The road show, which is designed to provide free training for accountants and bookkeepers, kicks off on October 21 in Baltimore, Md., and ends on November 21 in Honolulu, Hawaii. There are six  stops in California from San Diego through the home city of San Francisco and inland to Sacramento. Five CPE credits are available for those who attend.

Currently, Xero offers companies payroll via third parties. Those are  ZenPayroll, ADP, SurePayroll and Monchilla Payroll. Xero Payroll is based on its purchase of the Australian company, Paycycle, in 2011.

Also, Xero has moved its headquarters to a larger facility in San Francisco with offices opening in Denver and New York, adding to one already open in Los Angeles.