Mackenzie & Co

What can Mackenzie & Co help you with?  Lots! Is the answer!

We have a broad range of expertise across a range of industries, from Agriculture and Commercial Property Developers through to Professionals and Equity Investors and beyond.

 

Accounting & Tax services

  • Help you get your Business Activity Statements (BAS) lodged with the ATO
  • Prepare your personal tax return for you
  • Help you prepare Annual Accounts and Tax Returns for all business & entities
  • Assist you with all aspects of Self-Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs

 

New Business Advice

  • Help you to choose the right Business structure for your business, whether it be Sole Trader, Partnership, Trust, Company or SMSF
  • Set up trading, trustee and superannuation trustee companies via ASIC
  • Setting up new Business ABN applications, GST & PAYG Withholding Registrations

 

Future Business Planning

  • Looking at Buying a Business? We can help you crunch the numbers
  • Do you want to get your existing business working better for you? Maybe increase your profit, pay down debt, buy the building. Talk to us to see how we can assist you.
  • Reviewing business proposals and cash flow budgets

 

Succession / Retirement / Estate Planning

  • If you want another family member to take over from you in the business, this will need to planned some years in advance. Mackenzie & Co can help you.
  • Likewise retirement doesn’t happen overnight! We can help you set your goals and work with you to get the best funded retirement for you and your family.
  • Linked in with the above is the question of ESTATE PLANNING. What do you want to happen to your assets when you die? Do have any insurance to pay off debts/loans? Who do you want to have the responsibility/authority to deal with your estate?
  • Have you got a WILL that sets things out the way you want them? Have you appointed someone to be your power of attorney? Discuss these questions with us.

 

Tax Issues

Whether you require ‘one off’ advice on a specific issue or ongoing advice we can assist you with the following:

  • Tax Planning – to minimise your tax payable
  • Income Tax Returns – for all types and sizes of entities
  • Capital Gains Tax (Including Small Business CGT Concessions) these need forward planning in order to maximise the result.
  • Goods & Services Tax (GST) and Business and Instalment Activity Statements (BAS /IAS)
  • Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) calculations and returns.
  • Tax Audits – The ATO is increasing Audit activity. We offer Audit insurance to cover our time in helping you defend the ATO, FBT, Workcover, Payroll Tax audit.

 

Specialised Accounting Advice

  • Business Valuations for various uses – banks, mergers, partner exits, pre sale.
  • Business Dissolutions or Mergers
  • Business Proposal Evaluation – helping you understand the figures
  • Matrimonial Disputes – assisting the lawyers assess your financial information

 

Some of the industries our clients work in

  • Agriculture – Cereal cropping, Sheep and Beef producers, Grapes/Wine makers, Poultry growers, Deer farmers, Fish , Mussel & Eel farmers, Race Horse breeders, Contractors, Grain traders
  • Businesses -  Scaffolding, Engineering, Builders Domestic and Commercial, Couriers and Transport, Retail Haberdashery and sewing machines, Security services, Automotive parts, Lawn Care retailers
  • Professionals – Medical Practitioners, Dentists, Lawyers, Barristers, Consulting Engineers, Heritage advisers, Property Valuers, Psychologist, Counsellors, Tech Writers, Masseur,
  • Some others include Property developer, Property owner, Harp maker, Singing teacher, Horse trainer, Riding instructor, Artist,

 

Whatever stage your business is at and whatever industry you work in the Mackenzie & Co team can help you.