Tax position
Know what is due before it is due.
- 01Tax returns
- 02BAS and IAS
- 03Year-end planning
Chartered Accountants · Melbourne
The accountant who actuallygets back to you.
Tax, compliance and advisory for Melbourne businesses, with fixed fees upfront and a Chartered Accountant on every file.
Cash-flow view
See the shape of the months ahead.
Compliance rhythm
One clear schedule. No last-minute scramble.
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What we do
Six things businesses come to us for.
Most clients start with one and end up with three. You can start with one.
- 01Tax & complianceCompany, trust, partnership and individual returns. BAS, IAS, FBT and year-end. Prepared properly the first time, lodged on time, explained in plain English.
- 02Business advisory & virtual CFOCash-flow forecasting, budgets, KPI reporting and quarterly reviews. The numbers you need to make a decision, not just the ones the ATO requires.
- 03ATO audits, reviews & disputesAudit defence, position papers, voluntary disclosures, payment arrangements and Division 7A remediation. We deal with the ATO so you don't have to.
- 04Structuring & transactionsCompany and trust setup, restructures, CGT small business concessions, and buying or selling a business. Get the structure right before it costs you.
- 05Finance & lending supportBank-ready financial statements, three-way forecasts and covenant modelling. We prepare the pack and answer the banker's questions directly.
- 06Bookkeeping & payrollXero and MYOB setup, reconciliations, payroll, STP and superannuation. Clean books that make everything else cheaper.
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Tax & compliance
Company, trust, partnership and individual returns. BAS, IAS, FBT and year-end. Prepared properly the first time, lodged on time, explained in plain English.
- Company, trust and partnership returns
- BAS, IAS and FBT
- Year-end financial statements
- Tax planning before 30 June
The process
Four steps. No surprises.
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A 30-minute call
You tell us what's going on. We tell you whether we can help, what it involves, and roughly what it costs. If you're better off with someone else, we'll say so.
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A written scope and a fixed fee
Before any work starts, you get a one-page scope: what we'll do, when it'll be done, and what it costs. The fee doesn't move unless the scope does.
03
Onboarding and clean-up
We collect what we need in one go, take over from your previous accountant, and deal with anything outstanding. Most clients arrive with something unlodged. That's normal.
04
A periodic rhythm
BAS each quarter, a review call each quarter, and year-end without the scramble. You'll know your position before June, not in the following March.
Why MDX
Why MDX
A Chartered Accountant on every file
Your work isn't handed to a graduate with a checklist. The person who scopes the job is the person who reviews it.
Fixed fees, quoted before we start
No hourly billing, no surprise invoices for a phone call. If the scope changes, we tell you before we do the work, not after.
One business day to a reply
Every email gets a response within one business day, even if the answer is “we're on it, here's when.” Chasing your accountant shouldn't be part of your job.
MDX Labs
We build the automation too
Through MDX Labs, we implement the software and workflows behind the numbers: Xero integrations, automated reporting, approval flows. Advice and implementation from the same team.
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What the work actually looks like.
A construction company under a Division 7A review
Four years of shareholder loans had been drawn without complying agreements. We reconstructed the loan history, prepared a voluntary disclosure and negotiated the remediation position with the ATO.
A manufacturer that needed a bank to say yes
The bank asked for a consolidated three-way forecast across four trading entities. We rebuilt the model with seasonality, covenant calculations and a downside case, then answered the credit team's questions directly.
A services business that didn't know its own margin
Job-level costing had never been set up. We restructured the chart of accounts, implemented job tracking in Xero and built a monthly margin report.
Insights
Read all insightsWritten for owners, not accountants.
Common questions
Questions we get asked before the first call.
No. You sign one authority, we write to your current accountant for your records, and we handle the ATO agent transfer. It usually takes a week and you don't need to have an awkward conversation.
Fixed fees, quoted after the first call. Advisory engagements are scoped individually. See our pricing page for the current ranges.
It's the most common reason people call us. The ATO treats a taxpayer who comes forward very differently from one who is found. We'll map what's outstanding, prioritise it and arrange a payment plan if you need one.
Yes. Most of our work runs through the portal and video calls, and we act for clients across Australia. If you'd rather meet in person, our office is on St Kilda Road.
Yes. Audit defence and dispute work is one of our core areas. We prepare the position paper, manage the correspondence and attend interviews with you.
Xero primarily, and MYOB where clients are already on it. If your books are somewhere else or nowhere at all, migration is part of onboarding.
Only for the owners and key people of businesses we act for. We're not set up for standalone individual returns and you'll get better value elsewhere.
Thirty minutes will tell you a lot.
Bring your last set of financials, or bring nothing. Either way you'll leave the call knowing where you stand.
