Fixed fees. No surprises.
Every LINK client is on a fixed monthly fee with unlimited advisor access, agreed before any work starts. The estimator below is built on the same price guide our proposals are - answer the questions and it shows you the fee line by line, so you can see what each part of it buys. Scroll on for typical engagements and what the one-off jobs cost. No email address required, no call from a salesperson.
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Indicative monthly fee
$565 - $655
+GST / month
$6,780 - $7,860 +GST a year
- Entity compliance and financialsFinancial statements, the entity return and the lodgement
- $198 - $250
- ASIC register and annual review1 company - ASIC's own fee is a government charge on top
- $20
- Tax optimisation and distributionsPlanning before year end, and the resolutions that follow it
- $75
- BAS and IAS lodgement
- $100
- Personal tax returns
- $58 - $92
- Payroll obligationsSingle Touch Payroll finalisation each year
- $21
- Fringe benefits tax
- $20
- Meetings and advisor accessCalls and emails in between are never charged
- $75
Updates with every answer. It starts on the most common shape of business we take on and sharpens to yours as you tap through - then you can send the lot for review without retyping a thing.
Indicative estimate only, not advice. While all care is taken, LINK Advisors accepts no liability for figures relied on here. Always speak to your accountant.
Indicative monthly fee
$565 - $655+GST
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These bands cover accounting, tax and compliance. If what you are pricing is senior financial help — monthly management reporting, a rolling cash forecast, someone in the room for the big calls — virtual CFO services are priced separately here, with their own calculator.
What it costs, for the shapes we see most.
The tool above prices your business. This is the same maths run over the six shapes of client that walk through the door most often, so you can find yourself on the list without answering anything. Every figure is ex-GST and comes out of the same price guide our proposals do.
| Type of business | Per month | Per year | What that covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sole trader, under $250k | $225 - $300 | $2,700 - $3,600 | One ABN, quarterly BAS, one personal return, no staff, a yearly sit-down. |
| Consultant through a company | $460 - $580 | $5,520 - $6,960 | PSI company, quarterly BAS, two personal returns, no staff, twice-yearly meetings. |
| Trade business, $250k - $1m | $590 - $715 | $7,080 - $8,580 | One company, quarterly BAS, two returns with a rental, up to five on the tools, work utes. |
| Trading trust, $1m - $3m | $695 - $845 | $8,340 - $10,140 | Trust with a corporate trustee, quarterly BAS, two returns, a dozen staff, cars in the mix. |
| Company with a bucket company | $875 - $1,200 | $10,500 - $14,400 | $1m - $3m, monthly IAS, three or four returns, Division 7A loans, quarterly meetings. |
| Family group, $3m - $10m | $1,410 - $2,025 | $16,920 - $24,300 | Trading, holding and a shareholder trust, monthly BAS, payroll tax, management reporting. |
All ex-GST. Bookkeeping is not in any of these - it is priced separately by LINK Books. Neither is payroll tax, self-managed super fund administration or a catch-up on prior years; the tool above prices those as their own lines so you can see them rather than discover them.
The one-off jobs, priced up front.
Not everything belongs in a monthly fee. Setting up a company, vesting a trust, getting an MFR report through QBCC, catching up a year of books - those are projects with a start and an end, so we price them that way: a fixed quote and a deposit, and you do not have to become a monthly client to buy one. These are our indicative prices, not market averages.
Setting a structure up
Company with advice
$1,775
Incorporation, constitution, ASIC registration, TFN, ABN and GST, and a share structure that still works in five years. ASIC's own registration fee sits inside this.
Family trust, corporate trustee
$1,975 - $2,775
Queensland is $1,975. Other states cost more because their duty and stamping differ - Victoria $2,225, Northern Territory $2,055, New South Wales $2,775.
Family trust, individual trustees
$1,450
Cheaper, and we will usually talk you out of it. Individual trustees put your own name on the asset register and make every future change harder.
Company and shareholder trust together
$3,500
The full structure set up as one piece rather than bolted on later, with ownership and control decided deliberately at the start.
Company name change
$1,100
Includes the $491 ASIC fee.
Winding one up
Company deregistration
$455
Includes the ASIC fee, excludes the final tax work. Where we can we prepare an early current-year return so you are not waiting another financial year to close it.
Trust vesting
From $1,100
Includes a full legal review of the deed and every amendment, because vesting a trust the deed does not allow you to vest is an expensive mistake.
SMSF wind-up
$1,500
Includes voluntary deregistration of the corporate trustee.
Advice and one-off jobs
Initial tax advice consultation
$300
A proper conversation about a specific question, with no formal written advice. Written advice afterwards is $300 - $500 on top.
Written advice letter
$150 - $1,250+
Driven entirely by what the question is. A confirmation of something settled is at the bottom; a considered position on something contested is at the top.
Capital gains calculation
From $250
Per asset. Property with a six-year-rule history or a part-business use period takes longer and is quoted accordingly.
Private ruling application
$500 - $750+
When the answer genuinely is not settled and you would rather have the Commissioner's position in writing before you act than after.
Structure review and recommendation
$3,000 - $8,000
Modelling your options against real numbers, the CGT and duty positions, and a written recommendation you own. Derived from our specialist hourly rate rather than a fixed price, because the work genuinely varies. See business restructuring.
