Your money deserves to be understood, not avoided.

Bookkeeping, BAS and payroll for small businesses around Perth. I'll keep your books current and answer your questions properly. That's the job.

Teresa Hepburn, registered BAS agent and owner of Count The Beans

Registered BAS Agent № 26358963

Xero certifications · ICB Member 0503420 · 10+ years experience

Xero Certified Associate Xero Certified Professional Xero Payroll Specialist Xero Migration Specialist Registered BAS Agent 26358963 — Tax Practitioners Board

You're great at your business. The books? Not so much.

You've got receipts in three different places, a bank account you're scared to look at, and a vague sense that something doesn't add up — but no idea where to start.

You're not bad with money. You're just running a business and doing literally everything else at the same time. That's not sustainable — and it doesn't have to be your reality.

A bookkeeper who gives a damn, and books you can count on.

I built this for people who are gurus at their trade and worn down by the paperwork attached to it. If you've been overcharged, under-explained, or handed off to a junior — that's where I come in.

Ten years of making books beautiful.

I've worked in accounting firms and bookkeeping practices, and I've spent the last ten years sorting out books for small businesses — sole traders, husband-and-wife operations, and tradies with a couple of people on the tools. Most of what lands in front of me, I've seen a version of before.

That's the reason I don't work from a template. Your file gets set up around how your business actually runs — how you invoice, how you get paid, and what you need to see at the end of the month — rather than whatever the software defaults to.

Why I started this.

I spent years watching clients get overcharged, under-informed, and left alone with a set of numbers nobody had explained to them. So I built my business around what my expectations would be if I were the client: tell people the truth, charge them fairly, explain what's going on.

No hidden fees. No jargon designed to make you feel behind. No wondering who's actually looking at your books — I'm your point of contact, and nothing goes out to you or the ATO without me checking it first.

I'm based in Tapping, in Perth's northern suburbs, and work with sole traders and small businesses across Perth, from Joondalup and Wanneroo to the CBD.

What you can expect

Clear prices before you enquire
Standard package prices, entry-path prices and relevant rates are published here. If your business needs a tailored scope, I will explain what drives the quote before you decide.
You can contact me if you don't understand something
And I'll answer it properly, as many times as you need, without making you feel like you should have known.
Registered BAS Agent № 26358963
You can look me up on the TPB public register right now.
ICB Member 0503420
Bound by their Rules of Professional Conduct, which you can read.
Nothing leaves here unchecked
Every lodgement is reviewed and signed off by a registered BAS agent before it reaches you or the ATO.
You won't have to chase me
If you email me, you'll hear back. If something's late, you'll hear why before you have to ask. Sometimes it gets busy, but I'll always aim to respond to queries or concerns same-day.

Three things I do differently. You can check all of them.

You can see the standard prices.

The monthly packages and standard starting rates are set out below, together with what is included. If your file needs a custom quote, you will know why and what the number covers before any work begins.

You'll always deal with me.

You won't be re-explaining your business to whoever picked up the phone. I know your file, and I remember what we sorted out last quarter and why — and nothing goes out to you or the ATO without me checking it first.

Being behind is not a problem here.

Three years of unopened mail, a shoebox, a Xero file abandoned in 2023 — I've started from all of them. There is no version of your situation that gets judgement from me.

Imagine opening your laptop and not panicking.

You'll know what's outstanding because I'll tell you — not because a letter turns up from the ATO.

When your accountant asks for something at year end, I'll make it a priority — they can even contact me directly, so you're not stuck being the middleman.

You'll be able to answer "can I afford this?" without opening three apps and guessing.

You'll know where you stand in your cash flow from the outset, not in month four.

Choose the support that fits your business.

These are starting points for ongoing bookkeeping, BAS and payroll support. Every monthly package has a defined scope, so you know what is included and what it costs. If you already have accounting records, we normally begin with onboarding and a file review before confirming the ongoing package. All prices below exclude GST.

  1. Compare monthly support
  2. Choose your starting path
  3. See one-off help

Ongoing bookkeeping support

Compare the approved monthly packages. Your file review confirms the final fit before ongoing work begins.

Low-volume support

Essential

$420 / month (ex GST)

Sole traders and micro businesses with organised records and straightforward quarterly compliance needs.

