Registered a company this year, or lodging its first return? Fixed fees matched to what actually happened: traded, sat idle, or only spent on getting started.
Most first years are short: registration, some setup costs, maybe a few months of trading. Traditional firms still charge full company rates for the smallest return the company will ever lodge.
Full company-return pricing regardless of how little happened, often with onboarding and advisory add-ons attached.
Fixed fee matched to the year you actually had. Prepared by an experienced accountant. 100% online.
Company been trading for years? See our standard company tax return service →
Never traded is $330 flat. Traded part of the year is $440. The price is on the page before we start, and it never arrives as a surprise.
Most first-year companies have no accounting software, and that is fine. Bank transactions and a list of expenses, or a tidy spreadsheet, is a fine starting point.
Startup expenditure reviewed and treated correctly, losses established where they exist, and the company goes into year two with a clean baseline.
Registered but idle: no sales, no wages
Traded, or startup costs worth capturing properly
When the company was registered, whether it traded, and what it spent. Plain answers are enough.
Complete a short form and share what records exist. About 10 minutes of your time.
Your accountant prepares the return and financial statements, reviews any startup expenditure and establishes losses where they exist.
Review the completed return, approve it, and we lodge with the ATO. First year done.
Generally yes, even for a partial first year with no trading. In limited cases a 'return not necessary' notification applies instead. We confirm which applies to your company and handle it.
It depends on when the company was registered and whether you lodge through a tax agent, since agents have their own lodgment program dates. We confirm your exact due date at onboarding. Already past it? Our overdue tax returns service covers late first returns too.
Usually, yes. Startup and pre-launch expenditure handled correctly can establish tax losses the company may use in future years, and that happens in the return. We review the expenditure, treat it correctly and set the losses up, rather than lodging a bare nil return.
$330 inc GST if the company never traded, $440 if it traded or has startup costs worth capturing. Both include financial statements and lodgement with the ATO.
No, and most first-year companies don't. Bank transactions and a breakdown of expenses, or a tidy spreadsheet, is a fine starting point. If the company is about to start trading properly, we can help you pick software for year two.
It is common in a first year: founders paying costs personally, reimbursements, money lent in to get started. Tell us what happened and we treat each item correctly in the return. Loans between the company and its directors have their own tax rules, so flag anything the company owes you or you owe it.
That is the classic dormant company case, and a flat $330 dormant return keeps it compliant. If the company has no future use, we can also talk through whether deregistering makes more sense.
Yes. Most first-year company owners have a personal return alongside, from $150, and doing them together keeps everything consistent. See our personal tax return service.
Most clients are onboarded and lodged within two weeks.