Northern Territory
Bookkeeping Services in the Northern Territory — Fixed-Fee, Accountant-Led
The Territory runs on the wet and the dry — your bookkeeping should flex with both. From $299/month: reconciliations, P&L reporting and BAS-ready ledgers on monthly tiers, with remote-friendly onboarding built for businesses whose crews work far from Darwin.
Every account reviewed monthly by a CA-track accountant. Accountant-led, not sales-led.
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Priced for the wet and the dry
Monthly tiers — 150, 400 or 800 transactions — track your season. Dry-season volume gets Growth or Premium; the wet steps back to Essentials. No annual contract, no paying for peak capacity year-round.
Built for remote operations
Site crews photograph receipts from Katherine, Alice Springs or the job site; we code and reconcile in Xero. Your books stay current even when your team is a thousand kilometres from the office.
Full AEST-day overlap
Your team works AEST business hours — covering the entire NT business day. Direct line to your bookkeeper, one named contact, no ticket queues.
Built for how the Territory works
Construction & civil
Darwin and Palmerston contractors run progress claims, subcontractor invoices and plant costs across wet/dry cycles. Growth ($499/mo) handles the transaction volume; the monthly management report keeps margins visible per job.
Tourism & hospitality
Dry-season operators — tours, accommodation, hospitality — process a year's bookings in six months. Tier up for the season, step down for the wet, and keep the same team year to year.
Remote services & logistics
Businesses servicing remote communities and mine sites deal with supplier invoices from everywhere and crews on rotation. Premium ($899/mo) covers high volume across 2 entities with a cash-flow forecast for the quiet months.
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 and map your season — what's peak, what's quiet, and what the books need to survive both.
- Tier matched to your cycle. Set from real transaction counts, adjustable monthly as the wet and dry turn.
- Remote onboarding. Video handover, site-crew receipt workflow set up in week one, processes documented. No travel required from Darwin or Palmerston.
- Monthly close, accountant-reviewed. Reconciliations, P&L and a BAS-ready ledger, reviewed by a CA-track accountant before delivery.
Northern Territory bookkeeping FAQs
Do you work with seasonal and remote businesses?
Yes — it's a core NT use case. Monthly tiers flex with the wet/dry cycle: run Growth ($499/mo) through the dry-season peak and step back to Essentials ($299/mo) in the wet. Onboarding is fully remote, and record-sharing works from a phone camera on site.
Our crew is on remote sites — how do receipts and invoices reach the books?
Your team photographs or scans receipts and supplier invoices from site; we code and reconcile them in Xero. No desktop files to courier, no paperwork backlog when the crew rotates back to Darwin.
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.
Darwin is 30 minutes behind Sydney in the dry — do your hours still overlap?
Yes. Your team works AEST business hours, which overlaps the full NT business day (Darwin runs 30 minutes behind AEST in winter, 1 hour in the southern summer). One named contact, direct communication.
Can we pause entirely in the dead of the wet season?
Plans are monthly with no annual lock-in. Step down to Essentials or pause and resume — your processes stay documented and your Xero file stays reconciled, so restarting is clean.
Books that survive the wet season
Free Xero health check for Territory businesses — scoped around your season, not a generic template.
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