A rewarding scalable business model for the financially astute. Run your own accounting and advisory business.
Now more than ever, you might be thinking about how to make your time and income work harder for your future, so that you’re in control.
As a TaxAssist Accountants franchisee, you can run a thriving accountancy and advisory business, enjoy a growing income from your efforts, and build a valuable asset to sell when the time is right. You will be able to deliver a suite of accounting, tax, financial and advisory services to local business owners, contractors, freelancers, and their families from your welcoming high street premises.
Successful franchisees come from a wide range of backgrounds, ages and experiences
Franchisees have worked both in practice and industry, banking, financial services, corporate and consulting, and some have been former successful business owners too. Having a financial background is essential – the focus is on advising and supporting clients while your tech and team do the number crunching.
The Market
With the loss of the traditional bank manager and other advisory organisations, there is a gap that TaxAssist franchises are filling, as people seek a local trusted advisor for their business and personal financial affairs. Demand is constant, with evolving tech automating many of the basic services. Franchisees and their teams harness this to deliver a suite of accounting, tax and advisory work, with a relationship-led approach.
Our technical team operate a helpdesk, as well as delivering regulatory updates for your team, and we provide specialist support and mentoring for you as the owner. You’ll always be able to access the advice you need, whenever you need it.
Your role – and our role
As a TaxAssist franchisee you are in business for yourself, but not by yourself. The goal is for you to work on the business rather than in it. That way, you’re growing an asset as well as your income.
You’ll spend your time growing your business attracting new clients and leading your team of loyal staff. We’ll guide you every step of the way to maximise both your income and asset value, all you need to do is follow the proven model – just like hundreds of people have before you.
Think of us as your back-office support team, with years of experience helping people start and grow their accounting firm.
TaxAssist franchisees benefit from our:
- Market leading brand with a proven product and service mix
- Lead generation service and digital visibility, including website and marketing campaigns
- Refined technology, systems and processes for every element of your business
- Guidance setting out your business plan, a proven route to building a saleable asset
- Keeping you and your business right at the leading edge of changing trends and regulations
Franchisee Majority Ownership of us ‘the Franchisor’
Did you know? The TaxAssist Group has a unique ownership structure, c.60% owned by our franchisees, that ensures franchisee success is truly at the heart of our strategy. New franchisees own their own local business as part of the TaxAssist network, and if they choose, have the opportunity to become a shareholder in the franchisor.
There are four different ways you can become a TaxAssist Accountants franchisee.
1. Build your own accountancy practice with TaxAssist in a new territory
Most people choose to join the network as a new start-up. This gives you the time to become accustomed to self-employment and build your team and practice up gradually. This represents a faster and lower cost route to building your own practice, and a significant asset. Our franchise fee for a new start is $50,000 + GST.
2. Joining the TaxAssist Academy
The Academy offers professional accountants the opportunity to complete training, learn practice software and lodge returns for clients as they transition their career into public practice. There is no requirement from TaxAssist Accountants to resign from your current employment whilst on the Academy. Over 12 months your lodgements will be supervised and you will be offered continuous training if required.
Any time during the 12-month program you have the option to join TaxAssist Accountants as a franchisee. Any clients that you have introduced during the Academy are signed over to your business.
The training fee is deducted from the final franchise fee. The cost of joining the TaxAssist Academy is $10,500 + GST.
3. Convert your existing practice over to TaxAssist Accountants
If you are already an accounting or tax professional with your own practice, or client base, we can help you grow your existing business.
We are seeing more practices coming to us who are considering their future plans. A combination of Covid, digitalisation, technology changes, automation, compliance requirements, and client expectations is making life increasingly difficult for accounting and tax practices. Converting your practice to TaxAssist Accountants will not only enable you to stay on top of all these changes, but we’ll give you the technology, systems, marketing and business development support to diversify your services, develop a team and build a saleable asset.
