Accountants for Varsity Lakes businesses and consultants.

The Varsity office precinct has quietly become the Gold Coast’s tech and consulting corner — small software firms, agencies, contractors and Bond-adjacent startups. That work has its own tax shape, and it is a shape we know.

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Consultants and contractors around Varsity hit the personal services income rules early — whether income can sit in a company or must be attributed to the individual decides half the tax planning. Software and product businesses layer on R&D tax incentive eligibility, cloud-heavy cost structures and, when it goes well, employee share questions.

These clients almost never need an office visit: Xero, video and shared documents cover the year, with the free first consultation setting the structure and the calendar. When something bigger lands — investment, a sale, an acquisition — the due diligence and structuring happen in the same office.

Every service is available to Varsity Lakes clients: accounting, taxation, SMSF, QBCC reporting, structuring and financial planning.

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FAQ

Varsity Lakes questions, answered

I contract through my own company. Does PSI apply to me?

It depends on the results test, the sources of your income and how you work — the personal services income rules decide whether company profits can stay in the company or are attributed to you personally. Getting the answer wrong invites both extra tax and penalties, so we test it properly against your actual contracts.

Can a small Varsity software business claim the R&D tax incentive?

If the work involved genuine technical uncertainty resolved through systematic experimentation — not routine builds — it may qualify for the refundable 43.5% offset (companies under $20M turnover, as at August 2026). Registration is due within 10 months of year end. We assess eligibility honestly, including saying no when the records will not support a claim.

Do you work with startups pre-revenue?

Yes — structure, founder equity, GST and R&D groundwork cost little to set up correctly and a lot to repair. A free first consultation is usually enough to map the first-year essentials.

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