Our Services

Books

Bookkeeping is a nuisance to most business owners. We want to help you shift from wasting time to turning your accounting into a useful business tool that improves the results you get from your business.

BASE offers BAS and bookkeeping services for business owners who value their time. We want to empower you to use today’s technology where it streamlines your business processes. As Xero, Quicken and MYOB partners, BASE works differently from traditional bookkeepers in a number of ways.

Firstly, we work remotely from our clients, using a range of cloud hosted accounting software packages, and various communication and online tools to make working faster, simpler and more cost efficient. This means you won’t have to accommodate us in your offices which helps us keep your overheads and our costs controlled. We are available to work from your office if that is your preference.

This also means faster turnaround, so you’ll be working with business figures as close to real-time as they can be, enabling you to make business decisions based on real figures. Using advanced cloud hosted packages like Xero, BASE will show you how to streamline your business accounts, improve processes, reduce paper and give you real insight into your business financials through effective reporting. Your accounts will be secure, and backed up off-site which means should disaster strike at your business premises; your accounting information is secure and easily recoverable. As your bookkeepers, we would only have access to enter information and expenses in to your system – you maintain control over your payments and bank account at all times.

Secondly, we have a team of experienced and qualified BAS agents, bookkeepers and consultants to assist you. This includes Financial Accountants, Compliancy Specialists, Cloud Accounting Specialists, and a range of support staff. This ensures we can match our resources to fit your needs, and will always have someone here to support you.

Thirdly we work a little differently in how we charge. BASE works on fixed fee arrangements or set monthly fees which include your monthly software license to Xero. We also don’t have lock in contracts, and we offer a 90 day money back guarantee, ensuring your complete satisfaction with our service.

Using a cloud hosted accounting system means this data is available electronically from anywhere you have internet access, whether work or home computer, tablet or smart phone. It is always backed up, so you will never lose data. Security? Works the same way online banking is secured.

Advantages to our services:

  • Professional setup of Xero subscription for your needs.
  • Monthly Xero subscription
  • Monthly preparation of detailed management reports
  • Quarterly review of your data to point out areas where you might need to make changes to comply with ATO requirements
  • Quarterly preparation and lodgement of BAS, giving you an additional month to pay compared with non BAS agent lodgement
  • Answering the questions you have.
  • Secure cloud hosted accounting packages including Xero MYOB & Quicken
    24/7 access from PC, Mac or Mobile Device
  • Paperless accounts – click, scan and save online
  • Fast turnaround – prompt data input keeping your figures up to date
  • Business intelligence – real information to drive your business
  • Fixed monthly bookkeeping fee with no lock-in contracts
  • 90-day money back guarantee
  • Full bookkeeping service, software set-up and data migration

Accounting

Our focus is not only to ensure that our clients comply with the tax legislation but we also recognise the importance of advisory services to maximise our client’s benefits.

Here at BASE before the end of the financial year we can carry out detailed tax planning to minimise tax obligations or plan for unexpected tax liabilities.

At BASE we consider our approach balanced and integrated when it comes to your taxation needs. We believe its important to look at the total business picture, not just your next return. Our tax professionals aim to help you define the right overall tax position, designed to save you money in complex tax environments, while at the same time meeting your larger business goals.

At BASE we believe tax planning is a year-round concern. ‘Fail to Plan, Plan to fail’ Although compliance remains the ultimate, tax management also takes priority. Tax issues don’t begin and end with tax returns, so we are proactive in staying update with your overall obligations and alert you to any changes that may affect you and help you to respond in a timely way. In addition to providing ongoing advice we offer a number of specific tax services.

BASE offers the following services:

  • Cashflow Forecasting & Projected Profitability
  • Preparation of financial statements for end of financial year and interim financial statements
  • Preparation and lodgement of income tax returns for large companies, small companies, trusts (all types), Superannuation Funds, partnerships and individuals.
  • Business structures set-up and advice on the most suitable structure for your business
  • Calculation of tax payments & liabilities
  • Taxation planning & advice
  • GST compliance and BAS returns lodgement
  • Land tax liability calculation & support
  • Payroll tax calculation & support
  • Fringe benefit calculations & salary packaging
  • Taxation advice on overseas income and foreign residency advice
  • BASE has a team of experienced tax agents and financial accountants who are diligent in staying up to date with the changing tax environment so you can be certain that our advice and tax minimisation strategies are effective.

Education

At BASE our philosophy is simple. We are all about helping our clients’ lives by giving them back control. This is achieved through the power of knowledge.

Business Owners & key personnel are faced with the constant challenge of keeping abreast of the ever changing tax environment. How a business & its people tackles this challenge says much about its long term prospects.

Ultimately a business that makes the right investment is rewarded with staff satisfaction and client/customer retention. Good training & education can provide a business with a competitive edge through improved internal controls & excellent customer service.

BASE specialises in reviewing internal systems and evaluating their effectiveness & performance. We can provide your business with recommendations and suggestions on how to manage & implement effective systems or improve your current systems. Effective internal controls can have infinite advantages both measurable and immeasurable such as improvements in time management, customer service, team productivity, overall business operations & most importantly profitability!

BASE provides training on specific matters such as accounting systems Xero, MYOB, Quicken and other general accounting matters or we can tailor training to the needs of your business and your staff. There are no minimum numbers required. We value education and the power and control we can provide to business owners. We are also happy to come to your office and train just YOU!

Support

We believe in advising, supporting, challenging and inspiring our clients. We’ll tell you when you’re doing a great job but we’ll also tell you the areas that you need help. We can do this because we value forging close relationships with our clients so that we become a trusted advisor.

How do we do this? By pricing up front, having approachable and friendly staff, stripping our language of acoounting jargon and explaning things in a language you can understand, being available through our business life line (free phone & email support included in our fee), social media (Facebook, Twitter and website), newsletters, workshops and client events.

Whether you are a large business, a mum and dad company, a sole trader or an individual tax payer – we are here to help and we don’t class our clients. For business owners we offer a range of services from basic accounting, tax planning and tax returns through to financial restructures, business advisory boards and regular monitoring. Basically what this means is there is a lot of help in many different ways for you and your business. We also embrace technology that will save our clients time and money such as cloud accounting software, Xero.

We also travel to clients premises for all meetings. We prefer your to be able to stay with your business and save you time.

BASE offers a free, no obligation initial consultation to discuss your business and how we can help you achieve your goals. At the very least you’ll be left with some great ideas that you can start implementing immediately.