Accounting

Our broad knowledge and experience allow us to provide clear and accurate advice in a way you can understand.

Our Services

Our broad knowledge and experience allow us to provide clear and accurate advice in a way you can understand.

Every day we are talking to individuals, small business owners and international companies, who rely on us to help them with their tax and business decisions.

Our fees are based on the time we spend working for you and the rate is determined by the level of experience of the staff member you deal with.

As members of Chartered Accountants Australia + New Zealand (CAANZ) we take pride in our adherence to ethical and professional standards.

Accounting and Bookkeeping

We can help you with easy to use accounting systems.  Let us show you how efficient software can dramatically reduce the time you spend on record keeping while getting accurate results.

Many clients choose to give us the data and let us do the work producing financial statements, so that you can spend more time running your business.

Financial Statements

Financial Statements need to be accurate and on time, so our systems are designed to deliver.

Whether you are reporting to the local bank manager or consolidated results to your Head Office, we understand the statutory requirements.  Our years of experience means that we get it right, so you don’t have to worry.

Payroll and Super Guarantee

We can help you with Payroll systems to make sure your employees are paid on time.  With our advice, you can process your own payroll or we can do it for you.

Our systems keep you on track to meet your super obligations to your staff, including Super Guarantee and Salary Sacrifices.  We understand the detail and can help you navigate your way through it.


Starting Up a New Business

Starting up a new business can be daunting but we can help set you up for success with:

  • Advice on which structure is best for your business – Sole trader, partnership, or a limited liability company
  • Help preparing a business plan, cash flow projections, budgets, and trading forecasts
  • Looking at your finance needs and where to obtain a loan
  • Meeting with you and your bank manager
  • Applying for an Australian Business Number (ABN) and a Tax File Number (TFN) with the Australian Taxation Office
  • Establishing your company and completing all the necessary company secretarial matters and regulations as required by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

We do this every day, so let us take care of these requirements and you can focus on your new enterprise.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Many businesses come unstuck by not managing their cashflow.  Making sales on credit terms can bleed cash from your business and make it hard to meet your obligations of employee super and taxation payments.

Make sure this doesn’t happen to you by getting our help with cash flow forecasting.

Our reports help you to see the stress points on your cash needs by:

  • Showing when cash is flowing into the business
  • Identifying cash needs for times of expansion
  • Calculating when significant expenses are due, such as taxation or equipment purchases.

Understanding your cash flow requirements gives you peace of mind.  Take control and talk to us so we can develop a plan to meet your business needs.

Tracking Performance

To make confident business decisions you need quick and reliable management accounts. We provide mentoring and management accounting services to help you achieve your business goals.

You can choose to have management accounts provided on a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual basis.

Combine this with analysis of trading margins and other key ratios so you can efficiently monitor and manage your business.

We can also take a much more active role in the day-to-day running of business, working closely with you while we perform the “financial controller” role. This allows you to concentrate on doing what you do best, running your business.

Secretarial Duties

If you have a Company, Trust or Superannuation fund, then you will understand that the law requires that you maintain records for Directors, Shareholders, minutes of meetings and annual disclosures of solvency.

Our systems ensure that all these records are generated, maintained and advised to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) within the necessary time frame.  We can save you the headache and potential late lodgement fines by lodging the correct forms at the right time.

Accounting Software

So which accounting software is the best for your business?  We work with a variety of software programs and are uniquely placed to select a system that will work for you.  We can help train you up so that you are getting the results you need quickly.

For more details please Contact us

Disclaimer:
The above services are provided by Stanley & Stewart Accountants Pty Ltd ABN 76 114 691 673, trading as Stanley & Stewart Chartered Accountants, a company that is not licensed to provide financial planning services.
Any financial planning services required are provided by Stanley & Stewart Financial Planning Pty Ltd ABN 97 611 554 299, an Authorised Representative of Politis Investment Strategies Pty Ltd ACN 71 106 823 241 AFSL No 253125.
Liability limited under a scheme approved by Professional Standards Legislation.