You don’t need to have complicated tax affairs to benefit from the use of a tax agent.

Using a tax agent can help take the stress out of lodging your annual tax return; by relying on their experience and specialist knowledge.

There are a number of ways that you may benefit from their services, including:

• Working through possible deductions to understand if there is anything that you should be claiming against your income.
  This could include work uniforms, use of your personal car for work purposes, costs to setup or run a home office, superannuation contributions, income protection premiums and many other costs.
• Access to lodgement extensions for your annual tax return.
  If you lodge your own income tax return each year then it will due on 31 October each year. However, if you use a tax agent then you can access an extension until May the following year.
  This extension can be useful if you are otherwise occupied between July and October each year such as a busy time for work or away on holidays.
• Additional protection from fraud and other scams.
  Tax agents have a direct connection with the ATO, which means that all correspondence from the ATO should go through your tax agent and can be verified immediately.

At ASB Consulting & Tax, I’d be happy to discuss how I may be able to assist you with the preparation of your income tax return. If you have any other outstanding matters with the ATO, then call on that too.

Please contact me here for a chat.

You can check that your Tax Agent is registered here.