Restructure implementation
Quoted on the route
A rollover and a funded arm's length sale are very different amounts of work, so this is quoted once the route is chosen rather than guessed up front.
Business Ignition session
$550 - $750
The full business session is $750; the contractor version is $550. Published product prices, not estimates.
Division 7A loan agreement
$250
A new compliant agreement. An annual drawdown calculation on an existing one is $100.
Director penalty notice assistance
$750
Time-critical work. If one has landed, the clock is already running - call rather than email.
ATO payment plan assistance
$150 - $350/hr
A single account under $200k through the portal is at the bottom. Demonstrating capacity to pay on a large debt is hourly.
Accountant's letter
$100 - $500+
A declaration of no activity is at the bottom. A visa application with calculations, or anything we are putting our name to for a lender, is at the top.
Employment Hero implementation
From $2,000
Setting up payroll, onboarding and awards properly the first time, rather than untangling it a year later.
QBCC licensing
Annual reporting, SC1 and SC2
$500
The self-certifying categories. Roughly $40 a month if you would rather it sat in the monthly fee.
Annual reporting, categories 1 - 3
$750
Roughly $65 a month.
Annual reporting, category 4 and above
$1,250
Roughly $100 a month.
MFR declaration or upgrade to SC2
$750
The declaration and the supporting work behind it.
Licence upgrade with MFR report, categories 1 - 3
$2,750 - $3,250
Special purpose financial report. The higher figure applies where a deed of covenant and assurance is needed.
Licence upgrade with MFR report, category 4 and above
$6,500 - $8,000+
General purpose financial report. The higher figure applies where a deed is needed.
Self-managed super
SMSF establishment
$3,025
Fund, deed, trustee company and registrations.
Bare trust and trustee company
$2,525
For a fund that is going to borrow to buy property.
Individual to corporate trustee, with deed upgrade
$2,025
The change most funds with individual trustees should have made years ago.
Deed upgrade only
$950
Bringing an older deed up to current law so it can actually do what you need it to.
All ex-GST and indicative. Third-party costs - ASIC fees, state transfer duty, valuations, legal - are named and estimated in your quote rather than discovered afterwards. Anything over $2,000 is half on acceptance and half on completion.
Why we price this way.
You should never hesitate to call your accountant. That single idea drives the whole model: one predictable monthly amount, calls and emails never charged, and the scope in writing before we start. It also makes us accountable - if we're not delivering value all year, you notice.
Frequently asked questions.
Why fixed fees instead of hourly billing?
Hourly billing punishes you for calling your accountant - which is exactly when good advice happens. A fixed monthly fee means unlimited calls and emails, predictable cashflow and zero bill anxiety.
What does the fee include?
Your agreed scope: typically tax returns, BAS, tax planning, Xero and advisor access, plus bookkeeping and payroll if selected. Everything is listed in your proposal before you commit.
Can the fee change?
Only by agreement. If your business grows or your needs change, we re-scope together - you will never find a surprise on an invoice.
Is the estimator quote binding?
It is an indicative range to give you a genuine feel for cost before you talk to anyone. Your actual fixed fee is confirmed after a free chat about your specific situation.
Where do the numbers in the estimator come from?
Our internal price guide - the same document our proposals are built from. Every line in the breakdown is a real service with a real price against it: the entity compliance, the ASIC register, the tax planning, the BAS, the personal returns, payroll obligations, FBT and your meetings. It is not a marketing range reverse-engineered to look competitive.
Why does the estimate show a breakdown instead of one number?
Because one number is where fee arguments come from. If you can see that FBT is $20 a month for a nil return and $100 for a real one, or that a second entity brings its own compliance and its own ASIC fee, then the total stops being a mystery and starts being a decision you can make. It also means you can see what would come off the fee if something changed.
What if we are behind on lodgements?
It is a separate fixed price, never folded into the monthly fee. Our rule is that a prior year is priced at twelve months of the compliance work - the financials, the returns, the BAS, the payroll - and not the advisor access, because charging for a year of access in a year that has already gone would be charging for something you never got. The estimator prices it on its own line.
Does the fee include bookkeeping?
No. Bookkeeping is a different job with its own price and the group has a separate business for it, LINK Books, which has its own estimator. Keeping them separate is deliberate: it means you can see what the accounting actually costs, and you are free to keep your own bookkeeper if you have a good one.
Are accounting fees tax deductible?
Fees for managing your business's tax affairs are generally deductible to the business. One more reason the real cost is lower than the sticker.
What about one-off jobs like setting up a company?
Those are priced as fixed one-off projects rather than folded into a monthly fee, and the prices are published on this page - a company with advice is $1,775, a Queensland family trust with a corporate trustee is $1,975, a trust vesting is from $1,100. Anything that is genuinely a project is quoted with a scope before it starts, anything over $2,000 is half on acceptance and half on completion, and you are not required to be a monthly client to buy one.
Is this the same as the market ranges on your other page?
No, and the difference matters. The ranges on this page are ours. The guide at /how-much-does-an-accountant-cost is a survey of what the Australian market charges generally, which runs from budget online lodgers to top-tier city firms - it is there to help you make sense of quotes, not to tell you what we charge.