Sztainboks

At Sztainboks, we have been attending to our client’s needs for over 40 years, and can be trusted to provide up to date accurate & effective tax, accounting and financial advice. Having relocated from Moorabbin to the Omnico Business Park on Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill, in late 2007, we are now conveniently situated just off the Monash Freeway (Forster Road exit). Now being in the geographic centre of the Greater City of Melbourne we are well placed to service all of Melbourne and can be at our client’s door in a matter of minutes.

Tax consultation

As a client of Sztainboks you will receive personalized attention from a team of professionals that are passionate about providing you with the advice and support you need to understand and meet your tax obligations while maximizing your income, or building a better business, and securing your financial future.

INDIVIDUAL TAX MATTERS

As an individual you may need help to know your rights and responsibilities as a taxpayer, and just what claims allowable by the Australian Taxation Office, that you may take advantage of. Some questions that we can assist you with include: Do I have to lodge a return? What records to I need to keep? Am I eligible for specific deductions or offsets? Are my Government Assistance payments exempt from tax? You may also be unsure of your eligibility for benefits available to you from Centrelink. Alternatively, you might be looking for help to consolidate multiple superannuation accounts and save on administration fees eating away at your retirement savings.

In addition, our prompt attention to the preparation of your annual income tax return, and the electronic lodgement of your return, will provide you a rapid refund.

BUSINESS TAX MATTERS

As a business client you can be confident that our expertise affords you accurate and effective advice and assistance on many factors essential to your business’ success. Being in business, small or large, you will have additional tax obligations to consider. We understand that your time – already consumed with the day to day running of your business is precious – and we can help with timely advice, and offer strategies that can help you with the growth of your business.

Whether you need assistance defining your key business goals, or it’s your first time reporting on goods and services tax, or you need some help navigating your way through new MYOB or Reckon software we have the team that can help.

Our experienced and dedicated staff can provide assistance with many facets of Business Taxation, including the following:

• Company, Trust, and Partnership Returns
• Fringe Benefits Tax Returns
• Capital Gains Tax issues
• State Taxes, including Stamp Duty, Payroll Tax and Land Tax
• Private Binding Ruling applications

Business services

Let us cut through the red tape; We can:

• Lodge your application with the Australian Business Register and Australian Tax Office for ABN, and GST and/or PAYG registration;
• Assist you with business compliance matters including ASIC requirements by providing you with the required documentation and support for all changes and maintenance of company records;
• Arrange Business Name Registration with Consumer Affairs Victoria, including changes of ownership or updating records;
• Ensure you meet your Workcover requirements including lodging an application for Workplace Injury Insurance, obtaining a certificate of currency or providing assistance with claims; or the provision of figures for the annual review of your Workcover premiums.
• Provide you with advice on Accounting Systems – from set up through to maintenance, or even some minor technical assistance with software issues.
• Assistance with applications for government grants or financial assistance through employment incentives and initiatives;
• Point you in the right direction to establish a domain name, if you are planning on going online;
• Provide new business valuations and business appraisals through an analysis of financial statements of an established business that you may be considering buying into; or franchise agreements that you may be considering.

Accounting

We can assist you in all of your accounting requirements. Modern business demands up to date accurate financial information. We can provide you with valuable information to help you make the right decisions with tools such as benchmarking, budgeting, cash-flow forecasting plus much more.

We can gear our assistance to your needs and provide you with tailored information and constructive advice on a regular basis, at a budget that suits you.

We can lighten your load, so that you get some life / work balance back and take care of all your bookkeeping and accounting needs, including the preparation of your annual accounts and periodic management accounts for tax, business appraisal and planning purposes.

Or we can help you get your accounts set up and organised so that maintaining your records is less of a burden; and provide you with ongoing support, on an ‘as needed’ basis.

Bookkeeping assistance involves helping you with the process of sorting and inputting the income and expenses of your business and preparing the accounts for reporting. A full accounting service includes the bookkeeping, and takes things one step further providing the interpretation, classification and adjustment of accounts for the purpose of preparing meaningful reports, taxation, budgeting, costing and measurement of results against a standard or another accounting period.

Superannuation

Sztainboks are well placed to provide comprehensive Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) services with full time accounting staff that specialise in all aspects relating to Self-Managed Super Funds, including an Accredited Specialist advisor of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA).

We can arrange for:

• The establishment of your Fund;
• Ongoing administration and compliance of your SMSF;
• Assistance with the transfer of benefits from other accounts to your SMSF;
• Accounting for all types of Self-Managed Super Funds.

Do-it-yourself super via a Self-Managed Super Fund is becoming an increasingly popular choice for people who want to have control of how their superannuation funds are invested. Rather than relying on someone else to make investment decisions (like in a pooled fund) you are responsible and the trustee of your own fund.

The 2006 IFSA SMSF Trends Report 1 identified control as the number one reason for investors establishing a self-managed superannuation fund. Other surveys confirm this finding.

Having established a fund SMSF investor objectives include:

• Control over investment decisions
• Tax effectiveness
• Fee management
• Good investment returns
• Capital stability

Once you have taken the step of establishing your own SMSF Sztainboks can provide advice and strategies to utilize the control you now have over your retirement funds and maximise the gains to be made. One such strategy could be the benefit of borrowing within the fund – such as transferring shares into a SMSF by way of a borrowing arrangement or acquiring shares in a loan.

Finance

Through strategic partnerships with Folio Finance and Refund Home Loans, Sztainboks can deliver a competitive advantage to our commercial clients by sourcing the best finance on offer. We can help you get your loan arranged or refinanced, at very competitive rates. Alternatively, we can take care of the preparation of financial statements, help you fill out the application and make sure you have the right supporting documents as required by the Lender.

Everyone has different needs and should always take into account their individual situation when negotiating the terms of a loan. We have qualified staff that can offer guidance and taxation advice in this regard, as well as the best way to structure the loan within your business.