How much does a bookkeeper in Molendinar 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.
Do you handle inventory and manufacturing? Yes. Stock on hand, work in progress, materials and labour in cost of goods sold, and the reporting that tells you whether a product line is actually making money.
| Area | Registered BAS Agent | Focus here | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molendinar QLD 4214 | 26308439 | Manufacturing & warehousing | Xero · MYOB · QuickBooks |
Bookkeeping for Molendinar businesses
Molendinar is one of the Gold Coast’s working industrial estates. The streets off Ashmore Road and through the Harper Street and Rudman Parade area are filled with manufacturers, fabricators, engineering workshops, distributors, warehousing and the trade suppliers that service the rest of the city.
Manufacturing and distribution businesses have a bookkeeping requirement that most small business bookkeepers simply do not cover: inventory. If stock movements are not recorded, your margin is guesswork, your balance sheet is wrong, and the profit figure your accountant works from at year end is a surprise to everybody. We set the file up so cost of goods sold means something.
Why Molendinar businesses choose us
Inventory and cost of goods handled properly
Stock on hand, purchases, and materials flowing through to cost of goods sold, so your gross margin is a real number and not a plug figure discovered at year end.
Product and job level reporting
Where you make or assemble more than one thing, knowing which line carries the business and which one is quietly subsidised is the report worth having.
A fixed monthly fee
$347 or $650 a month, agreed up front, with no hourly billing and no invoice you did not expect.
Bookkeeping prices for Molendinar businesses
| Service | Price | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials package | $347/month ($80/week) | Small workshops, trade suppliers and sole-operator businesses |
| Professional package | $650/month ($150/week) | Manufacturers and distributors with staff, inventory and job costing |
| 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 Molendinar businesses
Most Molendinar 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 manufacturer carrying stock, the extra four weeks usually means the quarter’s supplier invoices and stock movements are in the file before the statement is prepared, which changes the GST position more than people expect.
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.
Inventory, work in progress and cost of goods
The question every manufacturing owner wants answered is what it actually costs to produce the thing they sell. Getting there means materials, direct labour and any subcontracted process flowing into cost of goods sold, with stock on hand carried properly on the balance sheet rather than expensed on purchase.
We set that structure up, record stock movements as they happen, and reconcile to a physical count at the intervals that suit your operation. The output is a gross margin you can trust and a product-level view of where it comes from.
Where you import materials, deferred GST and customs entries come into it as well. The GST on an import is claimed on the customs documentation rather than the supplier invoice — a distinction that regularly goes wrong in files we take over.
Plant, equipment and finance
Chattel mortgages, hire purchase and equipment leases are each treated differently for GST and each is routinely coded wrong. On a chattel mortgage the GST is claimable up front on the purchase; on a lease it comes through with each payment. Getting that backwards either brings forward a claim you were not entitled to or leaves one on the table for years.
We also keep the asset register current so depreciation at year end is a calculation rather than an archaeological exercise.
Subcontractors and TPAR
Where your work is construction-related and you pay subcontractors, the Taxable Payments Annual Report is due by 28 August. We code contractor payments with ABNs through the year so the report runs off the file rather than being reconstructed in August.
Onsite bookkeeping in Molendinar
We visit clients throughout the Molendinar industrial estate — Harper Street, Rudman Parade, Sandy Creek Road and the streets running off Ashmore Road.
For a workshop or warehouse the first visit is worth doing onsite, because seeing how materials and paperwork actually move through the floor is faster than any amount of explaining.
Payroll, Single Touch Payroll and payday super
Award interpretation for manufacturing and engineering, shift loadings, overtime, apprentice rates, allowances, 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 workshop paying weekly or fortnightly, super moving with each run rather than sitting until the quarter is a real change to the working capital cycle and worth planning around.
Catch-up bookkeeping and overdue BAS
Industrial files fall behind quietly — the work is steady, the admin is nobody’s job, and one quarter becomes four.
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:
Molendinar bookkeeping FAQs
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Molendinar?
From $347 per month for Essentials or $650 per month for Professional. One-off BAS lodgement is $150.
Do you handle inventory and stock on hand?
Yes. Stock movements recorded as they happen, cost of goods sold calculated properly, and reconciliation to a physical count at intervals that suit your operation.
Can you tell me the margin on each product line?
Yes, once materials and direct labour are flowing through cost of goods correctly. That is usually the first thing we set up.
How is GST handled on imported materials?
Claimed on the customs documentation rather than the supplier invoice, with deferred GST applied where you are registered for it. This is a common error in files we take over.
Do you visit the Molendinar industrial estate?
Yes — Harper Street, Rudman Parade, Sandy Creek Road and the surrounding streets off Ashmore Road.
Talk to a registered BAS agent in Molendinar
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.