Services

Rawsons offer a complete range of traditional accounting and management services plus many advanced services which take advantage of out on-line facilities. 

Audit

The traditional view of audit is people with green pens ticking transactions and writing standardised reports. Rawsons has moved well beyond this and provides a wide range of audit techniques which offer you assurance that your business has systems in place to provide effective financial reports and protect you from business disruption. Sure, we still check transactions and prepare reports which are required by the statutory authorities but our many years of audit experience and a specialist audit team has allowed us to concentrate on providing you with an audit which adds value to your business.
Your business can benefit from our skills in:

• Determining fraud
• Systems review
• Effective management reporting
• Cost conscious statutory reports
• Risk management
• Internal audit services

Experienced in:

• Most types of commercial organisations
• Not for Profit/Community based organisations
• Semi-Government
• Trust accounts/rental outgoings
• BSA licensing requirements
• Travel agencies with TCF and IATA requirements
• Insurance Brokers
• Superannuation Funds

Business Services

Our team is dedicated to providing the best possible services to business so you can get on with business. We can keep your business going with service and advice in the following areas:

• Accounting Computer Programs
• General Accounting
• On-site Visits and Assistance
• Workers Compensation

We also ensure you are kept up to date of services offered to the business sector by the Government

Financial Planning & Investment

Rawsons provides a complete financial planning and investment service, including investment advice & reviews, personal insurance, superannuation strategies and loans and leasing.  Our firm is an authorised representative of Count Wealth Accountants®. Count Wealth Accountants® is the trading name of Count Financial Limited ABN 19 001 974 625. Australian Financial Services Licence Holder Number 227232.   Principal Member of Financial Planning Association of Australia Limited.
One of the services that we offer is a free financial review. To take advantage of this service, please complete the attached form and forward to this office.

Management

Your Rawsons financial controller works with you as you determine your business plan and the Key Performance Indicators for your business. Then they supply a regular report on your monthly performance in the format you require. You benefit from being able to concentrate on growing your business without the hassle of having to worry about financial data. Your Rawsons On-Line Financial Controller offers an independent view of your business and can provide a wide range of professional expertise including:

• Cash flow analysis
• Business valuations
• Budgeting/Variance analysis
• Project evaluation
• Business sector performance and costing
• Business planning
• Benchmarking Funds Management
• Net Present Value calculations
• Preparation of year-end financial statements
• Corporate advice

Succession Planning

You had the dream, the ability and the guts to build your business, but if you are like most business owners you work hard, and may feel reluctant to confront the succession planning issue. Who could blame you!! It's a distraction from your business. But you know you have to do it. You owe it to your family, your business and yourself to address this complex issue.

An understanding of the Psychology of Succession

The decisions you make about succession can cause friction in your family. Not dealing with this issue often ends up making the situation worse.
We believe that it is important to identify any potential underlying cause of discontent and to work through these with you to achieve a united succession plan for your family.

Raising Capital so you can afford to sell

Moving on from your business is a unique opportunity to reap rewards for all the efforts you've put in over the years. Trouble is, all family businesses suffer difficulties in raising funds. Often family members don't want to see their holdings diluted. Or they don't want to offer their personal assets as security.

Whatever the reason, you can take steps now to ensure there will be capital available to your successor when the time arrives.
Many institutions make funds available to assist family members, partners or employees purchase a share in your business. The key lies in careful planning to ensure proper financial support so your succession is in place.

Passing on the benefits of wealth not tax problems

Capital Gains Tax is really an inheritance tax with another name. This, coupled with stamp duty and other government charges can play havoc with your family's wealth.
But is doesn't have to be like this. With the right structure and careful attention to the tax implications of your succession you can ensure a secure future for your family.

Regular review ... the key to a successful will

When many people make a Will, they often overlook a number of key issues which end up causing big problems years later.
Very often they rush into a solicitor just before an overseas trip or before doing something else out of the ordinary.
After that, they forget all about it. Their assets and circumstances change but their Will stays the same.
Now, more than ever before, it is vitally important that before you redraft your Will you seek advice from professionals who are aware of the tax and business implications which affect your Will.

Superannuation

Making the most of it

You can't avoid superannuation. It's just too good an investment to pass up. Unfortunately, superannuation law is now so complicated, understanding it has become an art form in which Rawsons are consulting specialists. We have a large specialist superannuation practice geared to maximise your future lifestyle.

Self-Managed Superannuation

Most people save for their retirement and saving means investment and tax minimisation to allow wealth maximisation. A self-managed superannuation fund is still one of the best methods of achieving these objectives.
Having your own superannuation fund allows you to:

• Control your investment strategy (or employ a fund manager to do it for you)
• Reduce tax on your investment income to fifteen percent
• Reduce capital gains tax to ten percent.
• Obtain some impressive on-going tax benefits from an allocated pension fund when you retire
• Control costs of administration

Self-managed superannuation should be an essential part of your investment strategy and Rawsons Superannuation Tax specialists can help you establish your fund for a token cost.

Taxation

For us tax planning is pro-active, we analyse the implications of your business or personal plans and advise on the most tax effective structure. We assist with its implementation and then we review it on a regular basis.
With tax laws becoming ever more complicated you need specialists. We ensure you are using the most tax effective business or personal structure so you can minimise your tax liability. We will then look at strategies such as superannuation or specific tax advantaged investments to keep your tax as low as possible and assist in the creation of long term wealth.
We also look after all your other taxation affairs. Your Income Tax Returns and FBT Returns are given personal attention by our team and we make sure you are advised of the important facts relating to your obligations. We care about how much tax you pay and you benefit from knowing that we are thinking about it.
Our services go to all areas of tax including:

• Payroll Tax
• Stamp Duty
• Land Tax
• Capital Gains Tax
• Goods and Services Tax

We are kept up to date by the latest information from the Australian Taxation Office