Your overall business start-up costs will depend on your current situation and is subject to the territory location being available. For further details, see our next page on how you can take your practice to the next level with TaxAssist Accountants.
4. Join TaxAssist Accountants on a joint venture
Join us on a joint venture and become your own boss while part owning a TaxAssist Accountants practice (the exact shareholding arrangement will be dependent on a number of factors). As a joint venture partner, you will have the opportunity to leverage our brand name, reputation, and proven business model to establish and grow your own accounting business within our franchise system, with minimal start-up costs. We provide comprehensive training, ongoing support, and access to valuable resources to help you succeed in your business.
As a joint venture partner, you will have the freedom to run your own accounting practice while benefiting from the guidance and expertise of our experienced team. We have a strong track record of success in the accounting industry and are committed to helping our joint venture partners achieve their goals. If you are a motivated and entrepreneurial individual with a Tax Licence, we invite you to join us as a joint venture partner and take the first step towards building your own successful accounting practice.
Next steps
The TaxAssist franchise is for the financially astute, people who enjoy the reward of delivering ongoing value to their clients, forging deep mutually profitable relationships. Our next steps include:
- Downloading the Prospectus
- Enquiry and Conversation
- Booking and attending a Discovery Session
If you have ambition, commercial acumen and you’re looking for a successful and proven business model to achieve your goals, then get in touch. Request free information below!
TaxAssist Accountants partners with Swoop to fuel future growth for Aussie SMEs
Swoop Funding and TaxAssist Accountants have joined forces to bring business lending options to their local business clientele.
The collaboration enables TaxAssist Accountants the ability to offer sole traders and SME’s, many of who may have previously found their options limited, funding to help with business expansion, cash flow, asset purchase etc. Through this alliance, both new and established business owners will have access to Swoop’s curated network of direct lenders, chosen specifically to deliver tailored financing options to SMEs.
This is shaping up to be a challenging year for many businesses, with many struggling to access finance, so TaxAssist Accountants are thrilled to be utilising financial technology to provide access to innovative and alternative funding options via this partnership with Swoop Funding.
TaxAssist Accountants provide cost effective accounting and business advisory services to local businesses, and ensure Swoop Funding has the financial reports required by lenders to facilitate efficient and successful lending solutions.
Mandy Sigaloff, Managing Director of TaxAssist Accountants commented "Many small businesses in our communities are finding this year tough. It is crucial, now more than ever, to support these businesses by facilitating swift and straightforward access to finance. By doing this, we can safeguard the enterprise that is key to our communities. We are thrilled to provide Swoop's innovative funding tool to facilitate this."
With the latest statistics indicating that fewer than 50% of businesses are accessing the loans needed, it becomes crucial for organisations that work closely with these local businesses, like TaxAssist Accountants, to tackle and address the challenges when looking for funding. This new tool, powered by one of Australia’s most admired fintechs, Swoop Funding, matches businesses with funding options from over 100 providers.
Addressing the partnership, Cynthia De Vera, Swoop’s Head of Country, remarked: “This latest collaboration aligns with Swoop’s dedication to supporting SMEs in Australia to enhance their business performance. By offering tailored working capital solutions that meet the unique needs of each SME, our aim is to ensure these businesses are well-positioned for success in their post-COVID-19 recovery journey. Swoop recognises the individuality of each business; therefore, we approach each deal on a case-by-case basis, providing bespoke solutions to secure long-term benefits for the business owner.”
Swoop is committed to providing simple, secure and speedy access to the right finance solution to small business owners complimenting TaxAssist Accountants aggressive growth strategy to support and develop profitable and sustainable businesses in Australia’s local business communities.
I never thought I would be able to run my own accounting business. With the support of my partner and TaxAssist, this is now a reality. I wish I had made the decision to become a Franchisee sooner!
I kept searching for an organisation that would train me, provide contracting work or a franchise, and would also supervise and guide me towards becoming a tax agent. I found TaxAssist Accountants which will help me to achieve what I desire.
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