Tax & Accounting

Streamline your tax management and structures with ASTUTEMED

Keep it simple

Managing your taxes can seem confusing, but it doesn't need to be. At ASTUTEMED, our team of medical tax accountants understands the needs of doctors and healthcare professionals. Traditional accountants love complex structures and arrangements because it means more business for them, but we believe in simplicity and transparency, so we won't recommend any action or process that's not necessary.

No matter how complex your particular tax structure may be, there are ways to simplify your administration and processes. At ASTUTEMED, we've built our business around delivering tailored healthcare tax services to find simple, common-sense solutions that reduce cost, error and inefficiencies.

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ASTUTEMED provides customised tax planning solutions

Understanding which deductions apply to you is essential for achieving the best tax outcome each year. This is why we don't offer a one-size-fits-all approach. Our service includes customised tax-planning projections that are unique to your situation, giving you clarity and confidence in how much tax you will need to pay (and when), without any surprises.

As a dedicated tax accountant for doctors, ASTUTEMED tailors every projection to the realities of the medical profession, ensuring that your planning is precise, compliant and aligned with your professional goals.

Our planning process also considers cash flow timing, income structuring and upcoming ATO obligations, giving you a clear financial roadmap for the year ahead. This forward-looking approach helps you avoid unexpected liabilities and positions you to make confident, informed decisions.

ASTUTEMED delivers efficient tools for time management

We recognise that doctors have demanding schedules, so we focus on helping you use your time most productively. We invest a significant amount of time identifying and researching new technology applications, such as financial management apps and software, so that we can recommend solutions that will save you time and make your life easier.

By integrating these tools into our healthcare tax services, ASTUTEMED ensures that administrative tasks are simplified, giving you more time to focus on patient care and practice growth.

Beyond saving time, the right systems also reduce errors, strengthen record-keeping and create clearer visibility of your financial position. We guide you in selecting technology that fits seamlessly into your existing workflow, ensuring you have accurate data for both day-to-day compliance and long-term planning. This proactive and customised approach means less stress at tax time, smoother reporting and confidence that your practice runs as efficiently as possible.

ASTUTEMED helps you stay compliant with smart tax strategies

We avoid risky or aggressive approaches, giving you confidence that your tax obligations are accurate, compliant and backed by professional expertise.

ATO data matching is vastly more efficient and targeted than it used to be, so it's important that your returns accurately reflect your situation. Doctors are prime targets for risky arrangements, so don't get drawn in by the promise of paying less taxes. It's important that you work with a professional medical tax accountant to determine the right strategy for you.

As specialist medical tax accountants, ASTUTEMED focuses on creating partnerships with clients to develop tailored strategies designed to balance efficiency with compliance, ensuring doctors and healthcare professionals are protected from unnecessary risk.

ASTUTEMED builds enduring client partnerships

It's important that the medical tax accountant professionals you're dealing with are people you trust, not only to give you good advice, but to equip you with the ability to be personally accountable for your tax situation. We aren't in the transactional business; we approach every new client engagement as the beginning of a long-term partnership, with a commitment to helping you achieve your financial goals and provide education and support along the way.

We work closely with our clients to provide expert advice so that they can achieve the best business and tax outcomes. By choosing ASTUTEMED, you gain a highly experienced specialist tax accountant for doctors, a partner who understands the financial realities of healthcare and provides support that extends beyond compliance into long-term business success.

Our partnership model is built on proactive communication, regular check-ins and clear guidance that evolves with your career. Whether you're an individual practitioner or managing a group practice, we remain focused on helping you make confident financial decisions at every stage of your business.

ASTUTEMED provides comprehensive tax and accounting services for medical professionals

Our services cover every stage of your career, from individual salary advice to complex practice structuring. We assist with:

Salary and wage guidance, including work-related deductions and fringe benefits tax
Preparation and lodgement of business activity statements (BAS)
Financial statement preparation and review
Complex capital gains tax calculations
Business valuations for medical practices
Structuring of medical entities to ensure compliance with ATO requirements
Ongoing management of medical entities to maintain tax efficiency
Liaising with commercial and residential lenders for finance applications

With ASTUTEMED, easily turn complexity into simple and effective decision-making

Financial decisions in healthcare are rarely straightforward, and generic advice often creates more confusion than clarity. At ASTUTEMED, we specialise in guiding doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals through every stage of their financial journey, from day-to-day compliance to long-term business strategy.

As your dedicated tax accountant for doctors, we simplify complex structures, provide tailored projections and ensure every recommendation is aligned with ATO requirements. Our goal is to give you confidence in your numbers and clarity in your next steps, so you can focus on delivering the best care to your patients.

Start a conversation with ASTUTEMED today and discover how simplicity, strategy and clarity can transform the way you manage your financial future.

Business advisory services

Whether you're setting up a new medical or dental practice, buying into an existing practice, or exiting your practice, we offer expert business advice. We can help you value the business, develop a plan, and liaise with everyone involved to achieve your goals.
With our support, you'll quickly identify opportunities and challenges and develop positive strategies for change and growth. The result? Your business will operate more efficiently and profitably.
Tax and accounting services

For the individual wage earner, we advise on salary and wage issues, including work-related deductions and fringe benefits tax.
For those further on in their careers, we offer a complete service from the preparation of business activity statements (BAS) and financial statements through to complex capital gains tax calculations and business valuations.
We can also help you to set up and manage business structures to comply with the law while achieving the best tax outcomes.
We take a pro-active approach to our clients' tax and accounting needs, and offer timely and thorough responses to any questions you may have.
We can also provide advice on how to operate your medical business more efficiently and profitably, and how to minimise personal exposure to potential liability.