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BAS and GST, lodged on time every quarter

BAS is the obligation most likely to quietly get away from a growing business — and the one the ATO notices fastest. We take the quarter off your desk entirely.

A business activity statement is simple in principle and awkward in practice. GST has to be reconciled against books that are often mid-cleanup, PAYG withholding and instalments sit alongside it, and the deadline arrives four times a year whether the paperwork is ready or not.

We prepare and lodge BAS for sole traders, companies and trusts across the Hills District. As registered tax agents we lodge electronically, which generally means a later due date than lodging it yourself — and we reconcile the GST properly rather than accepting whatever the accounting file reports.

That reconciliation is the part that matters. A BAS built on unreconciled books is a guess, and guesses accumulate. When the annual return is prepared, mismatches between what was reported quarterly and what the accounts actually show have to be corrected — usually at a cost.

  • Quarterly or monthly BAS prepared and lodged
  • GST fully reconciled, not just exported
  • PAYG withholding and instalments managed
  • GST registration and threshold monitoring
  • From $275 per quarter, fixed
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What’s included

What we handle each quarter

01

GST reconciliation

We reconcile GST collected and paid against your actual accounts — catching miscoded transactions, GST-free items treated as taxable, and capital purchases claimed incorrectly.

02

PAYG withholding

Wages, allowances and withholding reported correctly, reconciled against your payroll and Single Touch Payroll data.

03

PAYG instalments

Instalments reviewed against your real trading position, and varied where the ATO’s estimate no longer reflects what the business is actually earning.

04

Fuel tax credits

Calculated and claimed where you run eligible vehicles or equipment — commonly missed by businesses that qualify.

05

GST registration

Registration when you cross the $75,000 turnover threshold, plus advice on whether voluntary registration makes sense before you get there.

06

Lodgement and deadlines

Diarised, prepared ahead of time and lodged electronically — with the extended agent deadlines that come with it.

How it works

Your quarter, handled

Step 1

We prompt you

No chasing required at your end. We come to you a few weeks before the deadline with a short list of what is outstanding.

Step 2

Books reconciled

We work directly in your Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file and reconcile the quarter before anything is calculated.

Step 3

BAS prepared

GST, PAYG withholding and instalments calculated, with anything unusual queried before it goes anywhere.

Step 4

Lodged and confirmed

You approve, we lodge electronically, and you get confirmation plus the payment amount and due date.

From $275 a quarter

Sole trader BAS is $275 per quarter including GST. Company and trust BAS is $385 per quarter, with GST and PAYG instalments reconciled. If you would rather bundle it, our Care Plans fold quarterly BAS, your annual return and unlimited phone and email support into a single monthly fee from $165.

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FAQ

BAS and GST questions

Once your business turnover reaches $75,000 in a twelve-month period, or as soon as you expect it will. Ride-share and taxi drivers must register from the first dollar regardless of turnover. Registering voluntarily below the threshold can be worthwhile if you have significant GST-inclusive costs — we will run the numbers before you decide.

Lodge it — the failure to lodge penalty accrues per period and grows the longer it sits. As tax agents we can often have penalties remitted where there is a reasonable explanation, and we can negotiate a payment plan if the liability itself is the problem. Ignoring it is the only approach that reliably makes it worse.

You can, and some businesses do it well. The risk is that the software reports whatever it has been told — if transactions are miscoded, the BAS is wrong and stays wrong until year end, when correcting it costs more than having it done properly each quarter. If your file is clean and your business is simple, self-lodging is reasonable. We are honest about that.

Yes. The ATO calculates instalments from your last lodged return, so a quiet year following a strong one leaves you prepaying tax you do not owe. We can vary the instalment to match your actual position — provided the variation is reasonable, because under-varying carries its own penalty.

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BookkeepingCompany & trust returnsLate lodgementsFull fee schedule

Hand the quarter over

Tell us where your books are up to — even if the answer is “nowhere”. We will quote a fixed fee to get you current and keep you there.

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