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Bookkeeping for Devonport businesses

Construction leads the industry chart on this page, followed by Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services and Health Care and Social Assistance. Whatever the industry, your accountant can start sooner from a reconciled file, so we keep the books current for Devonport businesses in their own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Devonport businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Devonport Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
32,938 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Devonport 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 Devonport Significant Urban Area, June 2025
2,089 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we work with Devonport businesses

  • Shared file, shared view

    Your accountant can be given access to the same Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file we work in, so records don't need exporting and emailing back and forth.

  • Reconciled through the year

    We keep each month reconciled as the year goes on, so the file is in order when your accountant starts their year-end work.

  • Queries answered from the records

    When your accountant has a question about a transaction, we look it up in the file and reply with what the records show.

  • Clear lines between us

    We do the bookkeeping; your accountant gives the advice. Each of us knows where the other's work starts.

Devonport businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction397 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services235 businesses
  3. Health Care and Social Assistance206 businesses
  4. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services172 businesses
  5. Retail Trade168 businesses
  6. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing161 businesses
  7. Other Services146 businesses
  8. Transport, Postal and Warehousing129 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Devonport businesses by number of employees

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

  1. Non-employing1,169 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees511 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees318 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees90 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees6 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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Questions we hear from Devonport business owners

Can you work alongside the firm that does our year-end accounts?
Yes. We keep the file reconciled month to month, and your accountant uses it for their own work. If they need something from the records, they can ask us directly.
What do you hand over at the end of the financial year?
A file with each bank and card account reconciled to its statements through to the last month of the year, and any items we couldn't resolve listed for you and your accountant.
We're consultants. Does the work differ for professional firms?
The routine is the same, with more weight on matching client payments to invoices. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services is among the larger groups in the chart on this page.
Can you catch up the missing months before year-end work starts?
Yes. We reconcile the missing months in order, oldest to newest, and tell you when the file is current so your accountant can begin.
Where do we start?
Send your software, the accounts involved and how current the books are through the contact page. We quote from those details before work starts.

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.