Australia
SMSF administration support for Australian practices
Accounting preparation behind the registered tax practitioner and independent approved SMSF auditor.
AUSTRALIA ONLY
The SMSF administration file
- TransactionsRecords and reconciliation
- Member schedulesSupporting calculations
- Independent auditApproved SMSF auditor
Administration support does not replace the independent audit.
Accounting scope
Prepare the fund’s supporting file.
Agree the fund, year, source records and reviewer. Preparation may include bank and investment reconciliations, income and expense schedules, member-account working papers and supporting records for financial statements. Trustee decisions, technical treatment and specialist advice remain with the responsible parties.
Audit and lodgment
Keep the professional roles separate.
An approved SMSF auditor undertakes the independent audit. The registered tax practitioner handles return preparation approval and lodgment under the engagement. La Comptabilité is not a TPB-registered tax practitioner and does not present its accounting support as an independent SMSF audit or tax-practitioner service.
ATO audit guidance · TPB offshoring guidance. Checked 19 October 2026.
SOFTWARE
Software we work in
Bookkeeping and invoices
Xero
MYOBTax return preparation
BGL Simple Fund 360
ClassHandoff
Keep the evidence and open items together.
- Reconciliations and investment-support references
- Member-account and annual-return workpapers as scoped
- Missing-record and valuation questions
- File index for the practice and independent auditor
Turnaround
Agree the fund scope and records.
The pilot delivery target is 10 business days after the scope is signed, agreed records are complete and access is authorised. The engagement records the actual due date, responsible reviewer and dependencies. Missing information and changes in scope are recorded before a revised date is agreed.
Sample output
See a file-control format.
Open the fictional P-001 review-pack example to see a reconciliation, proposed adjustment and open-question register. The agreed service determines which schedules your pack contains.
Working questions
Before assigning a file.
Does La Comptabilité lodge the annual return?
No. The responsible registered tax practitioner handles lodgment under the agreed engagement.
Who performs the audit?
An independent approved SMSF auditor appointed for the fund.
Does the auditor’s role authorise lodgment?
Approved auditor status is an audit role. Return lodgment authority is a separate matter.
Who directs valuations and tax treatment?
The trustees and their appointed advisers direct those decisions; accounting preparation does not replace them.
Where is the service offered?
This service is part of the Australia market.
First assignment
Start with one entity and an agreed scope.
Choose the period, records and reviewer. The scope sets deliverables, review responsibilities, billing and acceptance criteria.
Start a 10-day Pilot