Service
BAS & GST Lodgement for Businesses
Get your BAS prepared from checked figures and lodged for you, and leave the GST coding questions to us.
Our work
What we handle
- BAS preparation and lodgement We prepare your BAS from your accounting records and lodge it for each reporting period that applies to your business.
- GST coding checked We check the GST codes on your sales and purchases and apply them the same way from one period to the next.
- Accounts checked first Before we start the BAS, we reconcile your bank, card and clearing accounts and ask about anything that looks wrong.
- Coding fixed and BAS corrected If a transaction carries the wrong GST code, we raise it with you and correct it in your file before the BAS goes in. If a BAS already lodged has a mistake, we work out the correction and fix it with the ATO.
- A lodgement calendar We put your lodgements on a calendar and start each BAS ahead of its due date.
- Ties to your annual return At year end we compare the BAS figures with your annual tax return and find out why if they differ. See the Company, Trust & Partnership Tax Returns page
Why OziDesktop
Why work with us
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We are a registered tax agent, so we lodge the BAS for you as well as preparing it.
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When we keep your books as well, each BAS comes from records we have already checked.
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Your fee is agreed with you before we start.
How it works
Your current set-up
We find out how you record sales and purchases, what you lodge and what is due next.
Records review
We review your file, catch up anything outstanding, fix GST coding and set up your lodgement calendar.
Prepare and lodge
Each period we reconcile the accounts, prepare the BAS, take you through the figures and lodge it.
What we need from you
- Access to your accounting software (Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks) and your bank and card feeds
- Sales invoices, supplier bills and receipts for the period, or access to the apps that capture them
- Your BAS history, including the most recent BAS lodged
- Payroll reports for the period, if you have employees
- Any ATO letters you have received
- A main contact who can answer coding questions
FAQs
Common questions
Do you lodge our BAS monthly or quarterly?
Either. We lodge for whichever reporting period applies to your business, and our calendar means each BAS is started before it is due.
Can you lodge our BAS if we do our own bookkeeping?
Yes. We review and reconcile the records for the period first, ask you about any GST coding that looks wrong, then prepare and lodge the BAS.
What do you check before a BAS is lodged?
That the bank, card and clearing accounts agree with the books and that GST is coded the same way across sales and purchases. Anything that looks off, we ask you about before we lodge.
Who lodges the BAS with the ATO, us or OziDesktop?
We do. OziDesktop is a registered tax agent with the Tax Practitioners Board, and we lodge each BAS we prepare for the businesses we act for.
We have fallen behind on our BAS. Can you help?
Yes. We review your records and bring anything outstanding up to date, then set up a calendar so later lodgements are prepared ahead of time. If the ATO has written to you, send us the letters.
We found a mistake in a BAS we have already lodged. Can you fix it?
Yes. Send us the BAS and the records behind it. We find what went wrong, work out the correction and fix it with the ATO.
Will our BAS figures agree with the annual tax return?
That is what we work towards. We compare the BAS figures for the year with the annual return, and where they differ we find out why before the return is lodged.
Need something outside this scope?
Every business is different. If you need additional accounting, bookkeeping, advisory or specialist work, we'll explain what's required and agree the scope with you before proceeding.
Talk to an accountant about your business
- Fixed fees, agreed upfront
- We contact your old accountant
- Free discovery call