Guild Accountants can provide many services for you and your business, but it is important to get the basics in order!

At GA, we take our client services seriously, even basic compliance issues.  We recognize that if we are to provide high level value add services then the advice we provide must be based on accurate business information.  GA strives to ensure that in these areas, we don’t provide just good service, but exceptional service.

Tax

Guild Accountants seek two main outcomes for you the client when looking at your tax affairs -

1. To legitimately minimise your business and personal tax in a way that you understand
2. Not to expose you or your business to the risk of reassessment and penalties.

Guild Accountants looks to maximise the opportunities offered by the tax system without seeking to be on the edge of the tax laws. This means we don’t look to involve you in transactions or structures that have an inherent risk of reassessment. Tax audits are a reality of successful businesses and we are proud of our winning record for our client’s tax audits.

So with GA you get quality tax planning and management that won’t expose you to reassessment risk, meaning you can sleep easy knowing that your after tax income is yours.

Audit and Assurance

At Guild Accountants, our Audit and assurance clients have always had very specific requirements; therefore it is never one solution for all. To ensure that you always get the best outcome we tailor each Audit for you the client.

1. Statutory compliance – this applies to aged care operators, service organisations and large proprietary company audits. In situations where there is limited third party reliance on the audited financial statements we seek to provide our services in a way that assists clients in their overall operations. We do this by providing appropriate management feedback on system improvements that will enhance operational efficiency and insights gained from other clients in similar situations.
2. Acquisitions – While agreements for the acquisition of a business contain protections against misrepresentation, the greatest risk in any acquisition lies in not understanding the commercial underpinnings of the target entity. Our industry and sector understanding allows us to provide a detailed analysis of the underlying commercial drivers in the target business to clients who are expanding through acquisition strategies. These services:
   • ensure you are obtaining real value in acquisitions
   • highlight opportunities to add value
   • highlight key commercial risks and
   • some cases have led to a renegotiation of the proposed transaction to protect the interests of the acquirer.
3. Third party assurance – The traditional outcome sought from an audit is to provide users of the financial statements with added comfort that the accounts fairly represent the outcome of the periods trading and the state of affairs of the entity at balance date. Our focus on unlisted public companies, privately owned businesses and service entities has allowed us to develop specific audit techniques that minimise the disruption of our audit activities while ensuring the attestation outcomes are met with our compromise. For our clients this results in both time and cost efficient processes.

At GA we seek to add something to every client interaction, our approach to audit and assurance services is no different with our goals being to provide the services you need in an innovative environment that also adds insight and understanding. To find out more contact Guild Accountants on 1800 101 296 or email info@guildaccountants.com.au.