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Accountant in Baulkham Hills

Baulkham Hills is where a lot of our longest-standing client relationships sit — families we have acted for across two decades, and the small businesses they run.

Baulkham Hills is predominantly established residential, and the client mix follows: families with straightforward salary income alongside one or two investments, small owner-operated businesses, and a strong contingent of trades.

The housing stock is older than the Metro corridor suburbs, and that has a specific and often expensive tax consequence that catches investors out.

Registered tax agent, 25+ years’ experience
Fixed fees agreed before we start, from $220
Based in Norwest, minutes from Baulkham Hills
Phone, video or in person — your choice

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Who we work with in Baulkham Hills

The clients we see here

Families and salary earners

Straightforward returns done properly — work deductions, offsets, private health, and any investment income handled correctly rather than guessed at.

Small owner-operated businesses

Sole traders and small companies where the owner does everything, and bookkeeping is the thing that slips first.

Trades

Vehicle claims under the logbook method, tools, licences and the bulky tools exception that makes some home-to-site travel deductible.

Investors in older properties

Where the depreciation position is very different from a new build, and getting it right is worth real money.

What matters locally

Older housing changes the depreciation position, and this is the one people get wrong. Since 9 May 2017, second-hand plant and equipment cannot be depreciated on established residential properties. Capital works deductions under Division 43 — 2.5% a year over forty years — still apply if the property was built after September 1987. Given much of Baulkham Hills predates the Metro-era development, whether your property qualifies is worth checking rather than assuming either way.

The bulky tools exception is genuinely available and rarely claimed. Home to a regular workplace is normally private travel. But where you carry tools or equipment that cannot be securely stored at the site, that trip can become deductible. For trades running a ute daily, this is one of the larger claims available.

Renovations: repair or improvement? A repair restores something to original condition and is deductible now. An improvement makes it better than it was and is capital, deducted over time. On an older property being progressively updated, this line comes up constantly and is the error we correct most often.

Services

Everything we do for Baulkham Hills clients

Individual tax returns Company & trust returns BAS & GST Bookkeeping SMSF accounting Tax planning Investment property tax Late tax returns

FAQ

Common questions

Partly. Since 9 May 2017 second-hand plant and equipment cannot be depreciated on established residential properties. Capital works deductions still apply at 2.5% a year over forty years if the property was built after September 1987. Whether a quantity surveyor's schedule is worth commissioning depends on the build date and any renovation history.

Tools and equipment, vehicle costs under either the cents-per-kilometre or logbook method, protective clothing and laundering, licences and tickets, phone and internet, and home office running costs for genuine admin. Travel between job sites is deductible; home to a regular workplace generally is not, unless you carry bulky tools that cannot be stored securely on site.

From $220 including GST for an individual return, plus $110 per investment property schedule. Sole trader returns start at $550. Every fee is fixed and agreed before work begins — we do not bill hourly.

Talk to an accountant in Baulkham Hills

The first consultation is free, and you will speak to Emile directly. Updated 12 August 2026.

Book a consultation Call 0413 115 225