Your BAS, lodged on time by a registered agent.
Quarterly BAS prepared, reviewed and lodged by registered BAS agents - agent number 26865001 - on agent deadlines rather than the 28-day standard. The GST coding gets checked before lodgement, not after the ATO asks. In your fixed monthly fee, in Brisbane and Australia wide.
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Before you call, the honest answers.
The four questions worth settling first - including the one where the answer is that you want a different page.
What is a registered BAS agent, and do I need one?
A registered BAS agent is licensed by the Tax Practitioners Board to prepare and lodge BAS on your behalf for a fee. Under the Tax Agent Services Act, only a registered agent can legally charge for that work - which covers GST, PAYG withholding and instalments, and superannuation guarantee. A bookkeeper who is not registered can keep your file; they cannot lawfully charge to lodge your BAS. LINK Books is registered BAS agent 26865001, and you can check that number yourself on the TPB public register.
Do I get longer to lodge if I use a BAS agent?
Yes. The ATO's lodgment program gives registered agents roughly four extra weeks on most quarters when the BAS is lodged electronically, against the 28-day standard deadline. The concession applies to clients who are up to date, which is the part people miss - it is a benefit of being current, not a way to stay behind.
What does BAS lodgement cost?
For LINK Books clients, BAS preparation and lodgement is inside the fixed monthly fee rather than billed as a separate event - so a quarter costs the same as any other month and there is no invoice landing in the same week as your GST payment. We quote the monthly figure before you start.
My BAS is already overdue. Is this the right page?
No - go to catch-up bookkeeping instead. Bringing overdue lodgements current is a different job with a different price: a fixed quote after we see the backlog, and representation to the ATO while we work through it. Come back here once you are current and want it kept that way.
Catch-up bookkeeping and overdue BAS →A BAS is only as good as the quarter behind it.
Most BAS problems are not lodgement problems. They are coding problems that became visible at lodgement, and by then the quarter is closed and the fix is an amendment. The work that makes a BAS right happens in the eleven weeks before it.
GST decided as it happens
Coding reviewed through the quarter rather than in the last week, so the GST figure is a result rather than a reconstruction. The items that carry no GST - bank fees, most insurance components, residential rent, several government charges - get treated correctly the day they land.
Payroll that agrees with itself
Wages and PAYG withholding on the BAS reconciled to the payroll reports and to what was actually paid. A W1 that disagrees with your STP filings is one of the fastest ways to attract a question you did not need.
Lodged on agent deadlines
About four extra weeks on most quarters through the ATO lodgment program, for clients who are up to date. Not so the work happens later - so the review happens properly and your GST payment lands further from your quarterly rent.
Nothing parked in suspense
A suspense account emptied monthly rather than at year end. Anything unidentified gets chased while somebody still remembers what it was, which is the difference between a coded transaction and a guess.
Registered, and checkable
Registered BAS agent 26865001, LINKBOOKKEEPING PTY LTD, ABN 31 159 120 733. Every number on that line is on the TPB public register and the ABR, and you should check any agent you are considering the same way.
One agent, not a rotation
The same bookkeeper on your file each quarter, so the questions that came up last time do not get asked again. They know which of your suppliers invoice without GST and which of your income streams are input taxed.
How a quarter runs.
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You appoint us
An agent nomination in ATO online services takes about ten minutes and we walk you through it on a call. From that point we can see your lodgement position, your cycle and what is actually outstanding rather than what you think is.
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The quarter gets kept, not caught
Reconciliation on a weekly or monthly rhythm, GST coded as transactions land, payroll filed through STP as it is run. By the time the quarter closes the BAS is largely already written.
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Reviewed before it is lodged
A second pass over the GST-sensitive coding, the payroll reconciliation and anything unusual, plus a check that nothing is sitting unidentified. You see the figures and what you will owe before anything is sent.
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Lodged, and diarised
Lodged electronically as your agent, with the payment date and amount in front of you early enough to plan for it. Then the next quarter starts the same way.
Frequently asked questions.
Can you lodge if my bookkeeping is done in-house?
Yes, and it is a common arrangement. Your team keeps the file day to day, we review before lodgement and lodge as your agent. The review is the value: we are checking the coding that drives the GST figure, not just pressing lodge on whatever the file says.
What do you check before lodging?
The things that make a BAS wrong rather than late. GST on items that never carried it - bank fees, most insurance stamp duty, residential rent, some government charges. Purchases coded gross where only part is claimable. Wages and PAYG withholding agreeing to the payroll reports rather than approximately agreeing. Anything sitting in a suspense account. Prior-period adjustments that need to be disclosed rather than quietly absorbed.
What happens if a mistake is found after lodging?
It gets corrected properly. Small GST errors can usually be adjusted in the next BAS within the ATO's correction limits; larger ones need a revision of the original statement. Either way it is disclosed rather than buried, because a voluntary correction is treated very differently from one found later.
Do you deal with the ATO for us?
Yes, once you appoint us as your agent. That covers lodgement, account queries, reminders, and deferral requests where there is a genuine reason. Debt negotiation and overdue lodgements are catch-up work rather than ongoing BAS, but it is the same team and the same phone call to start it.
Monthly or quarterly - which are we on?
Quarterly is standard for most small businesses. Monthly becomes compulsory above the ATO's GST turnover threshold, and some businesses choose it voluntarily to smooth cash flow rather than face a quarterly lump. If you are not sure which cycle you are on, we can see it in the ATO portal once you appoint us.
Can you do the BAS without doing the bookkeeping?
We can, but we will tell you honestly when it is a bad idea. Lodging a statement off a file nobody has reconciled means certifying figures we cannot stand behind, so where the file is in poor shape we will quote to fix it first rather than lodge and hope.
Talk to a registered BAS agent.
Fifteen minutes tells you whether your current setup is fine or storing up a problem. Call 07 3899 8311.