Bookkeeping in Australia
We help founders understand where their money is going, every month, on time. Delivered to AASB / Australian GAAP for Australian businesses, priced in AUD.
Australian bookkeeping is built around a quarterly rhythm that never pauses. Every twelve weeks the BAS falls due, and its accuracy is decided months earlier by how GST was coded on each transaction. Businesses that treat bookkeeping as a monthly tidy-up end up reconstructing a quarter under time pressure, four times a year.
The ATO expects quarterly activity statements on 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July, with superannuation guarantee contributions on their own quarterly cycle and Single Touch Payroll reporting on or before every payday. We prepare the activity statement from a reconciled ledger; your registered BAS or tax agent reviews and lodges it under their own registration.
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 |
| Superannuation guarantee contributionsEmployers | Quarterly | 28 October, 28 January, 28 April, 28 July | ATO |
| Single Touch Payroll reportingEmployers | Per event | On or before each payday | ATO |
| Company tax return | Annual | 28 February, or 15 May when lodged through a registered tax agent | 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.
Bookkeeping deliverables
- Weekly bank & credit-card reconciliation
- Receipt and document matching
- Monthly P&L and Balance Sheet
- Chart-of-accounts maintenance
- Month-end close on a fixed calendar
- Dedicated bookkeeper inside your software
Xero
Xero and MYOB are both genuinely native in Australia and we work in whichever you already run, with Dext for source documents and Employment Hero where payroll and rostering sit alongside. Bank feeds are reconciled weekly so the BAS is never built from memory.
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.
Bookkeeping 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.