Lynden Group

Lynden Group Accounting and Business Consultancy services . Level 6 24 Albert Road
South Melbourne VIC 3205
03-8 L6, 24 Albert Road, South Melbourne, VIC 3205
03-85481843

"The best financial advice I ever received had nothing to do with tax."It was this: Know your numbers like you know your...
16/07/2026

"The best financial advice I ever received had nothing to do with tax."
It was this: Know your numbers like you know your product.
Most founders can tell you their product's features, their customers' problems, their competitive advantage, in detail, without notes.
Ask them their gross margin. Their cash conversion cycle. The three biggest drivers of their cost base. Often, the answer is less certain.
Financial literacy is not about becoming an accountant. It is about understanding the story your business is telling, so you can write the next chapter intentionally.
Lynden Group. We help you know your numbers.
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Happy Birthday to our Managing Director, Hagar Lipa! 🎉Today, we celebrate not only your birthday but also your leadershi...
08/07/2026

Happy Birthday to our Managing Director, Hagar Lipa! 🎉
Today, we celebrate not only your birthday but also your leadership, vision, and the genuine care you bring to our team, our clients, and our community every day.
Wishing you a wonderful year ahead filled with good health, happiness, and continued success.
Happy Birthday, Hagar!

Your accountant should be doing more than your tax return.This sounds obvious. But for many Australian small businesses,...
01/07/2026

Your accountant should be doing more than your tax return.
This sounds obvious. But for many Australian small businesses, the relationship with their accountant begins in June and ends when the return is lodged.
A good accounting relationship looks more like this:
- You call in February with a strategic question and get a real answer
- When you are considering a major purchase, someone looks at the tax and cash flow implications before you sign
- When the ATO releases new compliance priorities, your advisor tells you what it means for your business specifically, not just in a generic newsletter
- When you are thinking about hiring your first employee, there is a conversation about the payroll obligations before the offer letter goes out
This is not a premium service. This is what good advisory looks like.
At Lynden Group, it is how we work with every client,, not just the large ones.
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EOFY bingo - Found a receipt from 14 months ago in your laptop bag- Asked your accountant "is this deductible?" about so...
24/06/2026

EOFY bingo
- Found a receipt from 14 months ago in your laptop bag
- Asked your accountant "is this deductible?" about something clearly personal
- Realised your WFH log is "mostly accurate"
- Made a large purchase on 29 June and called it "strategic"
- Said "I'll organise all my receipts properly next year" for the fourth year running
We see you. We've helped hundreds of businesses move from EOFY chaos to EOFY calm, and it mostly just takes starting earlier and having a system.
If you want help building that system, we're here.
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$990 billion to $1 trillion.That is the total value of assets now held in Australian SMSFs.More Australians than ever ar...
19/06/2026

$990 billion to $1 trillion.
That is the total value of assets now held in Australian SMSFs.
More Australians than ever are choosing to manage their own superannuation, attracted by the control, flexibility and investment choice that a self-managed fund provides.
But with that control comes responsibility. SMSF compliance has become more complex, not less, in recent years. Trustee obligations, audit requirements, contribution caps, and the ATO's increasing scrutiny of in-house arrangements all require ongoing attention.
At Lynden Group, we help SMSF trustees navigate compliance confidently, so the control that attracted you to the structure in the first place is never undermined by something administrative.
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Melbourne small business owners, this one is for you.We know the past few years have not been straightforward. Rising co...
07/06/2026

Melbourne small business owners, this one is for you.
We know the past few years have not been straightforward. Rising costs. Changing compliance requirements. A tax system that seems to update faster than anyone can keep up with.
At Lynden Group, we work exclusively with businesses that are building something real. Not the easiest clients. Not necessarily the biggest ones. The ones who are genuinely trying to do it right.
If you are a Melbourne-based business owner who has been managing your finances alone, or with support that doesn't feel like it's keeping up with where you are going, we would love to have a conversation.
Not a sales call. A real conversation about your situation and what better support could look like.
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📞 (03) 8548 1843
🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

Five things about Australian tax that most people don't learn until it's too late.- The first: the tax year ends in June...
31/05/2026

Five things about Australian tax that most people don't learn until it's too late.

- The first: the tax year ends in June, not December. Australia's financial year runs 1 July to 30 June. If you're new to Australia or running a business here for the first time, everything in the tax calendar looks unusual until you know this.
- The second: paying super late is more expensive than not paying it. The Super Guarantee Charge, applied when super is paid late, is not tax deductible. Late super costs more in real terms than super paid on time, every time.
- The third: you can be audited even if you've done nothing wrong. ATO audits are triggered by data-matching anomalies, statistical outliers, and industry risk profiles, not just suspected fraud. Good records are your protection regardless of how clean your position is.
- The fourth: your accountant can only work with what you give them. The most expensive deductions are the ones your accountant never knew to claim. Keep a running list of business expenses throughout the year, not a June memory exercise.
- The fifth: structuring your business correctly from the start is almost always cheaper than restructuring it later. Sole trader, partnership, company, trust. The differences are significant in terms of tax, liability, and flexibility. Get advice before you register, not two years in.

Save this and share it with anyone new to running a business in Australia.
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If your business operates across more than one country, you have tax obligations that most generalist accountants are no...
24/05/2026

If your business operates across more than one country, you have tax obligations that most generalist accountants are not equipped to handle.

This is not a criticism of generalist accountants. It is a structural reality.
Transfer pricing. Permanent establishment risk. Withholding tax on cross-border payments. Tax residency for individuals who spend time in multiple jurisdictions. Foreign income offsets. The ATO's data-sharing arrangements with overseas tax authorities.
These are not fringe issues. They affect any business with overseas operations, international employees, or cross-border service arrangements, which in 2026 describes a surprisingly large number of Australian SMEs.
The consequences of getting this wrong are not hypothetical. Retrospective tax assessments, penalties, and the cost of restructuring an arrangement that was built incorrectly from the start are all real outcomes we help clients avoid, usually by having the right conversation before the structure is set, not after.

At Lynden Group, we have specialist expertise across Australia, Israel and Vietnam. If your business crosses borders, we would like to understand what you have in place.
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📞 (03) 8548 1843
🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

"I'll worry about tax at the end of the year."This is the most expensive sentence in Australian small business.By the ti...
20/05/2026

"I'll worry about tax at the end of the year."
This is the most expensive sentence in Australian small business.
By the time June arrives, the options are limited. The income has already been earned. The expenses have already been incurred. The structure is already what it is.
Tax planning is not a June activity. It is a year-round habit.
The business owners who consistently pay less tax are not the ones with aggressive strategies. They are the ones who have ongoing conversations with their advisors in February and March, when there is still time to do something meaningful.
At Lynden Group, we build tax planning into every client relationship from the start. Not a rush job in June. A year-round strategy built around where you are going.
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📞 (03) 8548 1843
🌐 www.lyndengroup.com.au

The 2026-27 Federal Budget sets major changes that matter to businesses and international investors. As Lynden Group, we...
14/05/2026

The 2026-27 Federal Budget sets major changes that matter to businesses and international investors. As Lynden Group, we’re reviewing how updated tax rules, superannuation changes, targeted support for EVs and permanent small‑business write‑offs will affect companies expanding into Australia, and what it means for cross‑border operations with partners in Vietnam and Israel.

If you’re planning to grow or set up in Australia or Vietnam, let us help you turn these Budget changes into a clear, practical plan. Read our summary and contact our team to discuss tailored next steps: https://www.lyndengroup.com.au/post/2026-27-federal-budget-highlights

What’s your biggest concern from these Budget changes: tax, structure, or cyber security? Let’s talk.

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