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Bookkeeping for Broome businesses

Retail Trade appears in the industry chart below alongside Construction and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. Shops have daily takings, card settlements and stock bills to keep straight, and we reconcile all of it each month for Broome businesses, in whichever of Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks the shop uses.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Broome businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Broome Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
16,506 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Broome Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
0.9%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Broome Significant Urban Area, June 2025
1,355 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we serve Broome

  • Card settlements matched to sales

    Card terminal providers pay takings into the bank in batches, sometimes after taking out their fees. We match each settlement to the sales it covers and record any fee as a cost.

  • Cash takings traced to the bank

    Cash that is counted and banked is matched to its deposit, so the takings in your records agree with what reached the account.

  • Stock bills entered

    Bills from wholesalers and other suppliers go into the file as they come in, and we pair each with the payment that pays it, so you can see what's owed.

  • Quoted up front

    We quote before work starts, based on how many accounts, terminals and suppliers are involved.

Broome businesses by industry

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

  1. Construction281 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services159 businesses
  3. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services123 businesses
  4. Retail Trade117 businesses
  5. Other Services100 businesses
  6. Health Care and Social Assistance93 businesses
  7. Accommodation and Food Services86 businesses
  8. Administrative and Support Services86 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Broome businesses by number of employees

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly. Size ranges with a count of zero in the data are not shown.

  1. Non-employing758 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees323 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees200 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees72 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in Western Australia

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 Western Australia, 2026-27
$1,000,000Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Payroll tax rate in Western Australia, 2026-27
5.5%Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in Western Australia: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsParliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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What Broome business owners ask us

Our card deposits don't match the day's sales. Why not?
Usually because a settlement covers more than a single trading day, or because fees came out before the money landed. We match each deposit to the sales it relates to and record the fee, so the difference is explained.
Do you work with consultants and other professional firms?
Yes. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services is also among the larger groups in the chart. For firms like these, we match client payments to invoices so the list of unpaid invoices stays accurate.
Can you catch up months of missed reconciliations?
Yes. We begin at the earliest month that hasn't been reconciled and bring the file forward from there. Once it's current, we switch to a monthly routine.
Which software suits a shop?
We work in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, and each can take bank feeds and record sales. If you already have a file, we keep working in it; if you're still choosing, your accountant can help weigh up which suits you.
How do we get a quote?
Send the details through the contact page: your software, the number of bank accounts and card terminals, and how current the books are. We quote before any 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. Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 2002 (WA), version 04-d0-03

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-d0-03, as at 1 July 2019, released 1 July 2019. Checked 15 October 2026.

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

  4. Pay-roll Tax Act 2002 (WA), version 00-d0-02

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 00-d0-02, as at 14 December 2017, released 14 December 2017. Checked 15 October 2026.

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

  5. Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA), version 04-m0-00

    Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-m0-00, as at 31 January 2025, released 30 January 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

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