About ABN BAS
Introduction
ABN BAS will be a Registered BAS Agent which will exclusively service members of the Australian Bookkeepers Network (ABN) and their clients.
If you plan to be a BAS Agent, ABN BAS will provide you with a range of technical support and resources, including Quality Assurance Reviews.
If you don’t plan to be a BAS Agent, ABN BAS will provide you with a means of continuing to facilitate BAS Services for your clients.
ABN BAS Membership
Membership of ABN BAS is both complimentary and automatic to all Australian Bookkeepers Network (ABN) members.
If you are already a member of ABN and would like to:
- Learn more about ABN BAS, then please explore this site;
- Get started right away with ABN BAS, then log-in to our Members section using your existing ABN username and password. Once logged-in, you will be guided as to what is required.
If you are not already a member of ABN, please visit www.austbook.net for further information or click here to join.
Service Offerings
The main service offering of ABN BAS will relate to Activity Statements and will be two fold:
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We will perform Quality Assurance Reviews of Activity Statements for both BAS Agents and non-BAS Agents; and
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We will act as the BAS Agent for clients of ABN members who are not BAS Agents themselves, and will attend to the electronic lodgement of their client’s Activity Statements with the ATO.
In addition to its main service offering, ABN BAS will also provide a range of additional service offerings for BAS Agents and non-BAS Agents. These include:
- ABN BAS Helpline … email-based helpline support from our qualified accountants and tax agents;
- ABN BAS Email Bulletins … providing reliable and informative updates on the BAS Agent industry landscape;
- ABN BAS Training …. technical training sessions tailored to bookkeepers to improve their skills and knowledge on issues relevant to BAS preparation;
- ABN BAS Support Services …. review service for other tasks that non-BAS Agents are precluded from doing under the BAS Agent laws, such as the preparation of Payment Summaries, and the installation of computer software which entails the assigning of default tax codes to charts of account.
The ABN BAS and ABN Linkage
ABN BAS is a separate entity to ABN, however the two entities share the same directors, staff and business premises.
Australian Bookkeepers Network (ABN) has served the bookkeeping industry since 2001 and in that time has grown to become Australia's largest private representative body for self-employed and contract bookkeepers with nearly 1400 members spread across all states and territories. In broad terms, ABN helps bookkeepers to build bigger and better businesses by providing them with a vast range of resources, tools and support aimed at improving knowledge, streamlining business, increasing profit and expanding horizons. Further information on ABN can be found at www.austbook.net.