Accounting & Taxes

Accounting & Taxes

Business compliance can be a hassle but it doesn’t need to be at Dryden Associates as we work hard to align our clients’ expectations with both our fees and their tax obligations.  Most of our clients use cloud-based accounting systems including Xero and through the use of the likes of Receiptbank, we don’t need to request as much information from clients as in the past making the process much easier for the business owner.

In the last quarter of each year, we perform tax planning for many of our clients always looking to be proactive in finding the best solution to our clients paying the least amount of tax across in the short and long term.  We believe the trick here is to plan for the best and have structures or instruments in place to be flexible when things don’t go to plan allowing us to deliver the best results for that given circumstance.

Traditional Accounting Services

• Statutory Accounts
• Special Purpose Financial Statements
• Financial Reporting
• Accounting system set-up and Training
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• Bookkeeping

Management Accounting 

• Reporting to Directors, Shareholders, and other stakeholders such as Financial Institutions
• Cashflow Forecasting
• Establishing Budgets
• Reporting periodically (monthly/quarterly) of actual profit and loss to the budget
• Break-even analysis
• Job Costing
• Divisional Analysis
• Monitoring performance
• Benchmarking and Ratio Analysis

Taxation Compliance Services

• Income Tax
• Foreign Income
• Double Tax Agreements
• Activity Statements (BAS)
• Goods and Services Tax (GST)
• Capital Gains Tax
• Fringe Benefits Tax
• Pay As You Go
• Stamp Duty
• Payroll Tax  

Taxation Consulting Services

• Tax Planning
• Capital Gains Tax Planning
• Structuring
• Business Sales
• Business Acquisitions