01 Compliance
ATO liaison and lodgement catch-up
Overdue returns and activity statements brought back up to date, with the ATO dealt with on your behalf.
If you are two, three or five years behind, we start by working out exactly what is outstanding rather than guessing. We pull your lodgement history from the tax agent portal, reconstruct the missing years from bank statements and whatever records exist, and lodge them in the order that keeps penalties down. Where there is a debt we apply for a payment arrangement and handle the correspondence, so the letters stop landing on your kitchen table.
What is included
- Full lodgement history review before we quote
- Reconstruction of missing records from bank and card statements
- Outstanding returns and activity statements prepared and lodged
- Payment arrangement negotiated with the ATO where a debt remains
- Penalty remission requested where there are reasonable grounds
$390 to $1,900
set by how many years are outstanding and how much has to be rebuilt from bank statements rather than existing books
Ask about a catch-upor call (07) 5550 0080
02How it runs
Four steps, in this order
Typical turnaround: 3 to 8 weeks end to end. You are told which step we are on, without having to ask.
- 01 Pull your full lodgement history and list what is outstanding
- 02 Quote a fixed fee for the whole catch-up before starting
- 03 Rebuild each missing year from statements and records
- 04 Lodge in order and apply for remission or a payment plan
03Asked often
Before you ring
If your question is not here, it is probably on the FAQ page, and if it is not there either, ring and ask.
Will I be in trouble with the ATO for lodging late?
Voluntary catch-up is treated very differently from being chased. In most cases we can request remission of failure-to-lodge penalties, and the ATO is generally willing to set up a payment arrangement once the returns are actually in.
I have almost no records for those years. Can you still do it?
Usually yes. Bank and card statements, supplier accounts and your ATO prefill data cover most of it. We will tell you honestly at the review stage if a year cannot be reconstructed to a standard we are comfortable signing.
How much of it do I have to talk to the ATO about myself?
None of it, once you are on our tax agent list. Calls and letters come to us, and we tell you what was said and what happens next.
What people usually pair this with
07The first meeting
Start with the free meeting
Forty-five minutes, no charge, no obligation afterwards. Long enough for us to tell you what we would charge and whether we are the right fit. In the office, at your property or on the phone.
What to bring
- Last year's return and the notice of assessment
- Access to whatever bookkeeping file you already have
- Bank statements for any account the business uses
- A rough idea of what the business does and where it is going
- Anything you have been putting off opening
Or skip the form
(07) 5550 0080- Mon to Thu 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Fri 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Sat Closed, except by appointment from July to October
- Sun Closed
Leave a message and we return it the next business morning. Fixed-fee clients can book an evening or early-morning call through the client portal, which suits people who are on a job site or in a paddock during office hours.
Thanks, that is everything we need
Demonstration only. Nothing was sent and nothing was stored. On a live site this would reach hello@tabletopaccounting.com.au and a booking would be confirmed by phone.