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Payroll

The most scrutinised area of your accounts

Payroll is the most scrutinised area of you accounts.  Employees watch it carefully and are often upset when mistakes get made. The ATO and Fairwork can get involved as well, and errors are then potentially very costly  Payroll can be complex and appears to be becoming more so. 

Paying an accountant to fix up mistakes made up to a year ago is a frequent problem, and the costly way to get it right.  We take the pain and risk away and let you do the things you’re great at.

Common payroll issues include:

Deciding whether somebody is 

  • a contractor or employee
  • part-time or casual. 

It can be difficult to determine what their entitlements are for 

  • overtime
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • leave loading

Our expertise means we both get the set up right, and know how to get unusual situations right first time.  We also ensure that obligations such as

Why we are good at this:

  • Uncommon expertise in things like Payroll set up and Xero/MYOB configuration
  • Certified MYOB and Xero Advisors
  • Utter reliability – because we are not sole operators, there is always someone there to do the payroll on time every time.
  • Experience – we have seen it and fixed it all before many times over.
  • Reporting options to get timely insights into business performance

How we work with you

Choose from 3 packages for standard services or have us tailor a specific program that suits you needs from the following services

  • Standard transaction processing
  • Bank Reconciliations
  • IAS/BAS statements and lodgements 
  • Payroll Tax and Workcover lodgements
  • Payroll processing and lodgements
  • Invoicing
  • Accounts Payable
  • Debtor management

                           

Our six point guarantee

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If you provide us the information we need as requested, we guarantee lodgement of your BAS and IAS by the due date.

We promise to respond to your a question within 4 hours and most will be resolved within 12 hours. 

You will be supported by a team of bookkeepers and not dependent on just one person.

We will adapt our services to meet the changing demands of your business.

We will proactively look for improvements and efficiencies that help to pay our way.

Give us one month to prove that you made the right choice in bringing us into your business OR PAY US NOTHING (limited to standard bookkeeping, not remedial work).

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