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4.9 out of 5, from the 87 reviews clients have left me since 2019

I do the books so you can do the work.

I am Ray Kingston, a registered tax agent in Brisbane. I look after the bookkeeping, the BAS and the tax return for about 120 small businesses, on my own.

Book a free half hourOr just call me (07) 5550 0198

No obligation, and if you do not need me I will tell you so.

Hands working a calculator beside a laptop on a wooden desk.

What a client gets back

Hours a month off your desk9
Months in the year12
Hours a year back108

Averaged across the 41 businesses that joined me in 2024.

Where to find me

Here is what I take off your desk

Four things, and I do all four myself. There is nobody here to hand you to.

How I work
Ray Kingston standing in an office corridor by a window.

Ray Kingston

Principal, and the only person here

Bachelor of Business (Accounting). Registered tax agent. CPA.

Thirty-one years of this, the first eleven in a big firm and the rest on my own. You get my mobile number and you deal with me.

Book a free half hour

Bookkeeping and payroll

I keep the ledger current every week and run your payroll, so nobody has to chase a payslip on a Friday afternoon.

I reconcileWeekly

BAS and tax returns

I prepare and lodge them, and I tell you the number three weeks before it is due rather than three days after.

LodgedOn time

Cash flow

I build you a thirteen week view and keep it updated, so you find out about a tight fortnight while you can still do something about it.

You can see13 weeks

The phone call before you decide

Buying a van, taking on a second person, moving to a company. Ring me first. That call has never been billed to anyone.

Cost of a callNil

I have done this for 120 businesses and I know what changes

Most people come to me late, in the week the BAS is due, with a shoebox and an apology. This is what the first twelve months normally look like once that part is behind us.

Averages over the first twelve months120 businesses
A calculator, a pen and a ruled financial statement on a desk.
Less tax in the first year31%

Almost always because deductions were being missed, not because anything clever happened.

Faster to close a month9 days

The ledger is current every week, so nothing has to be reconstructed in July from bank statements.

Businesses on my books120

About a third of them have been with me for more than five years, which is the number I would check.

I asked three clients what actually changed

Their words, lightly cut for length. All three said I could use their names.

The three of them

  • Priya Raman2021
  • Bec Mallory2022
  • Hana Ngo2023
Choose a client to read
Priya Raman standing in her dental surgery.

I used to do the books on Sunday nights. I have not opened that spreadsheet in a year and the BAS still goes in early.

Priya Raman

Raman Dental, Coorparoo

With me since2021
Bec Mallory standing in her hair salon.

Ray told me not to buy the second chair until March. He was right, and it is the only piece of advice that year that made me money instead of costing me some.

Bec Mallory

Mallory & Co Hair, Paddington

With me since2022
Hana Ngo standing at the counter of her coffee bar.

First accountant I have had who rings me before the deadline instead of after it. I know what I owe in March now, not in July.

Hana Ngo

Ngo Coffee Bar, West End

With me since2023

What I charge, and what is in it

One fee, every month, no invoice for a phone call. Both plans include GST.

Choose how you pay

Pay for a year and two months are on me.

Nothing is locked in. Give me a month of notice and I will hand your file over clean, which is the only promise on this page I can actually keep on my own.

Sole trader

For one person with an ABN, a bank feed and a quarterly BAS.

$180$1,800a montha year
Start with a free half hour
  • Bookkeeping and bank reconciliation, every week
  • Your quarterly BAS prepared and lodged
  • Your individual tax return
  • Call or text me whenever, with no clock running

Company

For a Pty Ltd with staff, a payroll run and something at stake.

$360$3,600a montha year
Start with a free half hour
  • Everything in the sole trader plan
  • Payroll for up to ten people, including STP
  • Company return and your annual accounts
  • Thirteen week cash flow, updated every month
  • Half an hour with me at the end of every quarter

Things people ask me before they sign up

Still not sure?

Ring me and ask. Half an hour, no notes taken, and nobody sends you anything afterwards.

Book a free half hour
Do I have to leave my current accountant?

Not until you want to. When you are ready I write to them, ask for your file and do the handover, so you never have to have the awkward conversation yourself.

What if my books are a mess?

They usually are, and it is not interesting to me. I quote the catch-up work separately and up front, so you know what the mess costs before I touch it.

Which software do you use?

Yours, if it is Xero or MYOB. If you are on a spreadsheet I will move you across and I do not charge for the move.

Do you do my personal return as well?

Yes. On the company plan your partner's is in there too, because by the time I have your file open it is the same half hour.

How quickly do you answer?

Same day, Monday to Friday. In the week before a lodgement, faster than that.

Am I signing a contract?

An engagement letter, which says what I do and what it costs, and which either of us can end with a month of notice.

Hands working a calculator beside a laptop on a desk.

Let us have a look at your books

Half an hour on the phone. I will tell you what I would change, roughly what it would cost, and whether you need me at all.

Book a free half hourhello@kingstonect.com.au