How much does a bookkeeper in Broadbeach 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.
Can you handle a restaurant’s books? Yes. Daily takings, POS integration, supplier accounts, food and beverage cost tracking and award payroll across a split-shift roster are routine for us in Broadbeach.
| Area | Registered BAS Agent | Focus here | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadbeach QLD 4218 | 26308439 | Restaurants & retail | Xero · MYOB · QuickBooks |
Bookkeeping for Broadbeach businesses
Broadbeach is the Gold Coast’s dining precinct and it trades with a density few suburbs match. The restaurants and bars through Oracle Boulevard, Surf Parade and the Broadbeach mall, the retail inside and around Pacific Fair, the accommodation towers and the professional and medical suites tucked behind them all sit within a few blocks of each other.
For a restaurant or a retailer, the bookkeeping that matters is not really the BAS — it is knowing your food and beverage cost percentage, your wage cost against revenue, and whether last week was actually profitable. The BAS is the byproduct of getting that right. We set the file up so both come out of the same process rather than being two separate jobs.
Why Broadbeach venues and retailers choose us
Numbers you can run the venue on
Cost of goods by category, wage cost as a percentage of revenue, and a weekly rather than quarterly view. If you only find out a month was bad six weeks later, the information arrived too late to do anything with.
Award payroll that holds up
Split shifts, penalty rates, casual loading, junior rates and public holidays, interpreted against the award that actually applies and documented so it stands up if anyone asks.
A fixed fee, agreed up front
$347 or $650 a month with no hourly billing. If volumes change we reprice openly rather than quietly adding hours.
Bookkeeping prices for Broadbeach businesses
| Service | Price | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials package | $347/month ($80/week) | Small retailers, consultants, professional suites and sole traders |
| Professional package | $650/month ($150/week) | Restaurants, bars and retailers with rostered staff and high transaction volume |
| BAS lodgement (one-off) | $150 | You do the books, we check the file and lodge |
| IAS lodgement | $66 | Monthly PAYG withholding |
| 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 Broadbeach businesses
Most Broadbeach 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 Broadbeach venue the Q2 statement is the one to plan for. It covers your strongest trading and carries no agent extension, falling due 28 February when the summer money has already gone back out the door.
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.
Restaurants, bars and cafes
Daily takings reconciled across cash, card, delivery platform and tips. Supplier accounts coded by category so food cost and beverage cost are separable rather than sitting in one lump. Stocktake entries that actually move cost of goods sold instead of being ignored until year end.
Delivery platform settlements need particular care: the money that hits your bank is net of commission, so the GST on gross sales and the deductible commission have to be recognised separately. Done properly it is invisible. Done badly it distorts your margin and your BAS simultaneously, and it is the single most common error we find in venue files.
Tips and service charges also need to be handled correctly depending on how they are collected and distributed — the payroll and GST treatment differ, and the difference is not intuitive.
Retail, Pacific Fair and the mall
Centre tenancies bring their own rhythm: turnover rent, promotional levies, centre marketing contributions and monthly sales reporting to the landlord. We code these correctly and make sure the turnover figure you report to the centre reconciles to the one in your accounts.
For retailers carrying stock, inventory is where the profit figure usually goes wrong. If stock movements are not recorded, your margin is fiction and so is your tax position at year end.
Professional and medical suites
The consulting suites and offices behind the dining strip. Retainer and milestone billing, work in progress, and for medical practices the split between GST-free and taxable services — consistently the most common coding error we correct in health files.
Onsite bookkeeping in Broadbeach
We visit clients across Oracle Boulevard, Surf Parade, the Broadbeach mall and Victoria Avenue, the Pacific Fair surrounds, and the office and consulting suites through the precinct.
For a venue, the most useful onsite visit is with whoever builds the roster and whoever runs the till — that is where the fixable problems tend to live.
Payroll, Single Touch Payroll and payday super
Split-shift and rostered payroll, penalty rates, casual loading, junior rates, public holidays, leave accruals and Single Touch Payroll reporting every pay run.
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 restaurant paying weekly across a large casual roster, super now moving with each pay run rather than quarterly is a genuine working capital change and worth restructuring around deliberately.
Catch-up bookkeeping and overdue BAS
Venues fall behind during peak trading and discover the backlog when things quieten down, which is exactly when cash is tightest.
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:
Broadbeach bookkeeping FAQs
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Broadbeach?
From $347 per month for Essentials or $650 per month for Professional. One-off BAS lodgement is $150.
Can you track food and beverage cost percentage?
Yes. Supplier accounts are coded by category and stocktakes are entered so cost of goods moves properly, which is what makes the percentage meaningful.
How do you handle delivery platform sales?
Gross sales, platform commission and GST are recognised separately so your revenue and margins stay accurate and the BAS is correct.
Do you work with Pacific Fair tenancies?
Yes. Turnover rent, promotional levies and monthly landlord sales reporting are handled so the figures you report to the centre reconcile to your accounts.
Do you do restaurant payroll?
Yes — split shifts, penalty rates, casual loading and public holidays, interpreted against the correct award and reported through STP.
Talk to a registered BAS agent in Broadbeach
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.