Accountant in Hawthorn for Tax, Property and Practices
Hawthorn households tend to have more moving parts than one payment summary. Investment property, a trust, shares, a practice or a consultancy. We bring it into one view, from our Kew office five minutes away.
Registered tax agent 80704012
Kew office, five minutes away
Phone and video appointments
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Remote appointments available across Australia
Qualified advice
Chartered and IPA qualified accountants
Tax registered
Registered agent, with ATO lodgement access
Plain English
Answers you can actually use
One clear scope
Agreed in writing before we start
Accounting and Taxation in Hawthorn
Hawthorn has a particular financial profile. Established households, a high share of investment property, and a professional population working in medicine, law, education and consulting. Along Glenferrie Road, Burwood Road and Auburn Road there are allied health practices, tutoring and education businesses built around Swinburne, and long standing retail tenancies. A lot of the accounting work here is not about a single return at all. It is about how several entities and assets interact across a year.
That shows up in a few recurring ways. A family trust distributing to adult children who are now earning. A rental property held for twenty years where the capital gains position has just changed under the 2026 reforms. An allied health practitioner unsure whether they are genuinely contracting or effectively employed, with super and payroll tax hanging on the answer. We work through the whole position before touching any individual return, because in Hawthorn the individual return is usually the last piece rather than the first.
Accounting Services for Hawthorn
Investment Property Tax Returns
Rental schedules, depreciation, interest apportionment and capital gains, with the negative gearing rules that now differ by purchase date applied correctly.
Tax Returns and Planning
Individual, company, trust and partnership returns, with year round planning and a clear explanation of the outcome before we lodge anything.
Practice and Professional Accounting
Accounts and reporting for allied health, legal and consulting practices, including the contractor and employee distinction that drives super and payroll tax.
Business Advisory
Cash flow forecasts, budgets, structure reviews and practical advice for owners making hiring, equipment and growth decisions.
Payroll and Compliance
Payroll processing, Single Touch Payroll and superannuation, now that super has to reach the fund within seven business days of each pay run.
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Trusts and SMSF Accounting
Accounts and reporting for allied health, legal and consulting practices, including the contractor and employee distinction that drives super and payroll tax.
Who We Help
in Hawthorn
Property investors
Households with one or more rentals, where interest, depreciation and capital gains all interact.
Professional practices
Allied health, legal and consulting practices along Glenferrie and Burwood Roads.
Family trusts
Families distributing across generations, where the resolution and the timing both matter.
Local Client Situations Around Glenferrie Road
A long held rental reaching a decision point
An owner weighing whether to sell a property held since the nineties, where the capital gains treatment changes for gains accruing from 1 July 2027.
A practitioner unsure of their status
A physiotherapist or psychologist paid as a contractor by a clinic, wanting the arrangement tested before the clinic or the ATO tests it for them.
A trust with adult children now earning
A family trust where distributions that once made sense now push beneficiaries into higher brackets, needing the resolution reviewed before 30 June.
A tutoring business outgrowing the kitchen table
A Swinburne adjacent education business taking on tutors, needing to decide between contractor and employee arrangements and register accordingly.
A Simple Process
Clear requests, agreed timing and advice you can understand at each stage.
Review, advise and lodge
We check the detail, talk through the outcome, then lodge on time.
Share your records
Send them through the secure portal, or drop them at our Kew office, five minutes away.
Receive a clear scope
We set out the work, the timing and a fixed fee before anything begins.
Start with a conversation
Tell us what you need, what is due, and where your records currently sit.
How We Look After Hawthorn Clients
Around the inner east
Our servicing office
Served from Kew
Served from Kew
Neighbouring suburb
Common Questions From Hawthorn Clients
Do you have an office in Hawthorn?
No. Our nearest is on Cotham Road in Kew, about five minutes away, and Hawthorn clients are looked after from there. Records can go through the portal and reviews can run by phone or video, so coming in is optional rather than expected.
What can I claim on my Hawthorn investment property?
Interest, rates, insurance, agent fees, repairs and depreciation are the usual list, but the detail decides the result. A depreciation schedule is often worth more than people expect on an older renovated property. We will also check whether your purchase date puts you inside or outside the negative gearing changes announced in May 2026.
I am paid as a contractor by a clinic. Is that arrangement correct?
It depends on how the work is controlled, who holds the risk and how you are paid, not on what the agreement calls you. Allied health is an area the ATO has looked at closely. If the arrangement is wrong, super and payroll tax usually sit with the clinic, but the consequences reach the practitioner too. Worth testing properly.
Can you look after our family trust?
Yes. We prepare the accounts and the trust return, and we work through the distribution resolution with you before 30 June rather than after. That timing matters. A resolution made late, or not made at all, can leave income taxed at the top rate.
We are thinking about selling a property we have held for a long time. What should we know first?
That the rules changed. For gains accruing from 1 July 2027 the 50% discount for individuals and trusts is replaced by cost base indexation with a 30% minimum rate, and the 2027-28 income year is the first affected. Gains accruing before that date keep the existing treatment. The timing of a sale now carries more weight than it used to, so model it before you list.
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