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As your business grows, so too does your expenditure, which makes your accounting needs more complex. At Liston Newton we help you navigate this process, by providing expert support in lodging a tax return for your business.
Whatever the size of your business, we can ensure that your business tax return is lodged on time, accurately, and with tailored year-round tax guidance that suits your business goals.
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At Liston Newton Advisory, we take pride in helping business owners get more out of their hard work. Our downloadable guides can give you an in-depth look at strategies and technologies that will help your business grow.
We have over 40 years of experience and we work diligently every day. You can rest assured you're in safe hands for tax compliance.
We provide a full range of financial services, including year-round accounting, tax planning, and tax compliance.
Effective financial services require an understanding of your business and goals. We're with you on the journey for the long-term.
Staying up to date is essential for tax compliance. We take the time to fully understand any changes in tax policy so you can get the full benefits.
Our expert team ensures that your business tax return is accurate, correct, and lodged on time. We work with you throughout the year to ensure you collect everything you need when lodging a tax return for your business, so you have complete confidence that what’s declared on your tax return is right.
But while business tax returns might be a once-a-year thing, your tax obligations aren’t. We ensure that your business remains ATO-compliant, and even provide you with our audit guarantee. This means that if your business is ever audited by the ATO, we’ll deal with them on your behalf, for free.
This is just part of our commitment to help your business remain as tax-effective as possible.
We have worked with Liston Newton's Accountancy and Advisory Team for over a decade. During that time, our business has grown substantially both organically and through purchases. This wouldn’t have been possible without Liston Newton Advisory to assist with our business planning, providing proactive advice and ensuring our accounts were always compliant in a complex and volatile industry.
Liston Newton's Accountants analysed our financial and business situation and helped us implement strategies to improve our position. Their strategies turned our business from making a loss, to recording a 6-month net profit of 36 per cent. And we are now on track to show a 240 per cent increase in turnover over the next financial year.
Liston Newton helped us move our accounting over to Xero. Their Accountant managed the set up and training so we felt comfortable with the software. We now have all our processes streamlined which gives us improved visibility of our business performance. This has allowed us to open 2 more stores without a significant increase in administration effort.
Planning your business’ income tax return requires more than just collecting receipts and seeing what you can claim. It takes long-term planning, with clear business goals. We work with you to understand what you want your income tax return to achieve, and how we can help you reach this goal.
Our 40 years’ experience has helped us develop a unique approach to your business’ income tax planning and advice. We call it Get Set, Get Moving, Get Free. Click through to find out how our support in lodging a tax return for your business is part of your long-term success strategy.
Lodging a tax return for your business should be done by the experts. So choose a business tax accountant who knows your business.
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The information you need to report can range greatly depending on your business’ structure and what your trading activities include. As well as the standard business income and expenses, you may also need to report:
Your business tax accountant can provide you with a comprehensive list of what you need to report on your business tax return.
Depending on your circumstances, prior lodgement history, and the size of your business, there is a range of dates when your business tax return could be due.
As you can see, there is no one catch-all for business tax return due dates. It’s worthwhile checking with your tax agent as to your individual requirements.
The cost for a business tax return to be prepared ranges depending on the scope and size of your business. There are different tax applications that need to be considered when completing a business tax return, as well as a series of schedules of additional information that the ATO requires to be submitted each year.
Completing a business tax return involves a lot of complexity, and the price will vary as your complexity increases. However, a business tax return can start from $1200 for the most basic of entities.
As a minimum, a standard small to medium-size business tax return is likely to cost at least $4K plus GST to prepare. This enables your tax agent to give consideration to all tax aspects of your business, and help you make your return as tax-effective as possible.
