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Bookkeeping for Lismore businesses

Health care and social assistance sits just behind construction in the industry chart below, and providers in that group are often paid by agencies and funders as well as by clients. We match those payments for Lismore businesses inside their own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, alongside the rest of the monthly books.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Lismore businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Lismore Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
27,856 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Lismore Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
-0.6%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Lismore Significant Urban Area, June 2025
2,246 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we serve Lismore businesses

  • Remittances from funders

    Where an agency or funder pays your invoices, each remittance is matched to the invoices it covers, and part payments stay open until they're settled.

  • Contractor and supplier bills

    Building businesses and others that use contractors get each bill entered and matched to its payment, so amounts owing are clear at month end.

  • Reports that reflect the month

    Once reconciliation is done, the profit and loss and balance sheet in your software show the month as it actually went.

Lismore businesses by industry

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.

  1. Construction360 businesses
  2. Health Care and Social Assistance343 businesses
  3. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services228 businesses
  4. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services219 businesses
  5. Retail Trade193 businesses
  6. Other Services155 businesses
  7. Administrative and Support Services125 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing114 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Lismore businesses by number of employees

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.

  1. Non-employing1,314 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees593 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees268 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees64 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees3 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in New South Wales

Each state and territory sets its own payroll tax and long service leave rules. The payroll tax figures are for the 2026-27 financial year.

Annual payroll tax threshold in New South Wales, 2026-27
$1,200,000Revenue NSW. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Payroll tax rate in New South Wales, 2026-27
5.45%Revenue NSW. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in New South Wales: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsNSW Industrial Relations. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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Lismore business owners ask

An agency pays many of our invoices in a lump sum. Can you sort that out?
We can. The remittance advice tells us how to split the payment across the invoices it covers, and anything left unpaid stays on your list so you can follow it up.
What does health care and social assistance include?
The ABS group takes in hospitals, medical and allied health practices, residential care and social assistance services such as child care. In the industry chart, its count covers the ABS Significant Urban Area.
The size chart shows lots of non-employing businesses. Do you work with them?
Regularly. Businesses with no employees get the same monthly reconciliation as larger ones, priced to the work involved.
How do you hand the year over when it closes?
With the year already reconciled, your accountant can work straight from the Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, and we can answer their questions about any entry.
What do you need from us to quote?
Your software, the bank and card accounts you use, a rough idea of monthly volume and how far behind the books are. We quote from that before anything begins.

Sources

  1. Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area and electoral division, 2001 to 2025 (32180DS0004_2001-25.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001 to 2025 (2022 to 2024 revised, 2025 preliminary), released 31 March 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, 2024-25 financial year, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Payroll tax thresholds and rates

    Revenue NSW. 2025-26 and 2026-27, released 1 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of New South Wales through Revenue NSW Licence: Revenue NSW terms of use: copyright, State of New South Wales.

  4. Long Service Leave Guide (NSW), March 2026

    NSW Industrial Relations. First published March 2026, released 2 March 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    © State of New South Wales 2026 Licence: All rights reserved, State of New South Wales.