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 range for a business like yours, and what that fee covers. Scroll on for the shapes of client we see most often. 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
What that covers
- Compliance and lodgements
- Personal tax returns
- Tax planning and distributions
- Meetings and advisor access
Every one of those is a real service with a real price against it in our guide, and your proposal sets them out line by line. Send the estimate below and we will walk you through it.
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.
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 before anything starts, and you do not have to become a monthly client to buy one. Tell us what you need and we will scope it and price it in writing, usually the same week.
Anything genuinely a project is quoted against a written scope, so you know the number and what it buys before you agree to it. 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 part of the fee 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. Your proposal sets them out line by line. 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. Anything that is genuinely a project is quoted against a written scope before it starts, so you know the number and what it buys before you agree to it; 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. Ask and we will price it in writing, usually the same week.
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.