How much does a bookkeeper in Burleigh Heads 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 venue’s payroll? Yes — split shifts, penalty rates, casual loading, junior rates and Single Touch Payroll, interpreted against the correct award and documented properly.
| Area | Registered BAS Agent | Focus here | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burleigh Heads QLD 4220 | 26308439 | Hospitality & retail | Xero · MYOB · QuickBooks |
Bookkeeping for Burleigh Heads businesses
Burleigh has two economies running side by side. There is the James Street strip and the Esplanade — cafes, restaurants, bars, boutiques and the surf and lifestyle brands that trade on the suburb’s name. And there is the industrial pocket behind it around Kortum Drive, Taree Street and Township Drive, where the fitouts, fabricators, distributors and warehouses for a lot of those brands actually sit.
Both ends of that have bookkeeping needs the generic small business template does not cover. A cafe does several hundred transactions on a Saturday and runs a roster across more than one award. A surf brand carries stock and sells wholesale, retail and online, and needs GST handled correctly across all three. Neither is well served by a bookkeeper who mostly does tradies.
Why Burleigh Heads businesses choose us
Award payroll done properly
Hospitality payroll is where small venues get badly hurt. Underpayment claims are expensive, public, and usually the result of a roster built on good intentions rather than the award. We interpret it correctly and keep the records that prove it.
Your POS talks to your accounting file
Square, Lightspeed and the rest can feed straight into Xero. Set up properly, daily takings reconcile themselves and nobody on your team re-keys sales at eleven at night.
A fixed fee on a seasonal business
$347 or $650 a month, the same in July as in January. On a business where revenue halves over winter, predictable overheads matter more than most people allow for.
Bookkeeping prices for Burleigh Heads businesses
| Service | Price | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials package | $347/month ($80/week) | Small retailers, studios, consultants and sole traders |
| Professional package | $650/month ($150/week) | Cafes and venues 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 Burleigh Heads businesses
Most Burleigh Heads 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 |
Note the Q2 trap. The October to December quarter covers your busiest trading of the year and it is the one quarter with no agent extension — the statement is due 28 February regardless. For a Burleigh venue that means the biggest GST bill of the year falls due at the end of the quietest month. We forecast the likely number in January so it does not arrive as a surprise.
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.
Award payroll for hospitality and retail
Split shifts, evening and weekend penalty rates, public holidays, casual loading, junior rates, overtime, and the record-keeping obligations sitting behind all of it. Get the roster and the award wrong and the exposure compounds quietly for years before anyone notices.
We run the pay cycle, report through Single Touch Payroll every run, handle terminations and leave accruals, and finalise STP by 14 July. Where a venue runs staff across both a hospitality and a retail function, we make sure each one is being paid under the award that actually applies to them.
POS, daily takings and bank feeds
A cafe generating several hundred card transactions a day should not have anyone typing sales into a ledger. We connect your POS to Xero, set up the daily takings reconciliation so cash, card, delivery platform and tips each land in the right account, and code the bank feed weekly.
Delivery platform settlements are where most venue files go wrong. The money that hits the bank is net of commission, so the GST on gross sales and the deductible commission both have to be recognised separately. Handled properly it is invisible. Handled badly it quietly distorts your margins and your BAS at the same time.
Cash flow through the off season
Burleigh trades hard from October to Easter and softens through winter. The businesses that ride that cycle comfortably are the ones that know the shape of it in numbers rather than by feel.
Alongside the monthly P&L we set up a rolling view of what is coming — BAS, super, rent, wages — against what is realistically going to land, so the quiet months get planned for in November rather than discovered in June.
Onsite bookkeeping in Burleigh Heads
We visit clients along James Street and the Esplanade, through the Burleigh village retail strip, and around the industrial pocket on Kortum Drive, Taree Street and Township Drive.
For a venue, the most useful onsite visit is usually the one where we sit with whoever builds the roster and whoever runs the till, because that is where most of the fixable problems actually live.
Payroll, Single Touch Payroll and payday super
Rostered pay cycles, award interpretation, casual and junior rates, leave accruals, terminations, and Single Touch Payroll reporting every pay run with STP 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 venue with a large casual roster paid weekly, that is a real change to weekly cash flow and worth planning for deliberately rather than discovering at the first deadline.
Catch-up bookkeeping and overdue BAS
Venues fall behind during peak season and then find the backlog waiting for them in winter, usually at the same time revenue drops.
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:
Burleigh Heads bookkeeping FAQs
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Burleigh Heads?
From $347 per month for Essentials or $650 per month for Professional. One-off BAS lodgement is $150.
Do you do hospitality payroll?
Yes — split shifts, penalty rates, casual loading, junior rates and public holidays, interpreted against the correct award and reported through STP.
Can you connect my POS to Xero?
Yes. Square, Lightspeed and similar systems feed into Xero so daily takings reconcile without anyone re-keying sales.
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 right.
Why is my February BAS always the worst one?
Because the October to December quarter is your peak trading and it is the only quarter with no BAS agent extension. We forecast it in January so you can put the money aside.
Do you visit the Burleigh industrial estate?
Yes — Kortum Drive, Taree Street, Township Drive and the surrounding streets. Most ongoing work runs remotely.
Talk to a registered BAS agent in Burleigh Heads
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.