Accounting Cleanup in Australia
We fix the mess underneath your numbers so every report can be trusted. Delivered to AASB / Australian GAAP for Australian businesses, priced in AUD.
The diagnostic tell in a damaged Australian file is always the same: the GST control account does not agree to what was actually lodged. Once one activity statement goes in from adjusted figures, every later period inherits the difference, and by the third quarter nobody can explain the balance sheet.
The ATO holds you to the figures that were lodged, so a cleanup has to reconcile forwards to those statements rather than simply producing a tidy new ledger. Where a lodged BAS turns out to be materially wrong, the correction is a revision made by your registered agent — not a silent adjustment in a later period.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Activity Statement (quarterly)GST-registered businesses lodging quarterly | Quarterly | 28 October, 28 February, 28 April, 28 July | ATO |
| Company tax return | Annual | 28 February, or 15 May when lodged through a registered tax agent | ATO |
| Superannuation guarantee contributionsEmployers | Quarterly | 28 October, 28 January, 28 April, 28 July | ATO |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with ATO. This is general information, not tax advice.
Accounting Cleanup deliverables
- Chart-of-accounts restructure
- Duplicate & error removal
- Re-categorisation of mis-coded transactions
- Reconciliation error correction
- Opening-balance and equity clean-up
Xero
We work inside your Xero or MYOB file and issue a written diagnostic first, listing every control account that does not reconcile and what it will take to fix each one, with a fixed price before any correcting entry is posted.
A worked example, in your currency.
A Melbourne e-commerce brand, 3,100 transactions a month, quarterly BAS, 11 staff.
- In-house bookkeeper (fully loaded, per month)
- $7,200
- Salt bookkeeping + BAS and payroll
- $2,100
- Monthly saving
- $5,100
Figures in AUD. Fully loaded cost includes superannuation, leave loading, software and supervision.
The framework your Australia accounts are held to.
We prepare to Australian Accounting Standards (AASB), IFRS-aligned. These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
- Professional bodyCPA AustraliaOne of Australia's two principal accounting bodies.
- Professional bodyCA ANZChartered Accountants Australia and New ZealandChartered body covering both Australia and New Zealand.
- Standards setterAASBAustralian Accounting Standards BoardIssues the standards Australian accounts are prepared to.
- RegulatorATOAustralian Taxation OfficeBAS, GST, PAYG, superannuation guarantee and STP.
- RegulatorTPBTax Practitioners BoardRegisters BAS and tax agents — lodgement stays with a registered agent.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
Accounting Cleanup in Australia
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Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.