Australian Capital Territory
Bookkeeping Services in the ACT — Fixed-Fee, Accountant-Led
Canberra runs on contracts, consultancies and professional services — businesses that need project-clean books, not just reconciled bank feeds. From $299/month: fixed-fee bookkeeping with project tracking, monthly reporting and BAS-ready ledgers.
Every account reviewed monthly by a CA-track accountant. Accountant-led, not sales-led.
Free Xero health checkWhy Canberra businesses choose FinanceDesk
Project-ready records
Government contractors and consultancies live engagement to engagement. We code labour, subcontractors and expenses per project in Xero — so every invoice, acquittal and management report traces back cleanly.
Fixed fees for fee-earning firms
Monthly tiers — 150, 400 or 800 transactions — priced on volume, never hours. A Belconnen consultancy knows its bookkeeping cost to the dollar before the month starts.
BAS-ready, lodged by your agent
We never promise BAS or GST lodgement. Your BAS agent files; we deliver reconciled, reviewed, BAS-ready ledgers every month — the clean handover compliance work depends on.
Built for Canberra's economy
Government contractors
IT, engineering and professional services firms contracting to the public sector need per-engagement costing and tidy subcontractor records. Growth ($499/mo) is the standard tier for contract-heavy books.
Consultancies & advisory
Boutique firms across Civic, Barton and Deakin billing day rates and managing associate contractors: clean debtor management, contractor payment runs and monthly P&Ls that show utilisation reality.
Professional services & trades
Legal, accounting-adjacent, marketing and trade businesses from Belconnen to Tuggeranong with steady monthly billing fit Essentials ($299/mo): reconciliations, P&L and a BAS-ready ledger, accountant-reviewed monthly.
Packages — monthly, fixed-fee, no hourly rates
Essentials
$299/mo
- Up to 150 transactions/month
- Bank reconciliations
- Monthly P&L
- BAS-ready ledger for your BAS agent
Growth
$499/mo
- Up to 400 transactions/month
- Everything in Essentials
- Monthly management report
- 30-minute review call with an accountant
Premium
$899/mo
- Up to 800 transactions/month
- Everything in Growth
- 2 entities included
- Cash-flow forecast
BAS-ready ledgers All tiers prepare BAS-ready ledgers for your BAS agent or accountant. We do not lodge BAS or GST returns.
How it works
- Free Xero health check. We audit your file — including any project tracking setup — and tell you plainly what's broken before you pay anything.
- Tier matched to real volume. Set from actual transaction counts and contractor complexity, adjustable monthly.
- Remote onboarding. Read-only access, project-coding structure, documented processes — over video, one named contact throughout.
- Monthly close, accountant-reviewed. Reconciliations, project-coded P&L and a BAS-ready ledger, reviewed by a CA-track accountant before delivery.
ACT bookkeeping FAQs
We do government contracting work — can you handle project-based records?
Yes. We set up project and job tracking in Xero so labour, subcontractors and expenses are coded per engagement. Growth ($499/mo) and Premium ($899/mo) tiers include the management reporting that contract-heavy businesses need.
Our consultancy bills contractors and subcontractors — is that in scope?
Yes. Contractor and subcontractor invoice processing, payment runs and reconciliation sit inside the transaction tiers. Your BAS agent handles any PAYG or reporting obligations; we keep the underlying records clean.
Do you lodge BAS?
No. We prepare BAS-ready ledgers for your BAS agent or accountant to lodge. We never promise BAS or GST lodgement.
We're in Belconnen — is onboarding remote?
Yes. Onboarding runs over video with a structured handover: read-only access, documented processes and a first-month close plan. One named contact, working AEST hours — same timezone as Canberra.
Can you keep our books audit-ready for contract compliance?
Every account is reviewed monthly by a CA-track accountant, with reconciliations and a clean audit trail in Xero. Government-facing businesses on Growth and Premium tiers get the monthly management report as a standing record.
Project-clean books, fixed monthly cost
Free Xero health check for Canberra businesses — including a review of your project tracking setup.
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