Running a business means making decisions — and good decisions need good numbers. The problem is that most business owners don't have real-time visibility of their financial position. They're working off last month's bank statement, a spreadsheet that's two weeks out of date, or nothing at all.

Xero changes that. With automatic bank feeds pulling transactions in daily, your books are always current. Log in from your phone between jobs, from the office, or from anywhere with an internet connection — your numbers are there, up to date, and ready to act on.

As your Xero-certified accountants, we don't just set it up and leave you to it. We connect your Xero file directly to our practice, which means we're working from the same live data you are. No more emailing spreadsheets back and forth at year-end. No more scrambling to find receipts. Just clean, current books that make your tax return faster, cheaper, and more accurate.

We work with sole traders, small businesses, companies, and trusts right across Perth's western suburbs — and Xero is the platform we trust to underpin all of it.

Talk to us about getting set up on Xero →

Simplifying Your Workforce Management

Xero Payroll is your ultimate tool for effortlessly managing your team's compensation.

With intuitive features and seamless integration, it streamlines payroll processing, making the often complex task simple and efficient.

From calculating wages to handling taxes, Xero Payroll covers it all, ensuring accurate and timely payments to your employees.

Superannuation, a crucial part of employee benefits, is seamlessly integrated into Xero Payroll. It assists you in managing mandatory super contributions for your employees, helping you stay compliant with regulations. Xero takes the hassle out of superannuation management, ensuring your team's financial future is in good hands.

In a nutshell, Xero Payroll and Superannuation work hand in hand to transform workforce management into a smooth, error-free process, so you can focus on what truly matters – your business's success.

Xero makes it simple

Gone are the days when a depreciation schedule is a complex work of art with excel. Xero can run both a tax depreciation schedule and a fixed assets register within the one report.

Your reports will make more sense

Getting a fixed asset register so your capex budget is controlled, and your gross profit margins are stable is an important step to controlling a business.

Creating stable reports means that you can get stable ratio’s. And that then allows you to focus on creating and tracking financial KPI’s in your business.

The banks will understand your business

A significant user of the accounting reports is your bank. And the less adjustments a banker needs to make to understand your business the better off your bank application will be.

It is an easy adjustment in your tax return

Every business tax return requires that the accounting depreciation is removed and the tax depreciation is then claimed. This is the case even if you run a tax depreciation schedule that is the same as your accounting depreciation schedule.

The use of two schedules (tax and business) does not significantly complicate the tax return preparation process.

It will help you

Running a business is difficult. The amount of information and mental headspace you can allocate to different tasks is precious.

As a guide the more mental adjustments you need to make to your reports the more difficult it is to understand them. If you can understand a report in a short amount of time you are more likely to review it and focus on understanding the implications of that report.

If you are reading financial reports and investing your energy into understanding the reasons why adjustments are necessary you will not be focused on the ultimate implications of your reports.

Getting a clear report without adjustments will make your life easier.

One of Xero's biggest strengths is its ecosystem. The right combination of connected apps can automate the repetitive parts of running a business — capturing receipts, managing rosters, tracking expenses, processing payments — and feed everything back into Xero without manual data entry.

At Atramentum we're certified in several key Xero add-ons and can help you identify which ones are worth adding to your setup:

Hubdoc Forget chasing paper receipts and manually entering supplier invoices. Hubdoc automatically captures documents — from your inbox, your phone, or supplier portals — extracts the data, and pushes it straight into Xero. It's one of the single highest-ROI tools we recommend to any client who's drowning in paperwork.

Weel Expense management built for small business. Issue virtual cards to your team, set spending limits, automate approval workflows, and have every transaction reconcile directly into Xero. No more end-of-month expense report headaches.

Deputy Ideal for hospitality, retail, and any business managing shift workers. Deputy handles scheduling, timesheets, and leave management — and syncs directly with Xero Payroll so your hours flow straight through to payroll without re-keying anything.

Shopify If you're running an e-commerce store, this integration syncs your Shopify sales data directly into Xero — so your inventory, revenue, and fees reconcile automatically rather than requiring manual reconciliation at month end.

Fathom Once your Xero data is clean and current, Fathom turns it into clear, visual management reports and KPI dashboards. It's the tool we use with clients who want to move beyond basic compliance and start tracking the metrics that actually drive their business — profitability by product or location, cash flow trends, year-on-year comparisons, and more.

Not every business needs every add-on. Part of what we do is help you work out which tools are genuinely worth the subscription and which ones you can skip. The goal is a lean, well-connected software stack that saves you time — not a collection of apps you pay for and never fully use.

Talk to us about the right Xero add-ons for your business →

Atramentum is Certified and recommends:

• Fathom

• Deputy

• Weel

• Shopify

We believe that understanding how to use Xero accounting software is critical for you to get the most out of the software.

It is not enough to just set up Xero and optimise it if you don’t know how to use the software.

We provide one-on-one training and ongoing support, so you get the most out of Xero!