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Fixed monthly packages from $220 for a GST-registered sole trader, from $450 for a company including year-end statements and the tax return, and from $650 with payroll for up to ten staff. One-off work — a company setup, a catch-up quarter, a structure review — is quoted separately so you can see exactly what each item costs.

The tax rate answer says once profits consistently exceed what you need to live on, because retained profits in a company are taxed at 25% or 30% rather than personal marginal rates. But rate isn't the only factor: liability exposure, contracts requiring a company, plans to bring in partners, and the ongoing ASIC and compliance cost all matter. We model your actual numbers rather than applying a threshold.

Yes. Many clients keep their bookkeeper for day-to-day entry and use us for BAS review, compliance, year-end and advice. We're certified in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks and work in your existing file.

With your ATO account: what's outstanding, what's owed, what's accruing. Then bookkeeping reconstruction, lodgements in sequence, penalty remission where there's a reasonable explanation, and a payment arrangement if needed. It's routine work and it's better done now than after a director penalty notice arrives.

Usually some of it. Home office is claimable at the 70c-per-hour fixed rate (with a record of actual hours) or by actual cost apportionment. Vehicle claims need a log book to claim actual business-use costs, or you can use cents-per-kilometre up to 5,000km. If the vehicle is owned by a company or trust and used privately, FBT enters the picture — which is a conversation worth having before you buy.