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About ReturnTax

Tax returns priced for how accounting works now.

ReturnTax exists because modern accounting software changed the work, and most accountants' fees never noticed.

photo: Shane Burns
Who does the work

A registered Tax Agent, personally.

ReturnTax is run by Shane Burns, a registered Tax Agent with the Tax Practitioners Board and 15+ years in private practice. Every return is prepared and reviewed by Shane. Not handed to a junior, not pushed through a self-service portal.

The qualifications and experience are the same as any traditional firm. What's different is everything around them: no office, no admin layer, no hourly billing, and software doing the mechanical work it is good at.

Why is it so much cheaper? Because the costs are actually lower.

No office lease, no front desk, no legacy systems. Cloud accounting does the reconciliation. What you pay for is the accounting judgement, and that's the part we kept.

What we stand for

Three commitments

01 / Honest pricing

The price is the price

Fixed fees on the website. If something falls outside your tier, you get a quote before the work happens, not a bill after it.

02 / Plain English

No jargon, no theatre

You get straight answers about your tax, in language you can act on. If something is simple, we say so.

03 / Accountable

A name, not a queue

You know exactly who prepared your return and who to call. Personally accountable, every lodgement.

Work with an accountant who prices it straight

Get started today, or contact us and ask anything you like first.