APC takes control with Greentree GST and reporting capabilities

The largest Australian-owned pest control company, Amalgamated Pest Control Pty Ltd (APC) has decided Greentree is the software that will support its business growth...

APC employs over 500 staff providing industrial and residential services, throughout Australia and also has branches overseas in New Caledonia, Norfolk Island and Fiji.

The company had used Attaché Business Software for over 13 years but although the system had evolved during this period, APC felt it no longer suited the company and they needed more functionality, particularly in terms of GST compliance and reporting. APC decided it was time to look for alternatives. Administration manager Sharyn Hovey explains.

“We just got to a stage where our old system was holding us back. The software was not keeping up with our level of growth and our GST needs.” In fact, their previous system did not provide APC with automated GST processing and did not easily provide the necessary information to complete the Australian BAS Statement. APC identified three key prerequisites it needed from a new system, namely GST capability, customisations and reporting.

Very, very accurate
With substantial penalties for inaccurate tax returns, APC needed to feel secure that their tax returns were completed correctly, says Hovey. “For the first year after GST was introduced, we had to manually administer our GST, this was always a long drawn out process. Our old system was not flexible and could not be modified to our franchise business set-up.”

Another motivation for change was the need for better tax and business reporting. APC realised too much time was being used to generate reports and needed a report writer to be a standard part of the system for running tailored reports. “APC required more advanced reporting and the old system could not deliver,” says Hovey.

Greentree was chosen over two other systems as it met the three prerequisites. “It was clear from the initial demonstration that Greentree was not only going to meet our budget requirements but promised to be flexible and easily customised,” says Hovey. “The GST functions and the integrated report writer really made Greentree stand out for us.”

Fast implementation
Since the rapid Greentree implementation, APC have seen an impact on its business. “Greentree has fulfilled our expectations and actually exceeded them,” says Hovey.

“We were waiting to see some back down from the many promises made, but it has delivered and keeps on delivering. GST was the overriding consideration. We needed to comply and save time manually processing our quarterly accruals. Greentree has proven its strength and flexibility with regards to tax reporting to be excellent. Our audit trail is now very simple, before it was such a struggle.”

Greentree has enabled APC to get up to speed with its GST returns and be GST compliant. Greentree provides a flexible tax structure that not only complies with existing legislation to complete the Australian BAS Statement, but also provides for possible changes in the future. APC has made use of the tax reporting, available at both a summary and detailed level to assist with their account reconciliation. Having the Greentree Report Writer as a standard part of the system, which can be easily tailored to suit their particular requirements, has really helped APC Hovey says.

“The reporting capabilities in Greentree have really surpassed our old system. The integration with Microsoft products makes reporting quick and easy and has vastly improved the types of reports we can get from the system. We are now more informed about APC.” Reflecting on the Greentree experience, Hovey says the level of consultancy from the Greentree Partner has been excellent. “They were able to explain the system,” she says, “making it really relevant to all levels within our business. We only needed minimal training and find Greentree very user-friendly. Our users are very happy with it.”

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Graham Hill
(09) 366 3897
graham.hill@greentree.com
www.greentree.com

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