ATO Research with Bookkeepers 2006-07

� February 2007 News and Update

� If I am a member of the ICB, can I lodge BAS's?

� ATO penalises unregistered tax agent

� ICB appoints experienced bookkeeper and educator to Board of Directors

� MAJOR STEP FORWARD in networking & resourcing bookkeepers

� Update - BAS Service Provider - New Legislation

� Quicken's new QuickBooks for Bookkeepers Training Course

� December 2006 News and Update

� December 2006 Quarterly Business Update

� Bookkeeper Advisory Group Overview

� **Special News** - Introducing the ICB Bookkeepers Survival Kit

� The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers Ltd - Who Are We?

� August 2006 News & Update

� The 10 most helpful /useful / best things to help bookkeepers in doing their work!

� End of Period Errors from June 2006

� Bookkeepers Survey

� Monthly BAS Deadline Submission - A Letter to the ATO

� Workload Submission - A Letter to the ATO

� Bookkeepers are NOT illegitimate nor illegal

� Bookkeeper Advisory Group Meeting Summary

� Extension to PAYG Summary deadline..for some

� Newsletter and Update July 2006

� Lodgement dates 2006-07

� Professional Indemnity Insurance

� BAS Service Provider

� The new Cert IV - The fact from IBSA as of 27 June 2006

� Certificate IV Financial Services (Bookkeeping)

� Bookkeeping in Australia - An information and introduction session

� New Tax Practitioners Regime

� Quarterly Business Update

� New �Workchoice� law briefing

� Benefits Update

� GST for BAS Preparation accreditation

� ATO issues new BAS Preparation Guidelines

� ICB LAUNCHES in Australia

� New Appointment

� The Institute moves into Taiwan

� Members Benefits section now live!

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