Can anyone recommend a good tax accountant?

stormboy said :

A bit off topic I know …..but can anyone tell me how long a small business operator has to provide a payment summary/group certificate to an employee?

You’re probably better off asking the Tax Office that question.

RSM Bird Cameron on Northbourne Ave. Great with both company and personal tax returns.

stormboy said :

A bit off topic I know …..but can anyone tell me how long a small business operator has to provide a payment summary/group certificate to an employee?

Call the ATO !!! 😛 .lol

A bit off topic I know …..but can anyone tell me how long a small business operator has to provide a payment summary/group certificate to an employee?

I was looking around for a tax return agent as well, When i bumped into the mob at Gunghalin, they do the tax return for $ 75 and are pretty good. http://www.globalaccountingservices.com.au/

Vic said :

Ben_Dover said :

I use Matt at Sleigh PLC Kippax.

http://www.sleigh-pec.com.au/

Thanks, I went to this guy recently, asked pertinent questions and saved me hundreds….no, thousands!!!

It takes years to have genuine proficiency in anything, so your 7 years doesn’t impress. H&R Block have provide service well beyond the lazy sheisters who called themselves tax agents/accountants I’ve used in the past……and my tax returns, lets just say they aren’t small

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It wasnt my intention to ‘impress’. I am diligent and proactive and far from the lazy sheister who you know.
The size of your tax return along with your other appendage doesnt impress me one whit, it makes no difference at all as your tax returns are based on current taxation legislation and not the size of your

notice of assesment

“however for an investor, a business owner, entertainer or other special professional, a professional tax accountant is the only way to go.”

Of which I am all 3, and use my university qualified tax agent at H&R Block to prepare my tax return on that basis.

It takes years to have genuine proficiency in anything, so your 7 years doesn’t impress. H&R Block have provide service well beyond the lazy sheisters who called themselves tax agents/accountants I’ve used in the past……and my tax returns, lets just say they aren’t small

vg said :

Don’t waste your time with a fluffy private tax ‘expert’. Tax is simple. Use H&R Block or ITP. That’s all they do and do a hell of a better job than the ‘full service’ accountants I used before who were slow and hopeless

I’ve found the opposite. I have used both ITP and H&R Block and it was painful. Neither of the accountants knew much about tax returns, and both appointments took well over an hour as they had to keep looking simple stuff up that they should have known. One guy at H&R Block took over an hour and a half, as he stuffed up my return and had to redo it all. I now use a proper accountant in Sydney, and my tax is done over the phone in under 10 minutes. They are absolutely brilliant.

vg said :

Don’t waste your time with a fluffy private tax ‘expert’. Tax is simple. Use H&R Block or ITP. That’s all they do and do a hell of a better job than the ‘full service’ accountants I used before who were slow and hopeless

Yep, tax is simple, this is why the principles and law of taxation are university subjects, This is why it takes years to acheive taxation accountant / registered tax agent status.

Places like H&R Block have their place especially for the single payment summary PAYE, however for an investor, a business owner, entertainer or other special professional, a professional tax accountant is the only way to go.