Aston Strategic Accounting offers the following services:

Accounting Services

• Accounting - Financial accounts preparation for reporting, compliance and management purposes. 
• Benchmarking - The process of comparing market averages or market best for your business type to your business. This can highlight areas that require improvement and therefore improve profitability.
• Budgeting - Budgeting can assist your business to demonstrate areas of the business that are costing you more than anticipated and variance analysis can improve long term profitability.
• Business StartUp - Setting up a business can be time consuming and requires specific registrations for each different type of entity structure. Getting the correct structure for your business is paramount for you future plans for the business.
• Management Consulting - Assistance to those running the business is often required to get an outside perspective on what are the key drivers of the business and how to improve underlying profitability.

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• Risk Management - The management of the risks associated to your business is important for longevity. It is important to know of potential risk before they arrive, be it legal or otherwise.
• Strategic Planning - Planning a strategy for sustained growth is vital. Growing too fast or too slow will raise various challenges that can jeopardise profitability in the long term.
• Superannuation - Know the taxation implications of superannuation. There are many rules especially around self-managed superannuation regarding preparation of statutory accounts and taxation returns that you as a trustee must abide to.

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Taxation Services

• GST - Monthly, quarterly or yearly, do you need assistance in preparation of your BAS? Cash or accruals, what suits your business?
• Taxation - Preparation of taxation returns for all types of entities and individuals.

Specialist Business Consulting

• Selling your Business - Selling a business for the best achievable price does not happen in the 3 months prior to selling. Having a clear idea of when you will be selling and maximising the sale value should be a 3-5 year plan.
• Succession Planning - Having the correct structure and processes put in place can help with your future plans and to direct your assets to the areas you intend them to go. Not having a succession plan in place could result in assets being distributed to undesired locations.

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Specialist Business Consulting cont'd:

• Valuations - Know what your business is worth. When buying or selling a business, it is wise to have a valuation done so that the correct price can be obtained. Valuations may be required for other purposes than buying or selling.