How much does a bookkeeper in Varsity Lakes 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 work with subscription and software businesses? Yes. Recurring revenue, income in advance, payment gateway fees and multi-currency receipts are all handled — and all commonly mishandled in files we take over.
| Area | Registered BAS Agent | Focus here | Software |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varsity Lakes QLD 4227 | 26308439 | Professional, tech & consulting | Xero · MYOB · QuickBooks |
Bookkeeping for Varsity Lakes businesses
Varsity Lakes has quietly become one of the Gold Coast’s better places to run a professional business. The Varsity Central precinct along Varsity Parade and Christine Avenue, the commercial buildings off Bermuda Street, and the spill of graduates and academics out of the Bond University precinct next door have produced a concentration of consultancies, agencies, software businesses, allied health and professional firms.
These are businesses where the bookkeeping question is rarely “is the BAS lodged” and usually “what is our actual margin on this client, and can we afford another hire.” We set the file up to answer that: revenue by client or project, labour costed in properly, and a monthly close you can make decisions on.
Why Varsity Lakes businesses choose us
Reporting you can actually plan with
Revenue by client, project or service line, with staff cost allocated against it. Knowing overall profit is useful. Knowing which half of the business is producing it is what changes decisions.
Recurring revenue recognised correctly
Retainers, subscriptions and prepaid packages are income in advance until the work is done. Recognising them on receipt inflates your profit early and leaves a hole later — it is the most common error we find in agency and software files.
Fixed fees with no hourly billing
$347 or $650 a month, agreed before the work starts and repriced openly if volumes move.
Bookkeeping prices for Varsity Lakes businesses
| Service | Price | Best suited to |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials package | $347/month ($80/week) | Consultants, contractors, sole practitioners and small agencies |
| Professional package | $650/month ($150/week) | Agencies, practices and software businesses with payroll and project 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 Varsity Lakes businesses
Most Varsity Lakes 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 |
Where your income is retainer-based, the concessional date lets the month-end close finish before the quarter is finalised, so the GST reflects work actually delivered rather than cash that happened to arrive.
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.
Agencies, consultancies and software businesses
Retainers billed monthly, projects billed on milestones, and subscriptions billed annually in advance all need to be recognised as the work is delivered rather than as the money arrives. A file that treats an annual subscription as revenue in month one will show a profit that is not there and a GST liability in the wrong quarter.
Payment gateways add a second layer. Stripe, PayPal and similar platforms deposit net of their fees, often in batches that do not match individual invoices, and sometimes in another currency. We reconcile the gateway rather than the bank line, so gross revenue, fees and foreign exchange differences each end up where they belong.
If you sell to overseas customers, some of that revenue is likely GST-free as an export of services — but only where the conditions are met. Claiming it incorrectly in either direction creates a problem, so it is worth having assessed properly once.
Contractors, staff and the line between them
Agencies and consultancies grow by engaging contractors, and the ATO’s view of who is a contractor is narrower than most business owners assume. Where the arrangement is principally for a person’s labour, super guarantee can apply even to someone invoicing you with an ABN.
We flag arrangements that look exposed and make sure super, PAYG withholding and the taxable payments reporting obligations are dealt with before they compound into something expensive.
Allied health and professional practices
The clinics and practices through Varsity Lakes and the Bond precinct. GST-free medical services alongside taxable services, service-entity arrangements between practitioners and the practice, and payroll across a mix of employed and contracted practitioners.
Onsite bookkeeping in Varsity Lakes
We visit clients across the Varsity Central precinct on Varsity Parade and Christine Avenue, the commercial buildings off Bermuda Street and Scottsdale Drive, and the professional suites through the Bond University surrounds.
For an agency or software business the first session is best spent on how the revenue is actually structured, because that is where the file either works or quietly misleads you for years.
Payroll, Single Touch Payroll and payday super
Salaried payroll, contractor arrangements, bonus and commission calculations, salary sacrifice, 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 business paying monthly, this is less disruptive than for a weekly payroll, but the seven-business-day window still has to be met every cycle and the penalties are not discretionary.
Catch-up bookkeeping and overdue BAS
Growing businesses fall behind when the founder who was doing the books ran out of evenings, which is most of them.
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:
Varsity Lakes bookkeeping FAQs
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Varsity Lakes?
From $347 per month for Essentials or $650 per month for Professional. One-off BAS lodgement is $150.
Do you reconcile Stripe and PayPal?
Yes. We reconcile the gateway rather than the bank line, so gross revenue, platform fees and any foreign exchange differences are each recorded separately.
How should annual subscriptions be treated?
As income in advance, released month by month as the service is delivered. Recognising the whole amount on receipt overstates profit early and shifts GST into the wrong quarter.
Is my overseas revenue GST-free?
It can be, where the conditions for an export of services are met. It depends on the arrangement, so it is worth having assessed properly rather than assumed.
Can you report profit by client or project?
Yes. Revenue and staff cost allocated by client, project or service line, reported monthly.
Talk to a registered BAS agent in Varsity Lakes
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.