Having moved to Victoria, I decided it would be appropriate to use a local accountant rather than my previous one in South Australia. While moving across it was important to me to have someone who was experienced and specialised in tax matters relating to the dental industry. I chose Albert Gigl from MW Partners and at our first meeting he explained the services that he would provide, easily transferring previous records to the firm. Further to this (and at no charge) Albert reviewed the income tax returns prepared by my old accountant for myself and my company and suggested several amendments prior to lodging the tax returns to ensure they were technically correct and unlikely to come under Tax Office scrutiny.

With my 2016 tax returns now lodged and my files transferred to MW Partners, I then had a second meeting with Albert to discuss preparation of business activity statements (BAS) as well as a review of my service contract with the dental practice I currently work at. Albert found an irregularity in my latest BAS which did not agree with the invoice and production reports provided by my dental practice. Not satisfied with correcting my most current BAS, Albert suggested that the BAS’s for the past 12 months be reviewed resulting in a refund of more than $40,000 in GST.

You may not be thinking of changing accountants but from my recent experience in dealing with a specialist dental accountant, you may want to have your tax returns reviewed by MW Partners – you never know what they might find!!!