Bookkeeping in Brisbane
Bookkeeping services for Brisbane businesses.
Visory provides bookkeepers in Brisbane for Australian businesses turning over roughly $750k to $20m. Headquartered in Melbourne, Visory gives you a dedicated team you know by name, who run your books, BAS and month-end close inside your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, to Queensland payroll tax, leave and show holiday rules, with Delphi AI taking the repetitive parts under their oversight. Most engagements land between about A$1,250 and A$4,000 a month, ex GST, and your proposal fixes the number.
- A dedicated team you know by name
- Queensland rules in every pay run and close
- One flat monthly fee for the agreed scope
Who we work with in Queensland
Growing businesses across Queensland.
Health care and social assistance is Queensland’s largest employing industry, with about 509,700 workers in August 2025, ahead of construction, retail trade, education and professional services (Jobs and Skills Australia, August 2025 data). Greater Brisbane holds about 63% of the state’s professional, scientific and technical services jobs and half of its health care and social assistance workers.
- Services businesses turning over roughly $750k to $20m, led by a CEO, managing director or founder.
- Not-for-profits, including NDIS providers, reporting to a board and to funders.
- Franchise networks and hospitality groups, with many sites and many pay runs.
- Professional services About 63% of Queensland’s professional, scientific and technical services jobs are in Greater Brisbane, against about 52% of all the state’s jobs (Jobs and Skills Australia, August 2025 data).
- Medical and allied health practices Health care and social assistance is Queensland’s largest employing industry, at 17% of jobs, and about half of those workers are in Greater Brisbane (Jobs and Skills Australia, August 2025 data).
- NDIS providers Queensland community services employers, NDIS providers among them, have registered with QLeave and paid a portable long service levy on ordinary wages since 1 January 2021.
- Hospitality groups and franchise QSR Accommodation and food services employs about 210,200 Queenslanders, 7% of the state’s jobs and the sixth-largest employing industry (Jobs and Skills Australia, August 2025 data).
Queensland rules
The Queensland rules your finance function runs on.
Four employer rules set by Queensland, each with the instrument that sets it and what it does to your month. Your team works to them every pay run and every close.
Every dollar above the threshold changes the bill.
Periodic returns are due 7 days after each month or half-year ends and the annual return by 21 July. Because the deduction tapers, payroll and the books need to agree every month, not only in July.
Payroll tax is 4.75% where Australian taxable wages are $6.5 million or less, and 4.95% above that. The $1.3 million threshold deduction reduces by $1 for every $7 of wages above it and is nil at $10.4 million. Eligible regional employers receive a one percentage point discount until 30 June 2030, and a mental health levy applies above $10 million.
Payroll Tax Act 1971 (Qld); deduction range from 1 January 2023; regional discount 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2030; unchanged in the 2026-27 Budget.Sources Queensland Revenue Office, payroll tax rates and thresholds Queensland Revenue Office, payroll tax deductions Queensland Revenue Office, 2026-27 State Budget Queensland Revenue Office, discount for regional businesses Payroll Tax Act 1971 (Qld)
The liability can fall due from year seven.
It builds from day one, so it belongs in your balance sheet before it is triggered, not after.
About 8.67 weeks of paid leave after 10 years of continuous service, and a further 4.33 weeks after each further 5 years. Between 7 and 10 years, pro rata leave is payable when employment ends in set circumstances, such as dismissal for a reason other than conduct, capacity or performance. Building and construction, contract cleaning and community services have portable schemes run by QLeave.
Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), s 95; community services portable scheme from 1 January 2021.Sources Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld) Business Queensland, long service leave entitlements QLeave, community services scheme
Queensland’s calendar runs on its own dates.
Labour Day and the King’s Birthday fall on different days from the southern states, so multi-state pay calendars have to be set state by state, and site by site for show holidays.
Queensland holidays include the day after Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Labour Day (the first Monday in May), the King’s Birthday (the first Monday in October), Christmas Eve from 6pm, and, in the Brisbane area, the Royal Queensland Show holiday on the Wednesday of the show in August (Wednesday 12 August in 2026). Other districts take their own show holidays.
Holidays Act 1983 (Qld); extra day for a weekend Christmas, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day from Christmas Day 2011.Sources Queensland Government, public holidays Queensland Government, show holiday dates
Clean monthly numbers make August a check.
The wages you declare should match your payroll and your books, so the declaration confirms figures you already trust rather than starting a project.
Employers of workers in Queensland must have workers’ compensation insurance with WorkCover Queensland, unless they are a licensed self-insurer. Policies end on 30 June. Actual wages for the year just ended, and estimated wages for the year ahead, are declared by 31 August, which also makes a business eligible for a 3% pay-in-full discount on premiums over $200.
Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld); policies renew each 1 July.Source WorkCover Queensland, renewing your policy and declaring wages
Rules last checked 7 October 2026 against the sources at the foot of this page. General information only. It does not take your circumstances into account.
How it works from anywhere
Can a team outside Brisbane run a Brisbane business?
Yes. Visory’s head office is in Melbourne and its team works across Australia, so nothing about the work depends on where your office is.
Your own file
Your books stay in your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file. Your team works inside it, so you see the same numbers they do, whenever you look.
A team you know by name
A dedicated team runs the work, led by a Business Performance Partner. You meet them by video call, and you always know who to ask.
Queensland rules, built in
Visory’s head office is in Melbourne and its team works across Australia, with businesses throughout Queensland. Your books stay in your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, and your team works inside it with you. Every pay run and every close is checked against the rules on this page.
Business hours, and the platform after them
Your team works 9am to 5pm Melbourne time on business days, all year round, and the Visory platform is open to you around the clock for documents, approvals and your numbers.
What we run for Brisbane businesses
The whole finance function, actually handled.
