As the Australian 31 October deadline approaches for self-lodging tax returns, now is the time to act. If you hold crypto assets, it's complicated - you may need more time and professional help. By appointing a registered tax agent before this date, you'll secure an extension, giving you until 15 May 2025 to lodge your return and pay any tax due. Got overdue returns? We can help sort those out too, ensuring your crypto transactions are accurately reported and minimising the risk of ATO penalties.
ElectraFi
Accounting
Brisbane, Qld 370 followers
Comprehensive Web3 Accounting & Crypto Tax Solutions. Digital Asset Adoption Strategy for Startups, SMEs and Accountants
About us
Web3 and crypto accounting, tax and financial operations support for digital businesses, startups, accountants and businesses adopting digital assets. We analyse your existing setup and streamline crypto subledger accounting and a monthly reporting framework into your operations, to reduce your manual work and provide financial clarity. Crypto-native project founders and established crypto businesses seek finance professionals who are well-versed in both the financial and technological aspects of the industry and can offer specialised services. Digital businesses looking to incorporate crypto payments and innovate their business models - ask us about a crypto adoption plan, bookkeeping and internal accounts, systems and processes, tax strategies and ongoing accounting service requirements, all scoped and implemented. Working with us doesn't necessarily mean breaking up with your existing providers, either. We'll either be your accountant, or work alongside your current accountants (speaking the same language!) ... and we can refer you to other professional service providers who know and use crypto - in bookkeeping and accounting, software and IT, finance, legal, SMSF and estate planning. Let's explore how we can assist you - info@electrafi.finance
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https://electrafi.finance/
External link for ElectraFi
- Industry
- Accounting
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Brisbane, Qld
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Blockchain, Crypto, Accounting, Taxation, Strategic Planning, Accounting Technology, web3, Management Reporting, Training, Business Model Optimisation, Service Model Design, and Business Transformation
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Brisbane, Qld 4000, AU
Employees at ElectraFi
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In such a fast moving space, Cryptoworth are right to question whether this solutions landscape should be updated every quarter, not just annually. We're thrilled to be included, as it stands. Download their full State of Crypto Bank-Office report to discover how your business can stay ahead of the curve. https://lnkd.in/d7pgBZfw
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In early September, I run a market research piece on the core players building the crypto back-office for finance teams in 2024. The month has just finished and I had to update the landscape snapshot with 5% more companies. 💥 Here is the full list (no tags to avoid Algorithm slashing) #GeneralLedgers #ERP - QuickBooks - PennyLane - NetSuite - Odoo - Sage - Xero - Zoho - SAP #FMVData - Coinmarketcap - CryptoCompare - CoinGecko - Kaiko - Lukka - Nval #BlockExplorers - Blockchain.info - BlockExplorer - Protocol Scout - Bitcoin Chain - BlockScout - BlockChair - EtherScan #Academy - Accountant Quits - ChainWise #Web3Communities - Women in Crypto Accounting - Web3Finance - CryptoCFO #Web3Custody - Bitcoin Suisse - Fireblocks - Anchorage - Fortuna - Sygnum - Copper - Circle - Nydig - Paxos - Bakkt - Qredo #CryptoPayments #ARAP - CoinPayments - Loop Crypto - CoinGate - CopperX - Request - Acctual - BitPay #CryptoCards - Headquarters - AirWallex - Navan - Reap - Rain #OnChainData - Zapper - DeBank - Noves - Cielo - Rotki - Dune #Payroll - BitWage - Franklin - Niural - TOKU - Rise #TaxCalculators - Cryptobooks - Cointracker - CoinPanda - Token Tax - ZenLedger - Koinly - KoinX PS: Are there any I am still forgetting to add? PS2: I thought to wait 12 months for the next, but do you think I should do it every quarter?
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We've been Xero app partners for many years, and love setting up clients' accounting systems and automations. Contact us if you need help upgrading your business's Xero app stack with crypto and digital assets in the mix.
