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Deon was recognised as a finalist in the 2024 Australian Law Awards & Women in Law Awards

in the category of  

Legal Operations Professional of the Year

Your legal accounting specialists

Your Legal Bookkeeper was founded Deon Wylie and provides specialist bookkeeping services to legal practitioners - bookkeeping you can trust.  


Our services include:


1.    Office Account Legal Bookkeeping
2.    Trust Account Bank Reconciliations & Statutory Reporting
3.    Statutory Deposit Monitoring
4.    End of Trust Year Part A & B Lodgment with relevant authorities

5.    Liaison with your trust account external examiners
6.    BAS/IAS Preparation & Lodgment
7.    Payroll & Superannuation Services
8.    Payroll Tax Calculations & Lodgment
9.    Xero Datafile Set up
10.   Splits, Mergers & Incorporation's
11.    Bookkeeper Training
12.   Conversion to time recording


We specialise in providing legal practitioners with high-quality legal bookkeeping services and keep you compliant with all the requirements and deadlines by Australian Law Societies.


Our 100% Virtual Bookkeeping Service is available Australia-wide.  


Office Accounting

 Let us balance the accounts while you take care of your clients.

Payroll & Superannuation

All payroll is completed on time, every time with the highest attention to detail.  

Trust Accounting

Let us take the burden of reconciling the trust account and ensuring your remain complaint.

BAS/IAS &

Payroll Tax

Never Miss a BAS/IAS or Payroll Tax Deadline again.

Aged Payables


We can help you streamline your payments

Management Reporting

Know the position of your business every month when we supply you with your financial reports.


In addition to over 20 years experience and degree qualified in Accounting, Your Legal Bookkeeper is specialist trained by the Legal Bookkeepers Institute and has a thorough understanding of all Trust Account Regulations. 


We can assist you to meet all of your monthly trust account obligations for a flat monthly fee or an hourly fee if your circumstances are more complex. 


Our services are ideal for sole practitioners or small legal firms with less than 20 practitioners who do not have time or the background to handle the accounting side of running their business.


Rather than spending billable hours tackling tricky bookkeeping tasks, you should work with Your Legal Bookkeeper who understands your profession, and can deliver tailored services that are specific to you.


We are highly experienced in the use of many practice management software programs however specialise using:

How can we help?

Finding a reliable and long-term legal bookkeeper is difficult - until now.


A highly trained specialist bookkeeper is a crucial component to the success of your legal firm.  As legal professionals deal with complex financial matters including trust accounts, client investments & Controlled Money Accounts, its imperative that you employ a bookkeeper that specialises in your industry. 


We can look after all of your Trust Account Reconciliations, Office Account Reconciliations, Payroll, BAS/IAS and liaise with your Annual External Examiner.


We have specialist workflow management software and procedures in place to ensure that all forms are lodged ahead of time.

We can provide a cost-effective solution to your problem and minimise your stress so you can get back to doing what you do best…. Growing your business!

Our Qualifications


When you work with Your Legal Bookkeeper, you can rest assured knowing that we can help you with all practice management including:


  • Reconciling your trust account
  • Managing your office expenses
  • Superannuation
  • Payroll
  • BAS
  • PAYG
  • And so much more


We will ensure your obligations are met on time, everytime providing you with monthly Bank Account Reconciliations, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheets as well as Debtor & Creditor Reporting so you can see whether your business is growing.


With a passion for continued growth, we are constantly updating our credentials and qualifications, to ensure that we can service all of our clients with the latest, most relevant approaches, accounting software, and provide relevant advice. 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
  • Diploma of Accounting
  • Diploma of Business
  • Diploma of Management
  • Legal Bookkeepers Institute Certified

        > Victoria

        > New South Wales

        > Queensland

        > Western Australia


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • Australian Bookkeepers Network
  • Australian Bookkeepers Association
  • Institute of Certified Bookkeepers
  • Xero
  • Hubdoc
  • Taxation Practitioners Board
  • Legal Bookkeepers Institute
  • Australian Wide Taxation & Payroll


PASSWORD MANAGER

We believe in protecting our client's data and therefore ensure that we always use secure password manager software.


We've got the tick of approval as a BAS Agent

In the same way that Lawyers need to be registered and maintain their professional development, so do bookkeepers who are providing a BAS Service (since 1 March 2010).


A registered bookkeeper is called a BAS Agent. 


To give you some insight, to be an accredited BAS Agent like us, we must have the following:

  • Minimum Certificate IV in Financial Services – Bookkeeping or Accounting
  • Member of a recognised Professional Association
  • Over 1000 hours of relevant experience
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance
  • Ongoing Professional Development






Our Services

LEGAL TRUST ACCOUNTING

This is our specialty!

 

LEGAL OFFICE ACCOUNTING

This is our specialty!


PAYROLL SERVICES


BAS/IAS/PAYROLL TAX


ACCOUNTS PAYABLE/RECEIVABLE


MANAGEMENT REPORTING


DATA FILE MIGRATION/NEW BUSINESS SETUPS


DATA ENTRY ASSISTANCE


BOOKKEEPER TRAINING



What our clients say

What our clients say

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