Fees
Geoffrey Cliff & Associates recognises that our clients are looking for value. We provide a professional service and are transparent about our fee structures.
We aim to abolish the profession’s tradition of high accounting fees by offering you a more affordable service to suit your budget, without any compromise to professionalism and quality service.
Fixed Fees
We can generally offer clients a fixed fee for most engagements. The following fee guide is an approximate guide to our fees (effective from 1 July 2023). Please note that this will be an estimate only as it is quite difficult to ascertain precisely how long a given job will take. The time taken depends on many factors such as technical issues, quality of the records provided etc.
Schedule of Fees – 2022/23
| Individual Tax Returns | Fee (GST inclusive) |
| Tax return – Standard Individual | $121 |
| Tax return – Investment Property (1 property) | $180 |
| Tax return – Investment Property (more than 1 property) | $180 + $40 per additional property |
| Tax return – Investment Portfolio (shares, etc.) | From $150 |
| Tax return – Business Schedule/Sole Trader | From $220 |
| Business Financial Statements & Tax Return Preparation | |
| Sole Trader / Business Schedule (tax return only) | From $220 |
| Sole Trader (Financial Statements & Tax Return) | From $400 |
| Partnership (Financial Statements & Tax Return) | From $400 |
| Discretionary Family Trust | From $400 |
| Company (Financial Statements & Tax Return) | From $770 |
| Trustee Company – (trust distribution recipient only) | From $250 |
| Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) | |
| Financial Statement Preparation & Tax Return | From $600 |
| SMSF Audit | From $400 |
| BAS & Other Business Services | |
| BAS Lodgement (with review) | $121 per BAS |
| BAS Lodgement (no review) | $77 per BAS |
| ASIC Annual Return | $100 |
| Business Structure Formation | |
| Company – Pty Ltd (includes ASIC fees) | approx. $967 |
| ABN Registration (includes ½ hour consultation) | $110 |
| Partnership | $350 |
| SMSF (no Trustee company) | approx. $545 |
| SMSF with Trustee company | approx. $1,352 |
| Discretionary Trust (includes Victorian government stamp duty) | approx. $635 |
| Tax & Business Advisory | |
| Standard Hourly Rate | $125 per hour |
| Application for Tax Ruling | $121 |
Terms of Trade
Our terms of trade are strictly payment at appointment, or fee from refund.
Your tax return will be lodged electronically with the ATO and if you are in a tax refundable position, you will receive your tax refund in most cases 14 days from the date of lodgement.