Bookkeeping & Tax for Personal Trainers, Studios and Gyms

It is a single fixed monthly fee with no lock-in and no surprise bills, from $275/month paid yearly on the Tax + Books™ plan. The exact amount depends on whether you are a sole trader or a company and how much activity you have. Book a call and we will quote you up front, in writing.

Yes. We look after the business return, BAS and GST, payroll and super for your trainers, and your day-to-day bookkeeping, all on one monthly fee, so you can focus on clients.

Yes. Your business and individual returns are prepared and lodged as part of the package, with every deduction claimed. There is no separate tax-time bill.

Only branded uniforms with your business logo, plus laundry of that clothing, are deductible. Plain gym clothing without a logo is treated as conventional clothing and cannot be claimed.

It’s the most common set-up in the industry, and it’s exactly where a rushed return costs trainers money. We handle both income streams in one return, work out whether you need to register for GST, and make sure your PAYG withholding and ABN income don’t leave you with a surprise bill.

Yes. We reconcile payments from your booking or payment platform, and treat prepaid class packs and memberships correctly so income lands in the right period and your GST is right.

Yes — it’s the thing we’re best at, and nobody here will judge you for it. Whatever state your books are in, our rescue team gets them clean and current within 30 days of onboarding, and up to 10 hours of that catch-up work is free when you join Tax + Books™. If your backlog is bigger than that, we’ll quote the rest upfront at $99/hr before we start — no surprises.

A registered tax agent (not a salesperson) reviews your books, software file and most recent BAS, then produces a written Books Health Report: errors found, deductions missed, ATO risk flags, and the estimated dollar impact of each. We walk you through it on a 30-minute call. If you join, the $197 is credited in full against your first month. If you don’t, you keep the report — it’s yours either way.

There are no long-term lock-in contracts and no exit fees. Your only commitments are a 90-day minimum period and 60 days’ written notice — and the notice runs concurrently with the minimum, so if you give notice a week in, you’re still free at day 90. Whenever you go, your Xero file goes with you, clean and up to date, and anything you’ve paid beyond your end date is refunded pro-rata.

You’re paired with a dedicated registered tax agent and a dedicated Xero bookkeeper who know your business by name — backed by our national team of 50+ ex-corporate accountants for anything unusual. One team, one point of accountability. No blame game between your bookkeeper and your accountant, because they sit on the same team.

If a lodgement that’s in our control is filed late, we pay the ATO’s late-lodgement penalty. “In our control” means we hold the records and authority needed to lodge on time and have received your approval to lodge. The exact definition is spelled out plainly in your engagement letter. In practice it’s simple: give us what we need and approve on time, and a late lodgement becomes our financial problem, not yours.