✔️ Practical ✔️ Structured ✔️ Compliance-Focussed
That’s the difference between:
❌ Watching tutorials
✔️ Processing and reporting BAS & IAS in Xero accurately
❌ Follow steps without understanding
❌ No structured learning path
❌ No real business scenarios or data
❌ No way to test your knowledge
✔️ Structured, step-by-step payroll expertise
✔️ Practical BAS & IAS case studies
✔️ Downloadable business transactions data to practise
✔️ Revision quizzes and final assessment
✔️ Clear explanations — not just clicks
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
✔️ Explain what Activity Statements (BAS/IAS) are, how they work, and when businesses need to lodge them
✔️ Identify and complete the different sections of an Activity Statement (such as GST, PAYG withholding, PAYG instalments, and FBT) correctly
✔️ Describe common tax codes used in Xero and apply them appropriately to business transactions
✔️ Record typical business transactions in Xero so they support accurate BAS/IAS reporting
✔️ Reconcile GST, PAYG, and other tax accounts in the system before preparing the Activity Statement
✔️ Prepare a BAS or IAS for lodgement, double‑checking figures and tax codes for accuracy
✔️ Lodge an Activity Statement with the ATO
✔️ Use Xero confidently in real payroll scenarios
✔️ Beginners starting with Xero BAS & IAS
✔️ Business owners managing their own BAS & IAS
✔️ Bookkeepers and accountants expanding into BAS & IAS
✔️ BAS & IAS officers or administrators wanting practical Xero skills
✔️ Anyone starting or transitioning into a BAS & IAS role
✔️ Step-by-step video GST and PAYG walkthrough lessons with clear, structured explanations
✔️ Practical BAS & IAS preparation scenarios for you to practise, including:
Individual, step-by-step walkthroughs
Downloadable business transactions data files to practise with
Structured learning activities
Show & Tell videos
✔️ Revision quizzes after each lesson to reinforce your learning
✔️ Final assignment quiz to test your understanding
✔️ APEX Professional Excellence Certificate
✔️ A desire to excel
✔️ Basic English language, literacy and numeracy skills
✔️ Basic computer, internet and email knowledge
✔️ A personal computer
✔️ Internet access
✔️ A free Xero trial account
Most people begin by learning Xero for BAS & IAS through videos and tutorials
Now you can take the next step and start using Xero to process and report BAS & IAS
accurately and with confidence