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Newsletter September 2026

This month’s newsletter is packed with important updates.

The real value of financial advice goes way beyond returns

Your advisor’s fees are visible. The value they create – less stress, 100+ hours saved, avoided mistakes – lasts for years. Here’s what the research really shows.

Read more

Land tax: your nominated beneficiary election might be working against you now

Your old land tax election might need a review.

Read more

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Associate Partner – Help lead our Accounting & Business Advisory team

If you’re a senior advisor in Accounting & Business Advisory ready to lead client relationships and step toward partnership, BG Private wants to talk to you.

Explore the role

Graduate opportunities!

We’re hiring 2027 graduates across Financial Planning, Accounting & Business Advisory, and Audit & Assurance. Ready to launch your career or know someone who is? Check out what’s on offer.

See graduate roles | Apply now

Client Spotlight

TODAY

Client: Today – a design and technology studio for social innovation (50+ staff, $10m+ turnover)

Challenge: In May 2026, with Payday Super on the horizon, Today needed to shift payroll frequency from fortnightly to monthly. Beyond the mechanics of the change, they needed to manage the cashflow impact of the transition and communicate it clearly to a 50+ person team without disruption.

Approach: BG Private worked alongside Today to plan the transition end-to-end:

  • Cashflow planning and budgeting to manage the shift in pay timing
  • A change-management and communication plan for staff
  • Full review and backup of payroll data and leave balances
  • New pay frequencies set up in Xero and allocated across the team
  • Salaries updated from fortnightly to monthly in all pay templates
  • A test pay run to confirm wages and leave accruals reconciled correctly from fortnightly to monthly

Timing: The change was timed around a short out-of-cycle pay run on 30 June 2026, shifting staff from two weeks in arrears to two weeks in arrears plus two weeks in advance.

Result: A smooth transition ahead of Payday Super, with minimal impact on the team and payroll data fully reconciled and backed up throughout.

“Marc made a strong case to switch to monthly payroll; he helped us implement this change quickly and smoothly within a window that made the most sense for our business.” – Damon O’Sullivan, CEO, Today

Coming Up

21 October

Pay annual PAYG instalment notice .

28 October

Pay quarter 1, 2026–27 instalment notice

31 October

  • Final date to add new clients to our client list to ensure their 2026 tax return is covered by our lodgement program
  • Lodge tax returns for all entities if one or more prior year returns were outstanding as at 30 June 2026
  • Lodge Departing Australia superannuation payments (DASP) annual report.
  • Lodge PAYG withholding annual report no ABN withholding
  • Lodge PAYG withholding from interest, dividend and royalty payments paid to non-residents – annual report
  • Lodge not-for-profit (NFP) self-review return for non-charitable NFP entities