Accountant for Richmond Businesses and Residents
Richmond runs on small business, from the Swan Street venues to the studios and tech firms in Cremorne. We handle the payroll, BAS and structure work behind them, from our Kew office about ten minutes away.
Registered tax agent 80704012
Kew office, ten minutes away
Phone and video appointments
Richmond VIC 3121
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 Richmond
Few suburbs pack as much small business into as little space. Swan Street and Bridge Road carry hospitality and retail with thin margins and heavy rosters. Church Street and the Cremorne blocks behind it hold agencies, studios and software companies, most of them operating through a company and paying a mix of employees and contractors. Then there are the warehouse conversions and apartments, filled with people whose returns involve shares, a rental property or income from more than one
The accounting problems follow from that mix. Venues need payroll that survives penalty rates and casual loading, and a BAS that reconciles to the point of sale rather than to a guess. Agencies need a clear line between who is a contractor and who is an employee, because super and payroll tax both hang on the answer. Contractors need the personal services income position checked before they assume a company solves anything. We work on all of it from Kew, which is close enough that a meeting is easy and far enough that most clients simply use the portal.
Accounting Services for Richmond
Accounting for Richmond Businesses
Management reporting and year end accounts for venues, studios and agencies where margin and wage cost need watching monthly, not annually.
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.
Hospitality Bookkeeping and BAS
Reconciliations, GST and quarterly BAS for cafes, bars and restaurants, prepared from your point of sale and banking rather than a shoebox.
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
Annual accounts, tax returns and independent audit coordination for family trusts and self managed super funds.
Who We Help
in Richmond
Venues and retail
Swan Street and Bridge Road operators managing rosters, penalty rates and tight margins.
Agencies and tech
Cremorne studios and software firms with a mix of employees, contractors and equity.
Apartment residents
Professionals with share income, a rental property or a side business alongside a salary.
Local Client Situations on Swan Street and in Cremorne
A Swan Street venue with a wage problem
An operator whose labour cost has crept past what the margin supports, needing weekly reporting to see it rather than finding out at year end.
A Cremorne studio hiring its first employees
A business moving from all contractors to a mixed team, needing the employee and contractor line drawn properly before super and payroll tax follow.
A developer invoicing through a company
Someone contracting to one main client, wanting the personal services income rules checked before assuming the company structure is doing its job.
An apartment owner turned landlord
A Richmond resident renting out their apartment after moving, needing the deduction position and the main residence history handled correctly.
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 if you are passing.
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 Richmond Clients
Also Serving Nearby Suburbs
Our servicing office
Neighbouring suburb
Our city office
Served from Kew
Common Questions From Richmond Clients
Do you have an office in Richmond?
No, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise. Our nearest office is on Cotham Road in Kew, about ten minutes away, and that is where Richmond clients are looked after from. Most of the work happens through the portal anyway, with reviews by phone or video.
I run a cafe on Swan Street. Can you handle the payroll?
Yes. Hospitality payroll is its own discipline, with casual loading, penalty rates, public holidays and now super on every pay run rather than quarterly. We run it properly and give you the wage cost as a percentage of sales each period, which is the number that actually tells you whether the roster is working.
Should I be a sole trader or a company if I contract in Cremorne?
It depends on how many clients you have, how the work is won and whether your income is mainly from your own skills. If it is, the personal services income rules may attribute the income back to you regardless of the company. That is worth checking before you set anything up, not after.
My business has casual staff. What changed with super this year?
From 1 July 2026 super guarantee has to reach the employee’s fund within seven business days of each payday. The old quarterly dates are gone. For a venue paying weekly, that means super moves weekly too, and the payroll process has to change even though the amounts have not.
Can we do everything without meeting in person?
Yes. Plenty of our Richmond clients have never been to an office. Records go through the secure portal, we call or video call to talk through the outcome, and signatures happen electronically. The Kew office is there if you would rather sit down for the bigger conversations.
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