The Australian financial year ends 30 June. For most allied health practices that means tidying up a year of revenue, expenses, payroll, and tax artefacts. The practices that have a clean June are the practices that started thinking about EOFY in May.
This is operational orientation. EOFY mechanics depend on your business structure (sole trader, partnership, company) and your accountant’s system. Use this as a discussion list with them, not a substitute for advice.
May — chase outstanding invoices
Invoices that have been sitting for 60+ days are unlikely to age into payment without intervention. Run an aged-receivables report in May. Send polite chase emails. Decide which invoices, if any, to write off as bad debt before EOFY — that decision affects this year’s reportable income.
June 1–7 — reconcile the books
Match every receipt against an invoice and every expense against a category. The reconciliation surfaces the things you forgot to invoice and the expenses you forgot to claim. Either is worth real money.
June 8–20 — capital + super decisions
- Asset purchases planned for next quarter — worth bringing forward to claim depreciation in this FY?
- Super contributions — must be received by the fund before 30 June to be deductible this year. Pay on 25 June, not 30 June.
- Bad-debt write-offs — final decisions.
June 21–30 — quiet week, no surprises
Run a final sanity check on your numbers. Confirm with your accountant that there are no last-minute moves needed. Avoid making any major operational decisions in the last week of June — they almost always have tax implications you have not yet thought through.
July — issue PAYG summaries and run BAS
If you employ staff, your PAYG summaries (now called income statements via Single Touch Payroll) need finalising by mid-July. BAS for the June quarter is due late July. Set the dates in the calendar in advance.
September — income tax return
Sole traders generally lodge by 31 October if self-lodging, later via a registered agent. Companies lodge per the agent’s schedule. The further out you give your accountant the data, the less you pay them in late-stage triage.