Virtual CFO Services in Australia
We help you see cash crunches 90 days out and make decisions with confidence. Delivered to AASB / Australian GAAP for Australian businesses, priced in AUD.
Australian businesses are cash-managed against a calendar nobody designed: a 30 June year end, quarterly BAS, quarterly superannuation, and a company tax return whose date depends on how it is lodged. A virtual CFO's first job here is usually not strategy at all — it is making the next four quarters of obligations visible against actual cash.
BAS and superannuation both fall on 28 October, 28 January or February, 28 April and 28 July, so two significant payments cluster in the same weeks four times a year. The company tax return is due 28 February, or 15 May when lodged through a registered tax agent — which moves the filing date but not the cash.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company tax return | Annual | 28 February, or 15 May when lodged through a registered tax agent | ATO |
| 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 |
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.
Virtual CFO deliverables
- Custom KPI dashboard
- Rolling 13-week & 90-day cash forecasting
- Monthly strategy review call
- Unit-economics analysis (CAC / LTV)
- Board & investor reporting packs
Xero
Forecasting sits alongside Xero rather than inside it, with Fathom or Syft for board reporting. The model is reconciled to the ledger monthly so the forecast and the actuals stay one version of the truth.
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.
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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.