Box Advisory Services

BAS Preparations & Lodgements

Our team of specialist small business BAS agents can assist you with your BAS preparation and lodgement

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What are Business Activity Statements (BAS)?

A business activity statement is a form submitted to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) by GST registered business entities to report on their tax obligations. This includes:

GST
PAYG Withholding
Pay As You Go Instalments
Fringe Benefits Tax
Luxury Car Tax
Wine Equalisation Tax
Fuel Tax Credits

Benefits of Using a Box Advisory Services BAS Agent

There are many ways to do your own BAS lodgement. However, there are many benefits to having one of our small business BAS agents do this for you:

Access expert advice to help with savings on taxes
Never miss a BAS deadline
Accurate reconciliation of all your business activity
Safe harbour laws give you an additional level of protection for your business if mistakes are made when lodging your BAS
Protected by code of conduct that your accountant must abide by
Accountants are afforded additional time privileges with BAS lodgements for your business if you miss the due date
Our entire team are qualified Chartered Accountants. This means we must meet continuing professional education requirements of 45 hours every three years of CPE activities to renew our registration
Time savings – so that you can focus on your business

Who Our BAS Lodgement Service Is For

Once your business is registered for GST, it lodges a BAS for every reporting period, even a period with nothing to report. Tax withheld from wages and any PAYG instalments go on the same statement.

Our BAS lodgement service suits sole traders, contractors, partnerships, companies and trusts that want a registered agent to prepare and lodge each statement. It is most useful when you have just registered for GST, taken on your first employee, or fallen a few statements behind.

A late statement can attract a failure to lodge penalty, and the ATO can charge interest on GST or PAYG that is paid late. If you are behind, we can work through the overdue statements with you.

How We Prepare Your BAS Each Quarter

We work from the records in your accounting software. Each period we reconcile your GST, check the coding of anything unusual, such as asset purchases, private expenses or overseas suppliers, and check that wages and tax withheld agree with your payroll records. You approve the statement before we lodge it.

We work in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, so we can use your existing file. If your records are still in spreadsheets, our bookkeeping service can set up software and keep the books, so each BAS starts from reconciled figures.

Most small businesses lodge quarterly. Lodging through a registered agent can give you extra time for most quarters, which helps when the books for the quarter take a little longer to finish.

Book a free 20-minute meeting with one of our accountants for a later date, or call 1300 411 022. If a statement is due soon and you need to talk now, a paid priority appointment is available on our booking page.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Most small businesses lodge quarterly. You lodge monthly if your GST turnover is $20 million or more, or if the ATO tells you to. If you registered for GST voluntarily and your turnover is under $75,000, you may be able to report GST once a year.

Quarterly BAS is due on 28 October, 28 February, 28 April and 28 July.

Lodging through a registered agent, such as Box Advisory Services, can give you extra time for most quarters, as long as your earlier statements were lodged online.

Up-to-date records for the quarter: sales and purchase invoices, receipts, bank transactions and, if you have staff, your payroll figures. If your books are in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, we can work from your file.

If keeping the books is the hard part, our bookkeeping service can look after that too.

You must register for GST once your GST turnover is $75,000 or more, or $150,000 or more for a non-profit. Taxi and ride-sourcing drivers must register whatever their turnover. Once you are registered, you lodge a BAS.

Book a free 20-minute meeting with one of our accountants, or call 1300 411 022. If a BAS is already overdue, tell us when you get in touch so we can deal with it first.

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