Between BAS, GST, Super and Single Touch Payroll, Australian compliance is relentless. We keep your Xero or MYOB lodgement-ready and your payroll STP-aligned all year, and your registered agent lodges.
Three tiers by how many transactions a month your books carry. Tell us yours and you get scope, price and a start date in writing, in AUD, within 24 hours.
| Tier | Quote |
|---|---|
| Essentialup to 150 transactions a month | Get a quote in 24 hours for Essential bookkeeping in Australia |
| Growth150–500 transactions a month | Get a quote in 24 hours for Growth bookkeeping in Australia |
| Scale500–1,000 transactions a month | Get a quote in 24 hours for Scale bookkeeping in Australia |
Above 1,000 transactions a month — quoted in 24 hours.
Xero
Xero is the default in Australia, and Single Touch Payroll means payroll must report to the ATO at every pay run rather than at year end.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Activity Statement (quarterly)GST-registered businesses lodging quarterly | Quarterly | 28 October, 28 February, 28 April, 28 July | ATO |
| Business Activity Statement (monthly)Businesses with turnover of A$20m or more | Monthly | 21st of the following month | 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.
Thirteen services across three teams, each described for Australia specifically rather than in general. Compliance is deliberately a separate team from bookkeeping, so liability and pricing stay clean.
Australian books live on a quarterly rhythm. BAS falls on 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July, and each one is only as reliable as the GST coding underneath it. We reconcile Xero or MYOB against bank feeds weekly so the activity statement is prepared from the ledger, and so 30 June arrives as a close rather than a rebuild.
Read the Australia bookkeeping guideMost Australian catch-up work starts with unlodged activity statements and ends with superannuation. Missing a quarterly super date — 28 October, 28 January, 28 April, 28 July — costs the deduction outright and triggers the Superannuation Guarantee Charge, so we sequence super ahead of BAS and rebuild the Xero or MYOB file against bank feeds rather than from a spreadsheet nobody can audit.
Read the Australia catch-up bookkeeping guideThe tell in a messy Australian file is a GST control account that never agrees to the lodged BAS. Once activity statements have gone in from adjusted figures, every later period inherits the difference. We reconcile GST and PAYG withholding back to what was actually lodged, correct the coding in Xero or MYOB, and document any variance your registered agent may need to revise.
Read the Australia accounting cleanup guideAustralian AP feeds the BAS directly. Input tax credits depend on holding a valid tax invoice, and GST-free supplies coded as taxable inflate every claim you have already lodged. We capture bills through Dext into Xero or MYOB, code GST at supplier level rather than by assumption, and reconcile creditors before each activity statement goes out.
Accounts Payable in AustraliaAustralian receivables interact directly with your GST basis. On an accruals basis GST is payable when you invoice, so an ageing debtor book means remitting GST on money you have not collected — and the pressure lands on 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July. We run structured collections and report ageing against the BAS cycle, not in isolation from it.
Accounts Receivable in AustraliaAustralian payroll runs on two independent clocks. Single Touch Payroll reports to the ATO on or before every payday, while the superannuation guarantee is a separate quarterly obligation due 28 October, 28 January, 28 April and 28 July. Miss the super date and the contribution stops being deductible. We run STP-enabled payroll and treat super as a scheduled payment, not an afterthought.
Read the Australia payroll guideAn Australian controller has to reconcile management reporting to a 30 June year end and a quarterly BAS cycle that never pauses. We own month-end close, enforce GST and PAYG withholding controls so the activity statement is a by-product rather than a project, and produce AASB-aligned management accounts your registered tax agent can build the company return from.
Controller in AustraliaAn Australian virtual CFO plans around a 30 June year end and quarterly cash claims that never stop: BAS on 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July, and superannuation on its own quarterly cycle. Lodging the company return through a registered tax agent moves the deadline to 15 May but not the cash. We model the obligations and the runway together.
Read the Australia virtual cfo guideThe Australian company tax return is due 28 February, or 15 May when it is lodged through a registered tax agent — and that extension is why most businesses use one. We prepare the return, the reconciliation from accounting profit to taxable income, and the supporting workpapers, then hand the package to your registered tax agent to review and lodge under their own agent number.
Tax Preparation in AustraliaGST registration is required at A$75,000 of turnover, or A$150,000 for not-for-profits, and reporting runs through the BAS — quarterly on 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July, or monthly on the 21st once turnover reaches A$20m. We prepare the activity statement from a reconciled Xero or MYOB ledger for your registered agent to lodge.
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Australian raises get tested on R&D. The R&D tax incentive is often a material part of the runway, and the claim has to be traceable to time and expenditure records inside the ledger rather than reconstructed at year end. We build the model to a 30 June year end, evidence the claim as it accrues, and reconcile the cap table to what ASIC holds.
Get a quote for fundraising finance in AustraliaQuoted in 24 hours · AUD
Australian migrations usually mean Xero or MYOB, and the risk sits in the GST history. If prior periods do not carry across cleanly, every future BAS reconciles to a ledger that disagrees with what was already lodged. We migrate transaction history with GST coding intact, reconcile opening balances to the last activity statement, and wire Dext and Employment Hero around it.
Get a quote for tech stack migration in AustraliaAustralian firms use us to take on work they cannot staff. We prepare bookkeeping, BAS workpapers and management reporting inside your practice file, and your registered BAS or tax agent reviews and lodges under their own agent number — so the Tax Agent Services Act relationship between your firm and its client is untouched.
Read the Australia white-label accounting guideAdded when you need them, each billed on the basis shown and quoted in writing in AUD within 24 hours.
Busy-season surge
Standard turnaround is 48–72 hours. A turnaround under 48 hours during peak season carries a surcharge, agreed in writing before the work starts. Standard turnaround is the default; the surcharge applies only when you ask for the faster one.
Salt Accounting Group is a front-end brand. Delivery is by contracted partner firms working to Salt's scope and review. Salt holds no offices, no employees and no professional registration in Australia, and nothing on this page should be read as a claim to any. Every engagement runs under a multi-jurisdictional NDA, agreed before access to your file is set up.
Lodging a BAS with the ATO requires registration with the Tax Practitioners Board. Salt holds no TPB registration and does not lodge activity statements. Preparation is carried out by a contracted partner firm working from India under the authority and supervision of a registered agent, who reviews the work and lodges it.
These are statutory fees set by ASIC. Salt does not charge them, does not mark them up and does not take any part of them — they are listed so you can budget the whole Australia obligation rather than only our share of it. Rates below take effect on 1 July 2026; if a quote you are comparing still shows an older figure, it predates that change.
| ASIC filing | Payable to ASIC |
|---|---|
| Annual review — Pty Ltd | A$342 |
| Company registration | A$636 |
| Late lodgement — up to one month | A$102 |
| Late lodgement — over one month | A$428 |
No Salt price on this page includes one of these. Where a ASIC fee is paid on your behalf it is passed through at cost and itemised as a ASIC fee on the invoice, separate from anything Salt charges for the work.
Built for the Australian pain points we hear most: BAS lodgement cadence · Superannuation compliance · STP payroll alignment.
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.
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.
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.
