Geoffrey Cliff & Associates

Geoffrey Cliff & Associates, a professional accounting firm based in Port Melbourne, has been providing friendly and expert accounting and taxation services at great rates to individuals and businesses across Melbourne, Victoria, and other states for over 25 years. Our principal, Geoffrey Cliff, has over two decades of experience in lecturing and teaching taxation and accounting at TAFE level in both Melbourne and Adelaide, and has written textbooks currently widely used in taxation studies across Australia.

As Public Accountants, Registered Tax Agents, and Registered SMSF Auditors, we offer a range of accounting and taxation services designed to suit the needs of our clients. Our services include:

• Individual Tax Returns
• Business Tax Returns for Sole Traders, Partnerships, Companies and Family Trusts
• Self-Managed Superannuation Fund (SMSF) Tax Returns and fund audit
• All Tax Returns incorporating investment properties
• Capital Gains Tax Advice
• Business Activity Statements and Instalment Activity Statements

What Makes Us Different?

We focus on customer satisfaction, value for money and a stress-free experience for our clients. Our pricing is competitive, and we offer excellent advice from over 25 years of experience, no delays, friendly service, responsiveness, clear communication, and flexibility in our services.

Individual Tax Returns

We provide a professional Tax Return service for individuals, aiming for the maximum (legal) tax refunds. We will assist you in navigating through all the possible tax deductions available to you, ensuring that you receive the maximum tax refunds and minimum tax bills that are legally possible and fully utilise the government tax breaks applicable to your personal circumstances. Our individual Tax Return service includes:

• Business schedules and Sole Traders
• Rental income schedules
• Depreciation schedules
• Capital Gains Tax
• Late Tax Returns
• Foreign Source Income and Foreign Assets or Property
• Individually owned investments (e.g. shares)

Business Tax Services

We provide a range of business tax services for small and medium businesses, including:

• Income tax
• Lodging documents or arranging payments
• Self-Managed Superannuation Funds
• Registered ASIC Agent
• Registered SMSF Auditor
• SMSF Auditor Number (SAN) 100001303

Fees

We recognise that our clients are looking for value, and we provide a professional service while being transparent about our fee structures. We aim to abolish the profession's tradition of high accounting fees by offering you a more affordable service to suit your budget, without any compromise to professionalism and quality service. We can generally offer clients a fixed fee for most engagements, and our fee guide is an approximate guide to our fees, effective from 1 July 2023.