Australian tax and accounting support for individuals, businesses and SMSFs
Majenda provides Australian tax compliance and accounting services, with particular experience supporting returned expats and clients whose tax affairs connect with broader financial or international considerations.
What We Help With
Majenda assists with ongoing Australian tax and accounting obligations across personal, business and superannuation matters.
Individual Tax Returns
Preparation and lodgment of Australianindividual income tax returns, including more complex personal tax circumstances.
Business Tax & Accounting
Tax and accounting support for businesses, including ongoing compliance and annual reporting requirements.
SMSF Tax & Compliance
Tax and annual return support for self-managed superannuation funds, coordinated with the fund's other professional requirements where necessary.
Australian Tax Advice
Advice on Australian tax matters that fall outside routine compliance but do not require a full international tax engagement.
Is This Service Right For You?
If your matter involves more substantial cross-border tax planning, overseas assets or decisions before returning to Australia, our International Tax Advice service may be more appropriate.
This service may be relevant if you:
- need ongoing Australian tax return preparation
- have recently returned to Australia after living overseas
- have personal tax affairs that are more complex than a straightforward return
- own or operate an Australian business
- have a self-managed superannuation fund
- need tax compliance coordinated with your financial planning
- retain overseas income or assets that need to be reported in Australia
- want ongoing tax support from a practice familiar with your broader financial position
More About Tax & Accounting
More than preparing the annual return
Tax compliance is an ongoing part of managing personal, business and superannuation affairs.
For some clients, that may simply mean ensuring the right information is reported and returns are lodged correctly.
For others, the tax work is connected to a broader financial position involving investments, business interests, superannuation or assets accumulated while living overseas.
Majenda’s role is to understand the context behind the numbers and ensure the Australian tax and accounting work reflects the circumstances involved.
Tax support for returned expats
Returning to Australia can make annual tax compliance more complicated than it was before you left.
You may continue to receive foreign investment income, own overseas property, retain foreign bank accounts or investments, or receive income from assets accumulated while abroad.
Once you are an Australian tax resident, those matters may need to be considered as part of your Australian tax reporting.
Majenda has worked with Australian expatriates for more than 20 years and understands the transition from international tax planning into ongoing Australian tax compliance.
Where your circumstances require more substantial advice about residency, foreign assets, pensions or transactions across jurisdictions, we can separate that work into a dedicated International Tax Advice engagement.
Business tax and accounting
For clients with business interests, Majenda can provide Australian tax and accounting support within the agreed scope of the engagement.
This may include annual tax and accounting work and the ongoing compliance requirements relevant to the business.
Where the owners’ business, personal tax and financial affairs are connected, it can also be useful to consider how those areas interact rather than treating each matter entirely separately.
Self-managed superannuation funds
SMSFs carry their own annual tax and reporting obligations.
Majenda can assist with the tax and annual return requirements for self-managed superannuation funds and coordinate with other professionals involved in the fund where appropriate.
The fund’s independent audit remains a separate requirement.
For clients using an SMSF as part of a broader retirement, investment or UK pension strategy, the tax and financial planning implications may also need to be considered separately.
When tax becomes international
Not every overseas item requires a substantial international tax engagement.
However, there is an important difference between:
reporting overseas income or assets as part of your Australian tax return
and
seeking advice before making a cross-border financial decision.
If you are considering selling overseas property, transferring a pension, changing tax residency, moving substantial assets or returning to Australia, advice may be required before the transaction rather than simply reporting it afterwards.
In those situations, Majenda’s dedicated International Tax Advice service is the better starting point.
How our tax and accounting service works
1. Book a Time
Tell us about the tax or accounting work you need and any circumstances that make your affairs more complex.
2. Provide Your Information
Send us the relevant tax records, financial information and supporting documents required for the work.
3. We Prepare the Work
4. Review and Lodge
Once the work is finalised and approved, the relevant returns or reporting can be completed and lodged where applicable.
Need help with your Australian tax affairs?
Whether you need ongoing tax compliance or your affairs have become more complex after living overseas, speak with Majenda about the work required.
20+ years
Providing Australian tax services
Registered Tax Agent
Australian tax work through Majenda Australia
Expat experience
Understanding the transition from overseas life back to Australia
Why Majenda?
Majenda Australia has provided Australian tax services since 2004 and works with clients in Australia and overseas.
Director Geoff Taylor is a CPA, Registered Tax Agent and holds a Master of International Taxation degree from the University of Sydney.
This background is particularly useful for clients whose ongoing Australian tax affairs are connected with assets, investments or financial decisions accumulated during time spent overseas.
Majenda Australia is a CPA Practice and Registered Tax Agent.
Where financial planning advice is also required, Majenda Financial can provide Australian financial advice within the appropriate scope and authorisations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Majenda prepare my Australian individual tax return?
Yes. Majenda provides Australian tax return services for individuals, including clients whose circumstances are more complex because of investments, business interests or time spent overseas.
Can Majenda help if I have recently returned to Australia?
Yes.
Returned expats often continue to hold foreign investments, property, pensions or other overseas assets that may affect their Australian tax reporting.
Where more substantial international tax planning is required, Majenda can address that separately through its International Tax Advice service.
Do I need to declare overseas income in Australia?
Australian tax residents are generally required to declare Australian and foreign income, subject to the rules and exceptions applying to their circumstances.
If you are unsure about your tax residency or the treatment of foreign income, obtain advice before lodging your return.
Can Majenda assist with business tax and accounting?
Yes. Majenda can provide Australian tax and accounting support for businesses within the agreed scope of the engagement.
The specific work required will depend on the business structure and circumstances.
Can Majenda help with my SMSF tax return?
Majenda can assist with the tax and annual return requirements of a self-managed superannuation fund.
SMSFs are also required to have an annual independent audit, which is separate from the tax return preparation.
Can Majenda audit my SMSF?
The SMSF audit must be carried out independently by an approved SMSF auditor.
Majenda can coordinate the tax and reporting work with the relevant professionals involved in the fund where appropriate.
What happens if my tax matter involves another country?
Majenda provides Australian tax advice.
Routine reporting of foreign income or assets may form part of your Australian tax work. More substantial issues involving residency, overseas transactions, foreign pensions or cross-border planning may require a separate International Tax Advice engagement and, where necessary, advice from a specialist in the other jurisdiction.
Does Majenda provide US tax returns or US tax advice?
Majenda does not provide US tax advice.
Where US tax matters are involved, we recommend working with a specialist US tax adviser. Majenda may still be able to assist with the Australian tax aspects of your circumstances where appropriate.
When do I need to provide my tax information?
Lodgment deadlines vary depending on your circumstances and whether your return is lodged through a registered tax agent.
We recommend providing your information early enough for the work to be reviewed and completed before the applicable deadline.
Need help with your Australian tax and accounting?
Tell us about your circumstances and the work you need completed. We can determine whether you require ongoing tax compliance, more specialised advice or both.