At Empire Accountants, we provide comprehensive tax accounting and compliance services for Brisbane businesses, from sole traders and partnerships through to companies and trusts. As tax accountants, our team handles every aspect of your tax obligations while proactively identifying opportunities to minimise what you owe.
Since 2015, our Brisbane-based team of qualified tax accountants has helped business owners stay compliant, reduce their tax liability, and make confident financial decisions throughout the year.
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Empire Accountants provides the full range of tax accounting and compliance services for Brisbane businesses. Our team handles your ongoing tax obligations throughout the year, so you stay compliant, informed, and ahead of your ATO requirements.
As your tax accountants, we know your numbers. We review them every quarter when preparing your BAS, or more regularly if you use our advisory or bookkeeping services. That visibility allows us to provide advice on the key financial drivers of your business, breakeven point, profitability margins, and cash flow timing, so tax becomes part of a broader financial strategy rather than an annual exercise.
Providing the full range of taxation and business compliance services. See below for the comprehensive list.
Being equipped with this knowledge allows us to analyse problems, risks, or opportunities within your business, with the aim of providing valuable advice and strategic direction.
We prepare and lodge BAS for Brisbane businesses based on your ATO reporting frequency. This covers GST reporting, PAYG withholding, and instalment obligations, ensuring your activity statements are accurate, lodged on time, and aligned with your overall tax position.
IAS lodgements cover PAYG withholding for businesses with employees. We manage the preparation and lodgement of your
installment activity statements, so your withholding obligations are met each month without error or delay.
We prepare annual financial statements across all business structures, companies, trusts, partnerships, and sole traders. Accurate year-end financials give you a clear picture of your business performance and form the foundation of your income tax return.
We prepare and lodge income tax returns for all business structures across Brisbane. Our tax accountants ensure every eligible deduction is claimed, your return is accurate, and lodgement meets ATO deadlines, including company tax returns with franking account management where applicable.
FBT applies to non-cash benefits provided to employees including vehicles, entertainment, and expense payments. We calculate your FBT liability, prepare and lodge your FBT return, and advise on structuring arrangements to minimise your exposure where appropriate.
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CGT applies when you sell or dispose of assets including property, shares, or business assets. We calculate your capital gain or loss, advise on timing strategies, and assess eligibility for small business CGT concessions that can significantly reduce or eliminate a capital gain for qualifying business owners.
The ATO provides a range of tax concessions for eligible small businesses including the small business income tax offset, simplified depreciation rules, and small business CGT concessions. We assess eligibility for every client and ensure all applicable concessions are applied to minimise your tax liability.
Some tax matters require specialist knowledge beyond standard compliance, including business restructuring, trust distribution reviews, complex asset sales, and ATO disputes. Our team provides specialist advice on one-off or complex tax issues as they arise, backed by a Chartered Tax Advisor on staff.
As your accountant, we know your numbers. We look at them every quarter when preparing your BAS or more regularly if you utilise our accountability or bookkeeping services.
Knowing your numbers allows us to provide advice on the key drivers for your business, such as your breakeven point, profitability margins and job costing.
We also help take the guessing out of cash-flow management and keep you informed of what is due and when.
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For Brisbane business owners, tax compliance isn't a single annual event, it's an ongoing cycle of obligations that runs throughout the year. Understanding what's involved helps you choose the right accountant and avoid the most common and costly mistakes.
Most Brisbane businesses lodge a Business Activity Statement monthly or quarterly. BAS covers GST collected and paid, PAYG withholding for employees, and PAYG instalments on your own income. Getting BAS right requires accurate bookkeeping throughout the period, not a scramble at lodgement time. At Empire Accountants, we prepare and lodge BAS with full reconciliation against your accounts, so what goes to the ATO is accurate and defensible.
If you employ staff, you're required to withhold tax from their wages and remit it to the ATO via BAS or IAS. Single Touch Payroll reporting means every payroll event is reported to the ATO in real time. Errors here: underpayment, late remittance, or STP mismatches, trigger ATO attention quickly. We manage payroll tax obligations as part of our ongoing tax compliance work for Brisbane businesses.
Company tax returns require more than just lodging a return, franking account balances need to reconcile correctly, and dividend decisions made during the year affect what can be distributed and when. Our tax accountants manage company returns with franking account management included, ensuring your tax position flows correctly through to the individual level.
Tax compliance is about meeting your obligations. Tax planning is about reducing them before it's too late.
At Empire Accountants, we work with Brisbane business owners before the end of the financial year to estimate their tax position and implement strategies that legally minimise liability before 30 June. Once the financial year closes most opportunities are gone.
A tax planning session with Empire typically covers four areas. First we review your profit and loss and estimate your taxable position across all relevant entities and individuals. Then we estimate your income tax payable, review your PAYG instalment amounts, and plan for upcoming cash flow obligations. From there we identify and discuss tailored strategies to legally minimise tax and optimise your structure. Finally we put together a clear action plan of steps to implement before 30 June.
Tax planning is particularly valuable for small to medium business owners, companies and trust structures, growing businesses with
increasing profits, and business owners planning major purchases or investments before year-end.
Learn more about our tax planning and strategy services
We also provide specialist tax services for Brisbane businesses across key
industries where tax complexity is higher than standard:
Managing tax obligations across mixed funding structures, contractor arrangements, and NDIS compliance requirements.
GST on imported goods, landed cost treatment, and tax planning for product-based businesses.
Business structure, trust distributions, and tax efficiency for consultants, agencies, and service-based businesses.
Not all accountants are registered tax agents. A registered tax agent is authorised by the Tax Practitioners Board to prepare and lodge tax returns and activity statements on your behalf, and is legally accountable for the advice they provide.
Empire Accountants is a registered tax agent practice. Every tax return and activity statement we lodge is backed by qualified, credentialed professionals who are accountable under the Tax Agent Services Act. Our team holds qualifications across Chartered Accountancy, and the Chartered Tax Advisor designation through the Tax Institute of Australia.
When you work with Empire, you are working with a team that takes compliance seriously, and has the credentials to back it up.
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