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Accounting and Business Consultancy services . Level 6 24 Albert Road
South Melbourne VIC 3205
03-8 L6, 24 Albert Road, South Melbourne, VIC 3205
03-85481843

16/10/2026

Quick correction before this catches someone out: the self-lodged individual tax return deadline this year is not 31 October.

31 October 2026 falls on a Saturday, which pushes the deadline to the next business day - Monday, 2 November 2026.

Worth knowing either way:
- This only applies if you're lodging yourself. If you're engaging a tax agent for the first time this year, you generally need to be on their client list before 31 October for their extended lodgment program to apply to you
- The date shift doesn't change what you need ready - income statements, deduction evidence and private health insurance details still need to be sorted
- Lodging a few days "early" because of the long-weekend feeling is fine. Assuming you have until the following Monday because you misremembered the date is not a plan

Four days of breathing room is still worth having if you need it.
📧 [email protected] | 📞 (03) 8548 1843 | 🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

11/10/2026

Oct-Dec planning season starts now - and for Australian businesses eyeing Asia, that means Vietnam.

If you're weighing 2027 expansion, September and October are the window to actually do the groundwork, not January when everyone else is thinking about it too.

What that groundwork actually looks like:

- Entity structure - a subsidiary, branch, or representative office each carry different tax and liability outcomes
- Transfer pricing between the Australian and Vietnamese entities set up correctly from day one, not retrofitted later
- Local hiring and payroll compliance, which runs on a different rhythm to Australia's
- A banking and cash repatriation plan before, not after, revenue starts moving

With offices in Australia, Israel and Vietnam, we build these structures for a living - not as an add-on service.

If Vietnam is on your radar for next year, let's talk about what the next 90 days should look like.
📧 [email protected] | 📞 (03) 8548 1843 | 🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

01/10/2026

Payday Super has been live since 1 July. Here’s what we’re actually seeing.

Super has moved from a quarterly payment cycle to being paid with each payroll. Employers need to make contributions on payday and ensure they reach employees’ super funds within 7 business days.

Several pay cycles in, the businesses adjusting best aren’t necessarily the ones with the fanciest payroll software, they’re the ones that tested their payment and clearing-house processes before go-live.

What we’re seeing most often:

- Clearing-house and processing delays reducing the time available to meet the 7-business-day deadline
- Cash flow feeling tighter as super is funded weekly or fortnightly rather than accumulating over a quarter
- Some employers still adjusting from the old quarterly payment habit

If your transition to Payday Super has gone smoothly, that’s worth noting. If it hasn’t, the ATO’s first-year compliance approach gives businesses an opportunity to identify and correct genuine implementation issues early, rather than letting them become ongoing problems.

24/09/2026

Bookkeeping isn't data entry. It's the difference between decisions based on reality and decisions based on vibes.

Unreconciled accounts mean unreconciled decisions - you're pricing, hiring, and spending off numbers that might not be true
Monthly reconciliation catches errors, duplicate payments, and missed invoices while they're still small
"I'll catch it up at EOFY" is how a $200 error becomes a $4,000 mystery

A clean set of books isn't paperwork. It's the dashboard you're supposed to be driving from.
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18/09/2026

31 October is closer than it looks.

If you're lodging your own individual tax return (not through a registered tax agent), that's the deadline - six weeks from today.

A few things worth checking now, not in the last week of October:
- Do you have every income statement, dividend and interest summary, and receipt for deductions you plan to claim?
- If you used a tax agent last year but haven't engaged one yet this year, the 31 October deadline still applies to you unless you're added to their client list before then
- Businesses with employees: make sure PAYG withholding summaries reconcile with what you're reporting

Registered agents get an extended lodgment window. Self-lodgers don't. If October has a habit of sneaking up on you, this is the moment to get organised - or get an agent on board before the deadline, not after.
📧 [email protected] | 📞 (03) 8548 1843 | 🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

11/09/2026

Your accountant has your bank feeds connected, your payroll software has your employees' TFNs, and your invoicing system has your customers' payment details.

Most businesses lock the front door and leave every one of those wide open.

Common gaps we see in financial data security:
- Shared logins for accounting software instead of individual, permission-based access
- No multi-factor authentication on platforms holding live bank feed connections
- Former employees or contractors still able to log into financial systems months after they've left
- Invoicing details sent by email with no verification step - a classic entry point for payment redirection scams

Financial systems are a target precisely because they sit at the intersection of money and personal data. A basic access review takes an afternoon. A breach doesn't.
📧 [email protected] | 📞 (03) 8548 1843 | 🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

04/09/2026

September marks the start of spring in Australia - and for business owners, it's also a quiet pocket in the compliance calendar. Tax season admin is done, EOFY panic is behind you, and the next real deadline (Q1 BAS, due 28 October) still feels far away.

That gap is exactly when the businesses who get ahead do it:
- Reviewing FY26-27 cash flow forecasts while there's still room to adjust
- Checking Payday Super and payroll have settled into a rhythm, not just survived the first pay cycle
- Booking a mid-year structure review before October's BAS deadline crowds the calendar

Spring cleaning isn't just for the office. Worth doing the same for your numbers.
📧 [email protected] | 📞 (03) 8548 1843 | 🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

21/08/2026

Finance - the founder who doesn't check their BAS
"You'll obsess over a $50 subscription and never look at what you owe the ATO next quarter."
There's a specific kind of founder who's excellent at the product and allergic to the numbers.

Not knowing your BAS liability until it's due is how businesses get blindsided by their own tax
GST you've collected isn't your money - it's the ATO's, held in trust, whether you've mentally accounted for it or not
A rough idea of your quarterly liability, updated monthly, removes 90% of EOFY panic

You don't need to love the numbers. You just need to not be surprised by them.
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15/08/2026

"The ATO used to soften the blow of being late. It doesn't anymore."
If you incur General Interest Charge or Shortfall Interest Charge on or after 1 July 2025, you can no longer claim it as a tax deduction.

Late lodgement and late payment now cost more, full stop - no deduction to take the edge off
Businesses that have treated GIC as "an acceptable cost of running behind" need to rethink that math
This is the ATO's quiet way of saying: cash flow discipline just got more expensive to skip

Being on time isn't just about avoiding a fine anymore - it's about not losing a deduction you used to be able to count on.
📧 [email protected] | 📞 (03) 8548 1843 | 🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

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24 Albert Road
Melbourne, VIC
3205

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+61385481843

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