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Bookkeeping for Tamworth businesses

Agriculture, forestry and fishing joins construction, rental and real estate, and health care in the top groups of the industry chart below. Machinery and vehicles often come with finance, so for Tamworth businesses we reconcile those loan and hire purchase accounts each month in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, alongside the everyday books.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Tamworth businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Tamworth Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
46,024 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Tamworth Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
0.1%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Tamworth Significant Urban Area, June 2025
3,543 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we serve Tamworth businesses

  • Finance accounts reconciled

    Equipment loans and hire purchase accounts are reconciled to the lender's statements, so the balance owing in your file matches what the lender shows.

  • Costs recorded job by job

    Builders who track jobs in their software get each supplier bill and subcontractor invoice recorded against the job it belongs to.

  • Machinery hired in or out

    Hire charges you pay are recorded as costs and hire income you earn as income, so neither is netted against the other.

Tamworth businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction711 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services350 businesses
  3. Health Care and Social Assistance350 businesses
  4. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing307 businesses
  5. Transport, Postal and Warehousing294 businesses
  6. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services265 businesses
  7. Other Services250 businesses
  8. Retail Trade188 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Tamworth businesses by number of employees

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

  1. Non-employing1,974 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees1,026 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees428 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees124 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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Questions from Tamworth business owners

We've financed a tractor and a ute. Do you record the repayments?
Each repayment is recorded as the lender's statement shows it, and the loan account is reconciled so its balance agrees with the lender. How the finance is treated in your year-end accounts is for your accountant.
Can you show us what each job has cost so far?
If your Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file tracks jobs, yes. We record costs against the right job as bills come in, and the job reports in your software show the running total.
Why does agriculture show up in the figures for a town?
The ABS counts the businesses recorded within the Significant Urban Area, whatever their industry, and that area can extend past the town centre. Farming, forestry and fishing businesses counted there appear in the agriculture group.
Someone else does our year-end work. Where do you fit?
We keep the file reconciled through the year, so when your accountant starts, the bank, loan and card balances already agree with the statements.
What goes into the quote?
The number of accounts, finance accounts included, the monthly transaction volume and any catch-up. You'll have a quote before any work 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.