- Unit 25, 42 Bundall Road, Bundall QLD 4217
- | Mon to Fri 8:30am to 5:00pm
- hello@elev8ba.com.au
- 0425 609 720
Specialist accounting, tax, and advisory services for construction and property professionals.
Improve labour recovery, technician utilisation, and profit margins. We benchmark your workshop and identify practical ways to increase profitability.
Get strategic guidance for expansion, new services, staffing decisions, pricing, and equipment investments to support sustainable growth.
Reduce tax surprises with proactive planning and regular structure reviews that keep your business efficient as it evolves.
Stay compliant with expert management of financial statements, tax returns, BAS, payroll, STP, FBT, payroll tax, and superannuation.
Financial statements, tax returns, BAS, payroll reporting, STP, payroll tax, FBT, QBCC MFR reporting, and superannuation.
Preparation and lodgement of Fringe Benefits Tax returns where required.
Top-line revenue can be misleading. A workshop can turn over strong numbers while losing money on labour through low recovery rates or poor job pricing. We look at your labour recovery rate, gross profit margin on labour and parts, and average repair order value – and benchmark these against industry standards to give you a real picture of where your workshop stands.
It depends on your current cash position, the cost of finance, the expected return the equipment generates, and whether there are tax advantages to a particular structure. Financing preserves cash flow but adds an ongoing cost. Paying outright avoids interest but ties up capital. We model both scenarios so you can make the decision with clear numbers in front of you.
The most important are labour recovery rate (aim for 85–95%), gross profit margin on labour (typically 65–75% for a well-run workshop), gross profit on parts (commonly 30–45%), and average repair order value. Tracking these monthly – not just at year end – gives you the visibility to catch problems early and act on opportunities.
When your existing team is consistently at or near capacity and you’re turning away work or extending booking times significantly. But the numbers also need to stack up – an additional technician needs to generate enough billable hours to cover their wages, on-costs, and a contribution to overhead. We help you model the break-even point before you commit.