Clear Australian books for BAS, payroll and month-end.

A clearer bookkeeping workflow for Australian businesses

Australian businesses can have accounting records spread across sales tools, bank feeds, payroll reports and document folders. LIT Nexus can discuss how to organize that information and prepare a defined handoff for your local accountant or registered BAS agent. We start with your entities, accounting system and reporting periods, then identify the recurring tasks and exceptions that need attention. A consistent workflow helps your reviewer understand the records without treating a software connection as a substitute for the required professional review.

BAS preparation support under the right review arrangement

Business Activity Statement work can involve registration, interpretation and lodgment responsibilities that belong with the business or its appropriately registered adviser. Our proposed support focuses on organizing the underlying bookkeeping records and preparing agreed schedules for that reviewer. We can discuss transaction mapping, source-document collection, reconciliation questions and a repeatable handoff. Any work that constitutes a BAS service must be scoped under the applicable registration and supervision requirements. We do not represent this page as evidence of a BAS-agent registration.

GST reconciliation and the supporting file

A practical GST workflow connects sales and purchase records with the tax codes and control balances in the accounting file. We can help compare reports, trace differences and flag incomplete support for review. Adjustments, tax treatment and return figures require the responsible reviewer’s approval. The workpaper should explain where each amount came from and which questions are unresolved. This makes the handoff more useful than a total copied from a dashboard without checking how refunds, credits, timing differences or missing transactions affect the supporting records.

Single Touch Payroll coordination

STP coordination can involve collecting approved payroll reports, checking the bookkeeping handoff and identifying differences between payroll records and the general ledger. Your business and authorized provider retain responsibility for the payroll decisions and reporting they are engaged to perform. We can prepare a reconciliation and a questions list within the agreed scope, including funding and clearing-account items. Corrections or submissions are not made simply because a payroll tool exposes an available button; approval and the appropriate authority must be clear before those actions are taken.

Superannuation tracking in Xero or QuickBooks Online

A defined bookkeeping workflow can track the superannuation amounts shown in approved payroll reports, the related account balances and available payment evidence. We can organize the comparison in Xero or QuickBooks Online and identify differences for your payroll professional’s review. The applicable contribution rules, due dates and classification questions remain with the responsible adviser and business. Software capability and access are assessed during onboarding. We focus on traceable records and a clear escalation process rather than implying that a reconciled account independently proves every obligation has been met.

For primary context, consult the ATO’s business activity statement resources and its Single Touch Payroll guidance. Confirm applicable work and registration requirements with your Australian accountant or registered BAS agent before an engagement begins.

A working rhythm built around your team

Start with the records you have, the decisions you need to make and the deadlines your business already follows. We identify the accounts, entities and reporting periods in scope, then agree the people responsible for preparing information, answering questions and reviewing the result. A named handoff matters as much as the software. It gives your business a practical way to track progress without having to chase several people for the same answer.

Our proposed multi-shore delivery model includes an India accounting center and dedicated daily overlap planned around your local working hours. We agree the actual meeting windows, escalation channels, review cutoffs and turnaround expectations before work starts. This lets your team discuss urgent questions live while considering whether appropriate processing tasks can move forward between meetings. The coverage in your engagement is defined explicitly rather than assumed from a country label.

Clear scope and a considered price

Proposed engagement options include monthly fixed-fee bookkeeping tiers based on transaction volume, account complexity, entities and the review work required. Historical catch-up and clean-up can be scoped as a flat-fee sprint after assessing the records. We discuss the assumptions, exclusions and change process in your proposal. This is an engagement model to agree with you, not a published price or an automatic promise about how much work fits into a fee.

Begin with a bounded assessment or pilot if the records need investigation. A missing opening balance, an incomplete platform export or a prior-period adjustment can change the work involved. We keep those questions visible, agree who can resolve them and confirm any change in scope before expanding the assignment. Your business retains the approvals that belong with its management and designated professional advisers.

Practical onboarding and the next step

For the first conversation, tell us which accounting system you use, how many entities and accounts are involved, which periods are up to date and what is taking the most time. Keep financial documents, identity information and passwords out of the public inquiry form. We can agree a suitable document-sharing and access process separately. The planned security-control roadmap is available for discussion, with implementation evidence to be confirmed before sensitive records are shared.

The outcome of that conversation is a practical next step: the scope to assess, the records needed and the reviewer who will receive the work. We can discuss recurring bookkeeping, a focused clean-up project or a white-label workflow with your firm. Explore the services, review how we work or request a consultation. We support the bookkeeping handoff; your appointed local professionals retain jurisdiction-specific tax, filing and professional decisions.