  • Up to 2 hours of monthly bookkeeping capacity
  • Up to 2 active bank, card, loan or payment-platform accounts
  • Up to 50 routine monthly transactions as a quoting guide
Consistent monthly support

Core

$660 / month (ex GST)

Small businesses that need regular financial records, monthly reporting and quarterly BAS support.

  • Up to 4 hours of monthly bookkeeping capacity
  • Up to 4 active reconciliation accounts
  • Up to 120 routine monthly transactions as a quoting guide
Bookkeeping plus payroll

Team

$840 / month (ex GST)

Small employers who need Core bookkeeping and quarterly BAS support, plus a simple fortnightly payroll process.

  • Everything included in Core
  • Standard fortnightly payroll for up to 3 employees
  • Up to 2 ordinary payroll runs each month
Higher volume and weekly payroll

Growth

$1,325 / month (ex GST)

Businesses with higher bookkeeping volume and a small team on weekly payroll.

  • Up to 7 hours of monthly bookkeeping capacity
  • Up to 6 active reconciliation accounts
  • Up to 250 routine monthly transactions as a quoting guide
A tailored combination

Custom

From $1,320 / month (ex GST) plus selected add-ons

Businesses with more volume, people, entities or reporting requirements.

  • Starts with up to 10 hours of monthly bookkeeping capacity
  • Quarterly BAS/IAS preparation and lodgement support
  • A tailored scope for higher transaction volume, larger teams, more accounts, additional reporting or non-standard requirements

Choose your starting point

The right path depends on whether your business already has accounting records and whether Xero is ready to use.

Existing business

I already have accounting records

Combined onboarding and file review

$750 (ex GST)

Engagement and workflow setup plus a review of the existing bookkeeping file, reconciliations, GST coding, BAS position, payroll/STP and systems. Written findings confirm any remediation and suitable recurring scope separately.

The recurring scope and any remediation are confirmed separately.

Start with a file review
New business · Xero ready

My business is genuinely new

New Business Onboarding

$330 (ex GST)

Engagement setup, authority and access checklist, workflow setup, direct-debit setup and client orientation.

This is not a file review or Xero build.

Discuss new-business onboarding
New business · needs Xero

I need Xero established too

New Business Xero Foundation

$750 (ex GST)

Onboarding, standard Xero organisation setup, GST settings, chart of accounts, up to 2 bank feeds, basic workflow setup and a 45-minute handover and training session.

Entity formation, ABN/GST registration, tax advice, payroll setup, migration, data repair and third-party subscriptions are not included.

Start with Xero Foundation

Need something outside a monthly package?

One-off work and add-ons stay separate, so your monthly package does not quietly absorb work your business does not need.

Books behind or incorrect

Catch-up and clean-up

Historical remediation after file review

$150 / hour (ex GST) · 5-hour minimum

Historical catch-up, clean-up and correction work is scoped after the file review and approved separately. Where time-based pricing is appropriate, the rate is $150 per hour ex GST with a five-hour minimum; a fixed quote may be provided where the scope is clear.

The 5-hour minimum applies to this pathway. A fixed quote may be provided where the reviewed scope is clear.

Tell me what you need
Add to the right scope

BAS, payroll and system add-ons

Selected only where your business needs them

Scoped separately

Monthly BAS/IAS, standard payroll, payroll setup, Xero migration and more complex system work are added only where needed and are shown separately in the proposal. Scope depends on reporting frequency, employee numbers, pay frequency, file condition and system complexity.

These are add-ons or custom scope, not peer homepage packages.

Discuss the right add-ons

Let's talk about your books.

Fifteen minutes, no obligation, no pitch. Tell me what state things are in and what you need help with. If you already know what you need, even better! If not, we'll work out a plan together. Either way I'll follow up by email with what it would take to sort out, so you've got it in front of you to read over properly.

Based in
Tapping, Perth's northern suburbs Servicing Joondalup, Wanneroo, and all of Perth

Prefer to write it down? Use the contact form. Got a question first? See the questions I get asked most.

Start wherever you are.

Three years behind is a normal Tuesday for me. So is a shoebox, and so is a Xero file nobody's opened since 2023. Book fifteen minutes, tell me what you've got, and I'll tell you what it'd take to fix it.

Let's make a start