Sole trader tax,
done properly.
Sole trader returns from $349, prepared personally by Zaki Choudhry, registered tax agent (TAN 26298664), including the business schedule, vehicle claim and a quarterly check-in. ABN and GST registration is free with your first return. The price is fixed in writing before any work starts. Rated 5.0 from 57 Google reviews as at October 2026.
Sole trader tax return, ABN income, GST and PAYG instalments — with a quarterly BAS option if you're GST-registered. Tradies, freelancers, rideshare and delivery drivers, side hustles gone full-time.
Sole trader return with business schedule. Bundle it with four quarterly BAS for $549 a year. Add-ons quoted in writing before we start. GST excluded.
Built for this work.
- Tradies and subcontractors working on an ABN
- Rideshare, delivery and courier drivers
- Freelancers, consultants and creatives
- Side hustles that have become the main income
- Anyone with ABN income alongside a PAYG job
- Business schedule — income and expenses
- PAYG income and ATO pre-fill imported
- Small business income tax offset checked
- PAYG instalments already paid credited back
- HECS / HELP repayment on total income
- Medicare levy and private health items
- Motor vehicle — cents per km or logbook
- Tools, equipment and depreciation
- Home office, phone and internet apportioned
- Insurance, licences and registrations
- Super contributions you made for yourself
- Interest and fees on business accounts
- GST registration when you cross the threshold, or choose to
- PAYG instalment entry, exit and variations
- ABN and business-name checks
- Quarterly BAS option
- Fuel tax credits where eligible
- Record-keeping set-up — app or spreadsheet
Four steps, one fixed price.
Discovery call
What you do, how you get paid, whether GST applies. You leave with a fixed quote in writing.
Send the records
Upload bank statements, invoices, logbook and receipts to the portal, or connect Xero / MYOB if you already use it.
We prepare and query
Income reconciled to bank deposits, expenses sorted and apportioned. You get one short list of questions, not a drip.
Review, sign, lodge
You see the return and the estimate before anything goes to the ATO. Sign electronically; we lodge the same day.
Bring this.
Don't have all of it? Start anyway. We'll tell you exactly what's missing, once, and much of it we can pull from the ATO directly.
- Bookkeeping catch-up beyond a light tidy — quoted separately, see Bookkeeping
- Company, trust or partnership returns — see Business tax
- Financial product advice on super, investments or insurance — we refer you to an AFS licensee
- Legal advice on contracts or structure documents — your solicitor
- Bank statements for the business account, full year
- Invoices issued, or platform income summaries
- PAYG income statement if you also have a job
- Any government payments or grants received
- Receipts or bank records for business purchases
- Vehicle logbook or odometer readings
- Phone and internet bills — we apportion
- Insurance and registration renewals
- ABN and GST registration date
- Prior-year return and instalment notices
- Super contributions paid for yourself
- Log-in to your accounting software, if any
When a sole trader needs a tax agent
Once ABN income is more than pocket money the return stops being a form and becomes a reconciliation. Bank deposits have to agree with what you declare. Expenses have to be split between business and private use. Instalments the ATO has already taken need to be credited back. Getting one of those wrong is how sole traders end up with a debt they didn't expect, or a refund they were owed and never claimed.
GST: register when you have to, not before
You must register once your turnover reaches the GST threshold, and rideshare drivers must register from the first dollar. Below the threshold it's a choice, and not always the right one — charging GST raises your price to private customers and adds a quarterly BAS. We look at who your customers are before recommending either way.
The bundle
GST-registered sole traders usually take the return plus four quarterly BAS as one bundle: $549 a year, one fixed price, each BAS lodged on time, and a return prepared from books that are already reconciled. Rideshare drivers who only need the BAS can use the $65 Rideshare BAS instead.
Common questions.
Only once your turnover reaches the registration threshold — or from day one if you drive for a rideshare platform. Below the threshold it's optional, and we'll tell you whether it helps or hurts based on who your customers are. The current threshold and the rules are on our GST explainer.
Talk it through with us.
30 minutes, no commitment. We'll confirm whether sole trader & abn fits your situation, the exact scope, and a fixed quote — same day.