Gold Coast Accountants · Since 1973

Keep more of what you earn, without the EOFY stress.

Proactive tax, accounting and advisory for Gold Coast business owners and busy professionals, from a local firm that has looked after people, not tax file numbers, for over 50 years.

  • ✓ Legitimately minimise your tax
  • ✓ A dedicated accountant who knows your name
  • ✓ Specialists who understand your industry
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Burleigh Heads · Independent since 1973

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50+ years
caring for clients
All industries
from trades to medical practices
All year
advice, not just at tax time
Plain language
advice you can act on
Built for business

The advice that keeps your business ahead, not just compliant

From setting up the right structure to planning your exit, we cover the work that moves your business forward.

Business Structuring

The right structure for your business, set up to be tax effective and to protect what you own.

Financial Statements and Tax Returns

Your year-end numbers prepared and lodged on time, and explained to you in plain English.

Small Business Accounting

Compliance handled and numbers explained in plain English, so you can get on with trading.

Activity Statements (BAS & IAS)

Prepared and lodged on time every quarter, with GST and PAYG kept in order, without you chasing us.

QBCC Accounting

Keep your building licence in good standing with reporting prepared the way the regulator expects.

Cash Flow Forecasts

See where your cash is likely to land, and plan with confidence.

Asset Protection

Keep what you have built separate from business risk, organised well before anything goes wrong.

Succession & Estate Planning

Hand over the business and pass on what you have built, with who gets what settled in advance.

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Specialist industries

You should not have to explain your own industry

These are the industries we work in often enough to be familiar with the deadlines, the pressure points and the reporting, so less of your time goes on explaining how your business works.

Not on the list? The structures, the deadlines and the reporting still look familiar. Tell us what you do and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.

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The information on this page is general in nature and does not take into account your personal objectives, financial situation or needs. It is not financial product advice. Before acting, seek advice from a registered tax agent or licensed financial adviser about your circumstances.

Why Crest

Most problems in a business are visible a year before they hurt

Compliance work looks backwards. What actually matters is who is on your file, whether they know your history, and whether they saw the problem before you did.

  • You never explain your business twice

    Crest has worked with Gold Coast businesses since 1973. The person on your file already knows what happened last year, and the year before — you pick up the conversation rather than restart it.

  • The call comes before the problem does

    Most of what hurts a business — a tax bill nobody planned for, a cash flow gap, a structure that stopped fitting two years ago — is visible well in advance. We look ahead through the year, not just at year end, so you find out while there is still something you can do about it.

  • You are not the first business like yours we have seen

    Whatever you do, the structures, the deadlines and the reporting patterns tend to look familiar. That means less of your first meeting spent explaining how your industry works, and more of it spent on what to actually do next.

  • Your file never leaves our office

    Nothing is outsourced and nothing goes offshore — your work is done in our own office by a qualified accountant you can pick up the phone to.

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