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Bookkeeping for Burnie businesses

Construction heads the industry chart below, with Health Care and Social Assistance next and Retail Trade also in the list. Whether a file has been kept by someone else for a long time or has drifted, we take over the bookkeeping for Burnie businesses inside the existing Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file and bring it current.

  • By Book Keeping Pros
  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Burnie businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Burnie - Somerset Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
28,643 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Burnie - Somerset 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 Burnie - Somerset Significant Urban Area, June 2025
1,569 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Taking over the books for Burnie businesses

  • A look at where the file stands

    We start by checking which accounts are reconciled and to what date, and list anything left unmatched, before taking on the monthly work.

  • Old loose ends cleared

    Transactions left unreconciled from earlier months are worked through and matched to the records they belong to, or listed for you to explain.

  • Counter and front desk takings matched

    Card and cash takings are matched to the bank deposits they arrive in, whether they come from a shop counter or a practice front desk.

  • Priced from the file itself

    We look at the state of the file and the monthly volume, then quote before work starts.

Burnie businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction253 businesses
  2. Health Care and Social Assistance194 businesses
  3. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services171 businesses
  4. Retail Trade138 businesses
  5. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing119 businesses
  6. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services117 businesses
  7. Other Services107 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing100 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Burnie businesses by number of employees

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

  1. Non-employing825 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees449 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees238 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees63 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 Tasmania

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 Tasmania, 2026-27
$1,250,000Office of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Lower payroll tax rate in Tasmania, 2026-27
4%Office of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Upper payroll tax rate in Tasmania, 2026-27
6.1%Office of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in Tasmania: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsOffice of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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What Burnie business owners ask

Our bookkeeper is retiring. How does a handover work?
You add us as a user on your Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, and we check where the reconciliations are up to. Notes from your previous bookkeeper help, but the file itself shows us most of what we need.
The file has old unreconciled transactions. Can you fix that?
Yes. We work through them, match what we can to the bank statements and the records they settle, and give you a list of the rest to confirm.
Who do we ask about Tasmanian payroll tax?
The State Revenue Office administers it, and this page shows the figures the Tasmanian rules set. Ask the State Revenue Office or your accountant how they apply to you.
Do we have to change software?
No. We work in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, and staying in the file you know keeps the handover simpler.
How much will a handover cost?
That depends on how much tidying the file needs. We look at it and quote before work starts, so the cost is agreed up front.

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 Act 2008 (Tas), authorised version as at 1 April 2020

    Office of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Authorised version as at 1 April 2020, released 5 May 2020. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Tasmanian Legislation website (www.legislation.tas.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  4. Long Service Leave Act 1976 (Tas), authorised version as at 10 December 2018

    Office of Parliamentary Counsel Tasmania. Authorised version as at 10 December 2018, released 13 March 2019. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Tasmanian Legislation website (www.legislation.tas.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.