BAS Accounting & BAS Lodgement

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BAS & Lodgement Outsourcing

BAS responsibilities are time consuming and high risk if performed incorrectly. Our BAS Accounting and BAS Lodgement service ensures that accounting firms undertaking work for their Australian clients can remain compliant with ATO obligations while at the same time, lighten their internal workload and operational pressure.

At Hornbill, our consistent BAS outsourcing gives you end-to-end BAS support – right from preparation and reconciliation to reviewable files and lodgement support – by qualified accounting experts familiar with Australian standards of compliance.

BAS Accounting Services – Overview

The Business Activity Statement (BAS) it’s where you report your GST, PAYG withholding, PAYG instalments and other tax obligations to the ATO. Penalties, cash flow disruption and compliance risk may occur due to errors, delays or incomplete data.

Our BAS booking services are tailored to suit:
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Accounting and bookkeeping firms, CPA’s & BAS agents
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SMEs and growing Startups
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Business consultants
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E-commerce and multi-entity businesses
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CFOs and finance teams

Dealing with seasonal BAS workload spikes Practices managing the ups and downs of the quarterly BAS reporting load are likely to have this in hand.

We operate as part of your team to guarantee BAS data is valid, reconciled and in alignment with ATO guidelines – each time you submit.

What’s included in Our BAS Accounting / BAS Lodgment Services

  • GST coding review and transaction allocation (sales, purchases, adjustments)
  • Bank and credit card reconciliations with detailed query reports (with exception identification)
  • GST reconciliation and variance check against prior periods, reconcile with ATO, ITA and ICA statements
  • PAYG withholding calculation support reconciled with payroll reports (where applicable)
  • PAYG instalment review support (including reasonableness checks)
  • BAS/IAS worksheet preparation and supporting work papers
  • Identification and flagging of anomalies by reviewing P&L and balance sheet (large swings, missing data, miscoding)
  • Draft BAS summary for client approval with detailed notes for reviewers
  • Lodgement support pack prepared for your registered BAS/tax agent to lodge
  • Catch-up BAS clean-up support for backlog periods (scoped separately)

Standards of highest security

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Tools & Platforms We Support

We also interoperate with the top accounting, document capture, workflow and compliance solutions - so we can conform to your process.

How Our Process Works

1 Discovery Scoppe Defination
Discovery & Scope Understanding
2 Service Process
Workflow Mapping & Access Setup
3 Service Process
Dedicated Team Allocation
4 Service Process
Daily/Weekly Task Execution
5 Service Process
Review, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

Why Choose Hornbill for BAS

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Expertise

BAS workflow and reconciliation standard trained, certified offshore practitioners.

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Process Efficiency

Checklist as well organised test programs, documented work papers and QA controls for quick review by partner/senior manager.

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Cost Advantage

Agile delivery at location-agnostic offshore locations for cost and compliance optimized delivery overhead (60% payback depending on size).

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Technology

Xero, XPM, MYOB, QuickBooks, Sage as well as Dext, HubDoc, and popular ATO-aligned compliance workflows.

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Scalability

The part time, full time and seasonal scale - with no onerous local hiring cycles.

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Accuracy

The multi-level scrutiny process with exception reporting to minimize rework and last-minute surprises.

Frequently Asked Questions

Turnaround time varies based on file quality, quantity, and frequency (weekly/monthly/quarterly). We match delivery to your lodgement schedule and review windows.

We usually turn around BAS working papers and a lodgement-ready pack for your registered BAS/tax agent to review and lodge as per your practice compliance requirements.

Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Sage and collaboration/workflow/document management tools such as Karbon/Dext/HubDoc etc.

The ledger file, bank feeds, capture tools and the checklist/review sit in your “usual” format.

Yes – any catch-up work gets scoped in a diff after an initial file review to make sure we know and can assume timelines.

We operate inside your workflow tools and communicate through agreed channels (Karbon tasks, email, Slack/Teams; with crystal clear handovers and status updates.

We’re using secure access compliance and can run with role-based permissions, documented controls and NDAs.

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