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@ Xero Roadshow Sunshine Coast 🌞 Enjoyed catching up with some of the Xero app partners helping to make our accounting practices operate better. Rocking my fave "Ask Me About Crypto Accounting" t-shirt from Bitwave! (it works, I did get asked). James Rose, Content Snare - liberating us from emails by streamlining client document collection, significantly reducing admin workload. Online checklists with set-and-forget reminders doubled my productivity and saved me the cost of an admin salary many years ago. A no-brainer must-have in 2024! Clayton Wood, Seamlss - Thanks to this clever client onboarding platform, it's become viable again for me to offer tax services. It collects contact and ID details for individuals and entity groups, verifies ID, engagement letter signed, client agent linking help, with customisable forms to help scope and price our fees, and XPM integration. It's BRILLIANT. Louise Shrubsole & Brendan Roberts, Aider - Probably THE MOST INTEGRAL tool for competitive, forward-thinking public accountants to upgrade their service models with monthly-reporting and advisory-light for small businesses at their sweetest price point... thanks to AI. Check it out. Jack Kay, Clarity Street - You could go through the pain, cost and downtime of building your practice's integrated app stack by yourself (like I did), or you could choose not go insane by getting them to help you instead. PLUS they have a Practice Manager course to turn your admin staff into superheroes. (I didn't see any crypto subledgers or web3 back-office Xero app partners in CS's app stack diagram, Amy Holdsworth, let's chat!) I was impressed by how Cimplico Workpapers' solution could improve my oversight processes for preparation, review, and approval of accounting workpapers, and am also checking out MyWorkpapers. Great to meet Translucent - we're always looking for a smoother way to consolidate accounting data for multi-entity reporting. And who could walk past that grumpy skunk? haha And great to see Fathom too, who've enabled us to streamline monthly reporting and analysis for our clients since 2019. Looking forward to the new budget vs forecast report. On my wishlist is a way to capture a video recording within the reports before they're sent to clients, to personalise their experience (instead of using Loom externally for that). ;) There were more ... but I can't fit them all here. Look up the Xero Roadshow happening in your city and get out there and meet these cool, dedicated, super smart people behind the software! Have fun in Cairns Jennifer Glisson 😎 Contact me at ElectraFi if you need help sorting out your business's Xero app stack with crypto and digital assets in the mix.
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😃 BIG SHOUT-OUT of APPRECIATION to Crypto Tax Calculator for working with ElectraFi to build their Stacks integration, just in time for the Bitcoin DeFi revolution as Stacks launches its NAKAMOTO UPGRADE! Now we can get our tax out of the way and spend more time Building on Bitcoin! Yayyyyyy! 🎉 📊 I just reconciled my own TAX REPORTS in a few hours (instead of all day) as CTC seamlessly imported all my Bitcoin & L2 Stacks wallet data with DeFi activities for categorising, instead of struggling with CSV templates. 👩💻 I'm also testing CTC's new ENTERPRISE product for my company and have to say I am impressed so far, and am keenly providing product feedback. 🤗 I am so happy we can now make the tax preparation process EASIER, more ACCURATE and MORE AFFORDABLE for our clients. Our Stacks Australia community is very grateful and my ElectraFi (accountants & tax agents) team is prioritising Bitcoin builders in Australia's 2024 tax season, ahead of the ATO's crypto crack-down. Reach out to me if we can help! 🟧Gordon Christian Hamish Jones Ian Banksia 🟧 Antonietta Fiorenza Brett Herskope Justin Trollip Adam Haun Mathieu Mingant Shane Brunette
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Building a diverse network of expertise is essential for supporting our clients effectively. ElectraFi offers international tax insights to Bitcoin and crypto entrepreneurs, addressing the challenges of a borderless digital economy within traditional tax jurisdictions. Our global network of accounting professionals, combined with our decade-long experience in crypto accounting, enables us to navigate complex tax treaties and collaborate with overseas accountants. This ensures optimal business structuring and avoids double taxation for our globally mobile clients. While our Principal Accountant, 🟧 Electra Frost, is familiar with US tax through her 20 years in practice and international tax studies, we partner with specialist US CPAs like Satoshi Pacioli Accounting Services to integrate US and Australian tax considerations for international residents. Contact us if we may be of assistance.
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Are you tracking the cost bases of your crypto assets correctly for your financial reporting and effectively for your best tax outcomes? How you use the assets and the software you choose to track them can impact the results.
