This article is part of a series to introduce services on our website or to raise Internet related issues that are increasingly important to our clients. So far there have been two other article. One covers Secure File Transfer where you can transfer to us, and we to you, files larger than 2-3 Megabytes - increasingly problematic thesedays as e-mail attachments - or files that need greater security than sending via e-mail like contracts and individual Superannuation details. The second covers the increasing need for knowing all details of any domain names you have. eWombat. In short, we all have questions on topics like Superannuation, tax rates, company taxation, banking interest rates, ASIC, State taxes, non profit organisations, etc. eWombat is designed specifically to find only Australian documents out there on the internet that relate to these topics. In fact, eWombat effectively adds some 13,000 extra pages to our website making it a very comprehensive and powerful resource. eWombat is often hailed by Accountants, for example, as a better search mechanism of the ATO than their own system and has been for many years. Our own staff often use eWombat to start their research of tax related questions. How to use eWombat? To use eWombat all you need do is type in one or two keywords related to what you want, click on Go and the options available to you are soon listed for you to choose from. Of course, a general term like 'gst' will offer 1,078 listings but if you type in a related topic such as 'cash or accrual', as this is actually what you want to read up on, then you get a far more manageable listing of 6 items to choose from. Likewise if you want to look up a Tax Ruling from 2007 then simply type 'tr 2007' and go from there. 'Newspapers' brings up a listing, 'banks' gives 19 listings, 'super' gives 772 items, etc, etc, etc. The trick is to take a keyword or two from the question you have, type it into the eWombat window and click on Go. If you can't find something then advise us and we'll have that information added so that next time it's there when you need it.
24th-August-2007 | 