Accounting & Bookkeeping Insights For Melbourne Businesses
Practical guidance on bookkeeping, BAS, payroll and business finances, written for Melbourne small business owners.
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Does Taxable Income Include GST?
Does taxable income include GST? No — GST is excluded from both assessable income and deductions for GST-registered businesses. Here's how the two figures actually interact.
9 September 2026
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Sole Trader Accounting Guide
A practical sole trader accounting guide covering ABN and TFN basics, GST and BAS, income tax, super, record keeping and the mistakes that catch new sole traders out.
9 September 2026
Do I Need an Accountant as a Sole Trader?
You're not legally required to have an accountant as a sole trader, but here's how to work out when DIY accounting starts costing more than it saves — and what a registered tax agent actually adds.
9 September 2026
Company Tax Rate in Australia Explained
How the 25% and 30% Australian company tax rates work, what makes a company a base rate entity, how aggregated turnover and passive income are tested, and why the rate isn't a small-business concession you elect into.
28 August 2026
Company Tax Return Due Dates in Australia
When an Australian company's tax return and payment are due — self-lodgment dates, how an outstanding prior year return pulls the deadline forward, and the registered tax agent lodgment program tiers for companies.
28 August 2026
What Is Taxable Income in Australia?
Learn what taxable income means in Australia, how assessable income and deductions determine it, whether taxable income is gross or net, and how it differs from turnover.
28 August 2026
Business Tax Return Checklist for Small Businesses: What to Gather Before You Lodge
A practical checklist of the records, reconciliations and decisions a small business needs before its tax return is prepared — income, deductions, assets, vehicle logs, payroll, loans, trust resolutions and the concessions worth checking first.
16 August 2026
How to Lodge a Business Tax Return: Channels, Due Dates and What Changes by Structure
How a sole trader, partnership, trust and company each lodge an Australian business tax return — the channels available to each, why a company can't lodge in Online services for business, the due dates, and how a tax agent changes them.
16 August 2026
Payroll Compliance for Victorian Employers: Which Rules Are Federal and Which Are Victoria's
Victorian employers answer to two systems at once: Fair Work and the ATO federally, plus payroll tax, WorkCover, long service leave, portable benefits, labour hire and child employment at the state level. Here's what each layer requires.
16 August 2026
Payroll Challenges in Hospitality: What Café and Restaurant Owners Face
Why hospitality payroll goes wrong more often than other industries — award coverage, classification, penalty rates, split shifts, casual loading, annualised salaries, junior rates and Payday Super on a weekly pay cycle.
15 August 2026