BAS, payroll & year-end
You did not start a business to spend your weekends on bookkeeping. We take the compliance off your desk and give you numbers you can actually run the business on — during the year, not eight months after it ends.
What we handle
Sole traders, partnerships, companies and trusts — trades, cafes and restaurants, retail, transport, health and allied health, professional services and family businesses right across Melbourne.
Monthly or quarterly activity statements, prepared from reconciled accounts rather than guesswork. GST coding reviewed properly — the mixed supplies, GST-free food lines and capital purchases are where most errors live. Lodged on time, with the tax agent extension where it applies.
Pay runs, payslips, STP reporting each pay cycle, super guarantee paid by the quarterly deadline, and end-of-year finalisation so your staff see "Tax ready" in myGov. Award interpretation and leave accruals set up correctly from the start.
Day-to-day coding, bank reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable, and keeping the file clean enough that year-end is not an archaeological dig. Weekly, monthly or quarterly — whatever the business actually needs.
Financial statements and the company, trust or partnership return, with distributions, division 7A loans, trust resolutions and depreciation handled before 30 June rather than discovered after it. Instant asset write-off applied where it is available and worth using.
The state ones that catch growing businesses out: payroll tax through the State Revenue Office once your Victorian wages pass the threshold (including grouping rules if you run more than one entity), WorkCover registration and the annual remuneration declaration with WorkSafe Victoria, and long service leave accruing under the Victorian scheme.
We work across Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks and Reckon. We will set the file up, migrate you across, or train your team and stay in the background for the questions — whichever keeps costs down for you.
Lodging on time is the floor, not the point. We use the same numbers to look at margin by product or job, where the cash actually goes, whether your pricing still works after a cost increase, and how much to set aside for the next BAS and tax bill so it is never a surprise.
How we work together
There is no single right answer — it depends on transaction volume, staff numbers, and how much you want to keep in-house. We will tell you honestly which one fits.
You keep the books. We review, prepare and lodge the BAS and the year-end accounts and return. Best for businesses with a capable bookkeeper already in place.
We do the bookkeeping and payroll during the year and the activity statements each quarter, then the year-end work flows straight out of a file that is already clean.
Everything above, plus regular management reporting, cash-flow and budget reviews, and someone to call before a decision instead of after it.
Stay ahead of it
Deadlines shift with lodgement method and whether you use a registered tax agent. We track yours and tell you before they arrive — but these are the rhythms most small businesses run on.
Also available
Wondering whether a company or trust would serve you better — or just need your own return done?
Call 0420 416 543 or send us a message — the first conversation costs nothing.
