Geoffrey Cliff & Associates

Accountants & Registered Tax Agent – Geoffrey Cliff & Associates

Tax Practitioner Board (TPB) registration number 52510002 (confirm at www.tpb.gov.au).

Geoffrey Cliff & Associates (ABN 13 143 754 720) is a professional accounting firm based in Malvern East. We are public accountants and registered tax agents and offer a range of accounting and taxation services to individuals and businesses at affordable rates.

We offer “old fashioned” personal service at a competitive price.  No client is too big or more importantly too small.

Tax Returns

A complete tax return service for individual taxpayers.  Our aim is to (legally!) maximise tax refunds and minimise tax bills.  All your need to do is phone or email us to make an appointment.

Small Business Tax Accountants

Business tax returns for all types of business structures, self-managed super funds (SMSFs), and GST and BAS.

Appointments are available outside of business hours, weekdays and weekends, to suit your busy schedule.  Also, unlike most accounting firms, our affordable accounting fees are listed on our website for full transparency and consumer confidence.

About Us

For over 25 years, Geoffrey Cliff & Associates have provided friendly expert accounting and taxation services at great rates to individuals and businesses across Melbourne, Victoria and in other states.

The principal, Geoffrey Cliff, has also over two decades experience in lecturing and teaching taxation and accounting at TAFE level in both Melbourne and Adelaide, and has written a textbook currently widely used in taxation studies across Australia.

As both Public Accountants and Registered Tax Agents, we offer a range of accounting and taxation services designed to suit the needs of our clients including:

• Individual Tax Returns
• Business Tax Returns for Sole Traders, Partnerships, Companies and Family Trusts
• Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) Tax Returns and fund audit
• All Tax Returns incorporating investment properties
• Capital Gains Tax Advice
• Business Activity Statements and Instalment Activity Statements

What makes us different from other accounting firms?

As a small, but expanding, accounting firm, we focus on customer satisfaction, value for money and a stress-free experience for our clients.

• Our Price – we offer great rates at competitive prices
• Expert Advice – we offer excellent advice from over 25 years of experience
• No Delays – our aim is to complete your work quickly
• Friendly Service – we focus on client satisfaction and respect
• Responsive – we always return your phone calls or emails when you need help
• Communication – we keep you informed and speak a language you understand (not accounting jargon)
• Flexibility – we offer an after hours service and can come to your home or place of work

Our Services

Tax Returns

Individuals

We provide a professional Tax Return service for individuals.  We aim for the maximum (legal) tax refunds.

We will assist you in navigating through all the possible tax deductions available to you.  In all cases we aim to secure for you the maximum tax refunds and minimum tax bills that are legally possible and fully utilise the government tax breaks applicable to your personal circumstances.

Our individual Tax Return service includes:

• Business schedules and Sole Traders
• Rental income schedules
• Depreciation schedules
• Capital Gains Tax
• Late Tax Returns
• Foreign Source Income and Foreign Assets or Property
• Individually owned investments (e.g. shares)

Business Tax Services

A large part of business accounting requirements is taxation.  We provide a range of business tax services for small and medium businesses.

Business tax can be a complex area of accounting and its application is often unique to each individual business situation.  The most common tax obligation for all businesses is income tax.  It is important to not only ensure that you are correctly reporting all of your business income but also that you are claiming all of the tax deductions owed to you, in order to maximise your return.  With our assistance you can be assured that valuable profits are not being lost as a result of paying too much tax.

Our business taxation services for the following entities include all tax compliance and tax return lodgment obligations:

• Sole Traders
• Trusts
• Companies
• Partnerships
• Self-Managed Superannuation Funds

You are welcome to provide us with either source documents or electronic information (MYOB).

Registered ASIC Agent

As a registered ASIC Agent we are able to help fulfill your corporate obligations such as lodging documents or arranging payments.

Registered SMSF Auditor

As a registered SMSF Auditor we are able to help fulfill your SMSF annual audit obligations.