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🐶 Tracking the cost basis of crypto transactions is critical for managing taxable gains or losses when selling, trading, or swapping crypto assets. When accounting for crypto projects or multiple year tax returns at ElectraFi, extra strategic care goes into choosing and configuring the cost basis methods in the software, as does choosing the software for our objectives. Read Umar's The Accountant Quits article (link in comments) which explains different methods like FIFO, LIFO, WAC, and HIFO to determine the cost basis, which impacts the financial outcome and tax reporting. There's an amazing free Excel template showing varied outcomes per method in a bull or bear market. (thanks for the mention, Umar!). For calculating the cost base of cryptocurrency transactions in AUSTRALIA, the ATO recognises several methods: 🐶 FIFO (First-In, First-Out): Assumes the first acquired assets are disposed of first. 😺 LIFO (Last-In, First-Out): Assumes the last acquired assets are disposed of first, though not explicitly recognized by the ATO. 🦅 HIFO (Highest-In, First-Out): Disposes of the highest-cost assets first, requiring detailed justification. 🐨 Specific Identification: Identifies specific assets disposed of, requiring detailed record-keeping. The ATO expects consistent use of the chosen method. Using specialised crypto tax software and subledger tools that support these methods can help ensure that your records will stand up to scrutiny. At ElectraFi, we prepare accounting records for clients in Australia as well as international companies, so we help clients choose different subledger software with the flexibility to configure the appropriate method on both a portfolio basis and a wallet-basis, while complying with tax requirements. For example, the Weighted Average Cost (WAC) method may be preferable for particular wallets with active business activity, while disposals from the wallets holding the companies' long-term investments could trigger significant taxable gains and may require a different method. When it comes to classifying gas fees, the purpose of the crypto asset determines the treatment. For crypto held as long-term investments, we include gas fees in the cost base for CGT purposes. However, for crypto assets used in the ordinary course of business, gas fees would be treated as deductible expenses. If a crypto business chooses the WAC method they'll consider: 1. Per-transaction method - calculating average cost for each transaction, or 2. Entire-year method - averaging out the costs for the year. Once choosing a method, we commit to it with documentation. For example: We, Crypto Business Pty Ltd, choose to use a weighted average basis for our crypto assets starting today: | Crypto Asset | Wallet Address | Exchange Platform | | BTC | 1A1z..vfNa | XYZ Exchange | | ETH| 0x32....2D88 | ABC Exchange | Crypto Business Pty Ltd 19 January 2024 Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further guidance! 💬
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👱♀️ "LOVE IT! This is already so much more communicative than my previous accountant!"💛 Recent feedback from a happy new client after an Accounting System Health Check, signing up for monthly services. 😐 New clients often receive a lot of attention from their accountants initially, but it tends to decline over time. Common complaints we hear are "my accountant didn't understand the crypto in my business" and "they just don't get back to me.". 😩 Many accountants are incredibly busy and may have too many clients, be understaffed, underscoping or undercharging. It's a tough gig, but business owners keep needing more from their accountants. 👩💼 So at ElectraFi we carefully manage our capacity to prioritise accessibility and responsiveness, by maintaining LOW CLIENT NUMBERS. ✨ We also set up COLLABORATION SPACES such as Slack, Google Spaces, or Telegram for efficient communication and task management, reserving email for formal discussions. 📊 Our monthly oversight and accountability services ensure that all our clients' accounting software and crypto are reconciled up-to-date with tax journals, compliance checks and reports, whether they are a solo director or a 50-person company. 🖐 This proactive approach ensures continuous support with on-demand financial reports for board meetings, investors, grant applications and lenders... AND minimises anxiety, unexpected costs, and future problems. ✈ Founders and entrepreneurs are busy people too, so I designed our service model with their needs in mind! 😊 Additionally, my staff experience less stress as everything becomes more easily manageable and predictable after an initial clean-up of the accounts and tax. 1️⃣ Our Accounting System Health Check is Step 1. 2️⃣ Sometimes bringing multiple overdue tax returns up to date is Step 2. 3️⃣ The ultimate goal is establishing a consistent monthly routine. 🥇 While our monthly service may cost a bit more than traditional accountants who only focus on historical tax returns, the peace of mind and quality of service speak for themselves. 🤔 I believe all accountants will eventually evolve their service models as we have. The traditional tax accountant model is unsustainable. It's like using a crypto subledger instead of Excel—once you experience the streamlined accuracy, you can't imagine going back to the old, harder way of doing things! Drop me a DM or info at electrafi dot finance for more info ...
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Happy new financial year, Australian Bitcoiners and Bitcoin Builders! That means it's TAX TIME! ElectraFi has got your back. We start by choosing and using the right software to help aggregate all your transactions including those with Lightning network, Ordinals, Runes and on Bitcoin layer 2's like Stacks. Get in early if you have a few years to catch up on! Our team of Bitcoin ecosystem experienced accountants are ready to help you minimise overall taxable gains, before the ATO tries to maximise them for you. See our contact and onboarding links in comments below.
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Kick Off the New Financial Year Right with ElectraFi’s Accounting System Health Check for Digital Business & Crypto! Your numbers tell a story, and we want to make it a true one. A Health Check by our Qualified Accountants is the first step to ensuring: ✅ RECONCILED: Accurate financial records. 🔗 INTEGRATED: Effective data flow. 🔧 SYSTEMISED: Efficient operations. 📝 TAX READY: Stress-free tax filings. 🔍 AUDIT READY: Audit-proof records. Start with ElectraFi's comprehensive report and action plan to drive your business forward. New financial year is next week. Don't delay! info@electrafi.finance
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📅 Countdown to EOFY! Just 5 days left until the end of the financial year in Australia. Soon everyone will be scrambling to get their annual accounting in order for tax time. With crypto and Web3, it's more complicated. Get a head start! ElectraFi Accountants works with digital businesses, start-ups, entrepreneurs and creatives - in particular those using crypto, digital assets and DeFi. Our team is ready to get you up to date and establish a monthly process to streamline your new financial year. We specialise in crypto subledgers and crypto tax software, and accounting software integrations, making year-end easier. As qualified accountants and tax agents, we'll ensure compliance and bring peace of mind. Contact us now to see if we're a good fit: https://lnkd.in/eY8YfBGx