ABOUT ABN BAS > Overview

Introduction

ABN BAS is a Registered BAS Agent in its own right, exclusively servicing members of the Australian Bookkeepers Network (ABN) and their clients.

If you are a BAS Agent or plan to become one, ABN BAS will provide you with a range of technical support and resources, including Quality Assurance Reviews.

If you are not 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 relates to Activity Statements and is two fold:

  1. We perform Quality Assurance Reviews of Activity Statements for both BAS Agents and non-BAS Agents; and

  1. We act as the BAS Agent for clients of ABN members who are not BAS Agents themselves, and attend to the electronic lodgement of their client’s Activity Statements with the ATO.

In addition to our main service offering, ABN BAS also provides 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 over 1500 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.

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.