Ahead For Business

Ahead For Business is an accounting and advisory practice in Melbourne, Australia, built around small business owners. It pairs day-to-day accounting with strategic advice aimed at keeping a company financially sound as it expands, and says it has done this work for over 30 years.

What Ahead For Business offers

• Business services — advice on company structure, cash flow and business planning for new and growing firms.
• Tax planning — preparing returns and making sure the correct tax is paid and payments are managed.
• Compliance — keeping clients current with reporting and procedural rules set by Australian government agencies.
• Management accounting — up-to-date financial reports that owners can use to make decisions.
• Audits and forensic accounting — company, not-for-profit and self-managed super fund (SMSF) audits.
• Bookkeeping systems — help choosing cloud or on-premise accounting software.

Who it works with

Its clients are small business owners and entrepreneurs. It also helps with buying, selling or merging a business, succession planning and business valuations.

Key facts

• Based in: Melbourne, Australia
• Experience: more than 30 years in business accounting
• Legal entity: Ahead for Business Pty Ltd