Bookkeeping, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, run end to end by a dedicated team with Delphi AI working under their oversight. Flat monthly fee. No hourly billing.
Bookkeeping
Every transaction coded and reconciled, month-end closed on schedule.
Explore bookkeepingPayroll
Pay runs prepared, checked, and paid on time, every cycle.
See how payroll runsAccounts payable
Bills captured, checked against what's already paid, and paid when you say so.
See accounts payableAccounts receivable
Invoices out on schedule, overdue accounts followed up in your name.
See accounts receivableVisory Insights
Once a month: what changed, what it means, and what to do next.
See how Insights worksBusiness Performance Partner
A named partner who walks you through the numbers and the next move.
How your partner worksVisory Insights
What your numbers should show in Queensland.
Clean books are the start. Every month, Insights turns them into a plain-English report, and a named Business Performance Partner walks your leadership team through what they mean for the year ahead.
The taper’s real rate
On our arithmetic, for a business with all its wages in Queensland, each extra dollar between $1.3 million and $10.4 million costs about 5.4 cents in payroll tax, not 4.75. Insights helps a leader cost hiring plans at the effective rate.
When the apprentice rebate ends
The 50% apprentice and trainee rebate runs to 30 June 2027 after the 2026 Budget extended it. Your Business Performance Partner shows a 2027-28 forecast that assumes it is gone unless it is extended again.
WorkCover in the cash calendar
Declaring wages by 31 August makes a business eligible for a 3% pay-in-full discount on premiums over $200. Insights places that declaration and the premium payment in the cash flow forecast, not the inbox.
Looking for a virtual CFO in Brisbane? Visory has no standalone CFO offer. That work sits inside Visory Insights and your sessions with a Business Performance Partner. See Visory Insights
What customers say
A Queensland NDIS provider on working with Visory.
Common questions
Questions Brisbane businesses ask.
Straight answers about bookkeeping for a Brisbane business, from a team that works remotely.
Does Visory have an office in Brisbane?
Visory’s head office is in Melbourne and our team works across Australia, so we support businesses in Brisbane as we do everywhere else. A Brisbane business gets a dedicated team you know by name, who work inside your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file and meet you by video call. Your records stay in your file, which you can open at any time.
Who are the bookkeepers Visory provides in Brisbane?
Your Brisbane business gets a named Bookkeeper who owns the work, a Business Performance Partner who leads the relationship, and Delphi AI preparing routine coding under their oversight. The team works remotely from across Australia, inside your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, to Queensland payroll tax, long service leave and show holiday rules, and meets you by video call.
What bookkeeper services are included for a Brisbane business?
Every month: transactions coded and reconciled, the month-end close on an agreed timetable, profit and loss and balance sheet, BAS prepared and lodged by a registered BAS agent, current debtors and creditors, and answers from your named bookkeeper on the platform. Payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable and Visory Insights are separate services on the same platform, added when you want them.
See what bookkeeping includes What hours does my Visory team work in Brisbane time?
Your team works 9am to 5pm Melbourne time, all year round, on business days. In Brisbane that is 9am to 5pm from April to October, and 8am to 4pm from October to April, because Queensland has no daylight saving. Outside those hours, the Visory platform is your 24/7 access point, so your financial information is there whenever you need it.
Can a bookkeeper who isn’t in Brisbane look after my business?
Yes. Bookkeeping happens in your accounting file, not in an office, so a remote team can keep a Brisbane business current. What matters is that the team knows Queensland rules on payroll tax, long service leave and show holidays, and that you know who they are. Your team is named, and you speak by video call.
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Brisbane?
Most Visory engagements land between about A$1,250 and A$4,000 a month, ex GST, and your proposal fixes the number. It is one flat monthly fee for the scope we agree, with no hourly billing and no timesheets, and the fee reflects the services you take and the volume of work in your business. Bookkeeping alone is a valid starting point. The fee is fixed after your free financial health check, before you commit.
See how pricing works Do you work in Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks?
Yes. Your team works inside your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file, so the books stay yours and nothing has to move to a new system. If you are changing software, the team can plan the move with you. Delphi AI, overseen by your team, prepares routine work in the same file when you choose to use it.
Can Visory lodge my BAS?
Yes. Visory is a registered BAS agent, so your team prepares your business activity statement from reconciled books and lodges it with the ATO for you. The GST and PAYG withholding figures come from the same Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file your team keeps current every month. Payroll tax and workers compensation returns work differently: they draw on reconciled payroll.
When does a Queensland business have to pay payroll tax?
Once its Australian taxable wages pass $1.3 million a year, with grouped businesses counted together. The rate is 4.75%, or 4.95% above $6.5 million, and the deduction tapers to nil at $10.4 million. Periodic returns are due 7 days after each period and the annual return by 21 July, each drawing on the same reconciled wages as your books.
Which show holiday applies to my Queensland staff?
The one for the district where each employee works. Brisbane takes the Royal Queensland Show holiday, Wednesday 12 August in 2026, while the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Townsville and other districts take their own show days on other dates. Your pay calendar keys each holiday to the employee’s site, not to head office.
Can you look after staff in more than one state?
Yes. Each state sets its own payroll tax threshold, long service leave rules and public holidays, and Queensland’s Labour Day and King’s Birthday fall on different dates from the southern states. Your team keeps one payroll reconciled to the books and works to each state’s rules, so returns in every state draw on the same wages.
Do you offer a virtual CFO in Brisbane?
Visory has no standalone CFO offer: that work sits inside Visory Insights, which gives you monthly plain-English reporting and structured sessions with a named Business Performance Partner, which covers what many growing businesses look for when they search for a virtual CFO. The person explaining your margin is the person whose team closed your month.
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