How much does a bookkeeper in Ashmore cost? From $347 per month ($80 a week) for the Essentials package, or $650 per month ($150 a week) for Professional. A one-off BAS lodgement is a fixed $150. No hourly rates and no surprise invoices.
What kinds of businesses do you look after in Ashmore? A genuine mix — health and dental practices, trades and service businesses, small commercial operators around Ashmore City and the Currumburra Road pocket.
| Area | Registered BAS Agent | Focus here | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore QLD 4214 | 26308439 | Mixed commercial, health & trades | Xero · MYOB · QuickBooks |
Bookkeeping for Ashmore businesses
Ashmore sits in the middle of the Gold Coast and its business base is correspondingly mixed. Ashmore City and the Cotlew Street commercial strip carry retail, food and services. There is a strong cluster of medical, dental and allied health through the suburb. The Currumburra Road and Ashmore Road pockets hold small commercial and light industrial tenancies, and the residential streets house a large number of trades and service businesses operating from home.
That variety is the point: an Ashmore bookkeeper needs to be equally comfortable with a dental practice and a plumbing business. We are, and the thing both have in common is that the owner wants the compliance handled without having to supervise it.
Why Ashmore businesses choose us
The same person every month
You deal with one bookkeeper who knows your file, not a queue. If something changes in the business, we hear about it before it becomes a problem in the accounts.
Fixed fees, agreed before we start
$347 or $650 a month with no hourly billing. If your volumes move, we reprice openly rather than quietly adding hours.
Registered BAS agent
Agent number 26308439, professional indemnity in place, and access to the agent lodgement concessions on your quarterly BAS.
Bookkeeping prices for Ashmore businesses
| Service | Price | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials package | $347/month ($80/week) | Sole traders, home-based trades, small practices and consultants |
| Professional package | $650/month ($150/week) | Practices and businesses with payroll, higher volumes and monthly reporting |
| BAS lodgement (one-off) | $150 | You keep your own books and want the BAS reviewed and lodged properly |
| IAS lodgement | $66 | Monthly PAYG withholding or instalment obligations |
| Superannuation lodgement | $50 | Super guarantee processing and lodgement |
Packages are month to month. If your volumes change we reprice openly rather than quietly adding hours to an invoice.
BAS lodgement for Ashmore businesses
Most Ashmore businesses lodge quarterly. Lodging electronically through a registered BAS agent gives you the concessional dates below rather than the standard ones — roughly four extra weeks on three of the four quarters.
| Quarter | Standard due date | Lodged through a BAS agent |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 — July to September | 28 October | 25 November |
| Q2 — October to December | 28 February | 28 February (no extension) |
| Q3 — January to March | 28 April | 26 May |
| Q4 — April to June | 28 July | 25 August |
For a practice with both GST-free and taxable income, the extra four weeks matter because the split has to be right before the statement goes in — and it is the kind of thing best not rushed.
If you lodge monthly, the activity statement is due on the 21st of the following month. The December statement is the exception — businesses under $10 million turnover reporting GST monthly through an agent have until 21 February.
We do not lodge on the last afternoon. Your figures are finalised and sent to you for sign-off with time to query anything before it goes to the ATO.
Medical, dental and allied health
Ashmore carries a noticeable concentration of health practices, and their files share a recurring issue: GST-free medical and dental services sitting alongside services that are taxable. Cosmetic work, some dental products, and certain allied health services fall on the taxable side, and a chart of accounts that does not separate them produces a BAS that is wrong in a way nobody notices until it is audited.
Service-entity arrangements are the other feature. Where practitioners operate through their own entities and pay a service fee to the practice, the flows have to be recorded on both sides consistently, and the contractor-versus-employee question carries real super guarantee exposure if it has never been tested.
Trades and home-based businesses
A large share of Ashmore’s businesses operate from home or from a vehicle. Home office apportionment, vehicle logbooks, tools and equipment, and keeping personal spending out of the business account are the four things that decide whether the file is easy or expensive.
Where you pay subcontractors on construction-related work, the Taxable Payments Annual Report is due by 28 August. We capture ABNs through the year so it runs off the file rather than being reconstructed.
Retail and commercial around Ashmore City
The shops, food operators and service businesses through Ashmore City and along Cotlew Street and Nerang Road. Daily takings, POS integration, supplier accounts and award payroll across a small roster.
Onsite bookkeeping in Ashmore
We visit clients around Ashmore City, the Cotlew Street and Nerang Road commercial strips, the Currumburra Road and Ashmore Road tenancies, and home-based businesses throughout the suburb.
Ashmore is central enough that we are usually nearby anyway, so an onsite visit is rarely an imposition.
Payroll, Single Touch Payroll and payday super
Pay runs for practices and small teams, award interpretation, leave accruals, terminations and Single Touch Payroll reporting every cycle with finalisation by 14 July.
Since 1 July 2026, payday super requires super contributions to reach each employee’s fund within seven business days of payday rather than quarterly. For a practice paying fortnightly, the shift means super now has to be budgeted in the same cycle as wages rather than accrued for the quarter.
Catch-up bookkeeping and overdue BAS
Practices fall behind when the person doing the books leaves; trades fall behind when the work picks up. Both are recoverable.
We bring the file current, lodge the outstanding statements in the right order, and where there is a genuine reason for the delay we can approach the ATO about a payment arrangement or a remission of penalties on your behalf. Catch-up work is quoted as a fixed price once we have looked at the file, so you know what getting clean costs before you commit to it.
Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks
We work in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, with Hubdoc for receipt capture so paperwork is photographed once and filed automatically. If you are still running the business out of a spreadsheet and a shoebox, we will get you set up on software properly, migrate the history, and train you on the bits you actually need to touch.
More on the services behind this page
Each of the services on this page has a full guide of its own: bookkeeping on the Gold Coast, BAS lodgement and due dates, payroll, Single Touch Payroll and payday super, and Xero setup and migration. Full fees are listed on our pricing page.
Nearby suburbs we also service
We work with businesses right across this part of the Gold Coast:
Ashmore bookkeeping FAQs
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Ashmore?
From $347 per month for Essentials or $650 per month for Professional. One-off BAS lodgement is $150.
Do you work with dental and medical practices?
Yes. Separating GST-free from taxable services is the most common correction we make in health files, along with service-entity arrangements between practitioners and the practice.
Do you work with home-based trades?
Yes. Home office apportionment, vehicle logbooks, tools and keeping personal spending out of the business account are the first things we sort out.
Are you a registered BAS agent?
Yes — registration number 26308439 with the Tax Practitioners Board.
Do you visit Ashmore?
Yes — Ashmore City, the Cotlew Street and Nerang Road strips, the Currumburra Road tenancies and home-based businesses across the suburb.
Talk to a registered BAS agent in Ashmore
Call 0488 993 679, email admin@precisionbasandbookkeeping.com.au, or book a free 20-minute chat. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit before you commit to anything.