Most accountants report what happened. We spend our time on what is about to happen — the structure you buy in, the tax position before 30 June, and the capital gains outcome that decides what your business is really worth when you leave it.
Engage us for the full annual cycle, or for one decision that has to be right.
Trust, company, partnership or a combination — chosen against your income, your family, your lending and the exit you expect, not just this year’s tax bill. We restructure existing groups where the original set-up no longer fits.
A position modelled in April and May, while the levers are still available to pull — prepayments, timing of income and deductions, distributions, super contributions and asset purchases.
Financial statements, income tax returns and the year-end work for every entity in the group, prepared consistently so lenders, buyers and the ATO all see the same numbers.
GST, PAYG withholding, payroll and superannuation handled on time, every time, so obligations never quietly become liabilities. Award interpretation where wages are your biggest cost.
The small business CGT concessions can remove most or all of the tax on a business sale — but only if eligibility is tested early and protected. We map your position years before it matters.
Moving a business or assets to the next generation, a partner or an employee without triggering avoidable tax or family friction. Done properly, it is a plan with dates, not a conversation that keeps being postponed.
Payment arrangements, objections, reviews and correspondence handled calmly and early. Problems disclosed and managed are almost always cheaper than problems discovered.
Monthly or quarterly numbers you can actually run the business on — reconciled, compared against the right benchmarks and explained in plain language.
Most tax problems are structural, and structural problems are cheapest to fix before you sign. That is why our accounting work starts with the question most firms never ask: what do you expect this business, or this asset, to look like when you eventually sell it, hand it over or retire from it?
Because our accountants sit alongside the firm’s brokers, advisers and valuers, the structure we recommend has already been tested against how a lender will assess it, how your super and personal wealth will be affected, and how a buyer will see it. That cross-check is the reason the firm exists.
Whether you are moving your whole group across or asking about a single decision, the first steps are the same.
Twenty minutes. Where you are, what is frustrating you, what you want the next five years to look like.
We review your entities, last returns and current structure, and tell you plainly what we would change and why.
A written engagement letter with scope and fees. We handle the professional clearance with your previous accountant.
Planning before 30 June, compliance after it, and a standing review of structure as your circumstances change.
Each division can be engaged on its own. This is what changes when the others are working from the same numbers.
Statements prepared the way credit analysts read them, with add-backs documented and the borrowing entity chosen deliberately.
Finance division →WealthConcessional contributions and distributions planned together, so personal wealth benefits from the business tax position.
Hedley Capital →AdvisoryCGT concession eligibility tracked alongside valuation, so the sale price and the after-tax result are planned together.
Advisory division →PropertyOwnership of premises and investment property structured for depreciation, land tax and the eventual sale.
Property division →We look after business groups of every kind, with particular depth in community pharmacy, medical and allied health practices, and the families and investors behind them.
Founding partner with more than 40 years across accounting, finance, property and business advice. Paul leads structuring, tax and valuation — the decisions that quietly determine what a business is worth a decade later.
Yes. We request the prior-year files and working papers from your previous accountant through the standard professional clearance process. Most transfers are complete within a few weeks and nothing needs to be lodged twice.
Yes. Pharmacy is where our sector knowledge is deepest, but we act for medical and allied health practices, trading businesses of all kinds, property investors and private clients.
Compliance work is quoted as a fixed annual fee once we understand the number and complexity of your entities. Advisory and restructuring work is quoted per project before it starts. You will not receive an invoice for work you did not agree to.
Our accounting division can prepare SMSF accounts and handle the fund’s tax obligations. Advice on whether to establish an SMSF, or on investments within it, is financial product advice and is provided separately through Hedley Capital under AFSL 499010.
Of course. Many clients keep existing advisers. We will share information with them on your instruction, and tell you honestly if we think a different arrangement would serve you better.
Trust, company, partnership or a hybrid, compared at the point of sale.
Read the note →Guide · ExitNormalised earnings, documented add-backs and the CGT concessions.
Read the guide →ToolLoan repayments, Victorian stamp duty, rental yield and acquisition funding.
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Bring your last return or just a description of your structure. We will tell you honestly whether we can improve on it.
