Tax Accountants Brisbane

A straightforward individual return with standard work-related deductions starts at $150. Returns with rental properties, share or crypto disposals, or multiple income streams typically run $250–$450. Sole trader returns including a business schedule start at $350, and company, trust or partnership returns start at $900 depending on bookkeeping quality. We quote a fixed fee in writing before any work starts, and our fee is itself deductible in next year's return.

You can lodge yourself, and for a single-employer return with no deductions myTax is perfectly adequate. A registered tax agent becomes worth the fee when there is complexity or risk: rental properties, crypto or share disposals, a business, work-from-home claims, multiple jobs, or late returns. Lodging through an agent also extends your deadline from 31 October to as late as 15 May the following year, and puts a professional on the record if the ATO reviews your claims.

Most income data is pre-filled by the ATO, but you'll need: your PAYG income statement (or myGov prefill), bank interest, dividend and managed-fund statements, private health insurance details, and records for anything you're claiming — receipts over $300 in total work expenses, a vehicle log book, home-office hours, and for rental properties the agent's annual summary, loan interest, rates, insurance and a depreciation schedule. We send a personalised checklist so nothing gets missed.

We prepare most individual returns within 48 hours of receiving your documents. Once lodged electronically, the ATO issues refunds in about 10–14 business days, subject to any outstanding debts or integrity checks. Business returns and BAS lodgements follow your reporting cycle.

Either. Clients across Brisbane, Logan, Redlands and Ipswich work with us entirely by phone, email and secure video, with documents uploaded to an encrypted portal and returns signed electronically. If you'd rather sit down together, our Wakerley office is a short drive from Wynnum, Carindale, Capalaba and the Gateway.

Yes. Our accountants are CPA Australia members and registered with the Tax Practitioners Board as Tax Agents and BAS Agents. Only registered agents may legally charge a fee to prepare and lodge your return. Registration means professional indemnity cover, a binding Code of Professional Conduct, mandatory continuing education, and access to the Tax Agent Portal on your behalf.

Savings come from three places: deductions you didn't know were claimable, structural decisions made before income is earned (entity choice, income splitting, timing of asset purchases and disposals), and avoided penalties. A single correctly-prepared depreciation schedule on an investment property, or a well-timed concessional super contribution inside the $30,000 cap, often covers our annual fee several times over.

We service all of greater Brisbane — the CBD and inner suburbs, Northside, Bayside, South Brisbane, plus Redland City, Logan City and Ipswich. That's around 200 suburb service areas. Our office is at 118 Lexey Crescent, Wakerley.