Most business owners can tell you what their business turned over last year. Fewer can tell you what they actually took home. Fewer still can tell you how much tax they paid - or whether it should have been less.
That's what Know Your Number is for.
It's a one-on-one call where we sit down with your numbers - your structure, your last tax return, your bookkeeping, your goals - and work out where you stand. By the end, you'll know whether you're paying more tax than you should, where the leaks are in your current setup, and exactly what we'd do first if we work together.
It's the most useful hour you'll spend on your business this year.
To help established small businesses strategically plan their tax - so they can grow their business profits, build their personal wealth, and stop handing more to the ATO than they need to.
We believe small business owners deserve more than reactive, once-a-year tax lodgement. They deserve a tax strategist and accountant who's in their corner all year round - looking at the full picture, planning ahead, and making sure every decision works in their financial favour.
That's the work we do at Tax by Lily.
Because tax shouldn't be something you only think about in June.
I've spent the past 20 years as an accountant and bookkeeper across a range of firms and businesses in Australia. I now run Tax by Lily specifically for established small business owners - the ones turning over $500k to $3 million who have outgrown their original setup and know there's more they could be doing with their numbers.
Here's what makes my approach different:
Tax strategy comes first, not last.
Every client starts with a Know Your Number call. We plan ahead, model scenarios, and make decisions while there's still time to influence the outcome - not after EOFY when it's too late.
One person, the full picture.
Tax strategy, ongoing tax accounting, and bookkeeping all under one roof. No more piecing your financial story together across different providers who never talk to each other.
I've been in your shoes.
I've run my own business for 15 years. I know what it feels like to grow past your original systems, to wonder if you're paying too much tax, and to want someone who actually understands what you've built. I'm warm. I'm direct. And I'll tell you what I'd do if it were my business.



Pre-call information request
90min live session
Post Session output & strategy report

Customised Monthly or Quarterly services to fulfill BAS reporting requirements and/or Payroll Services based on your business needs

Customised Monthly bookkeeping and reconciliation of accounts, include Hubdoc setup and management based on your business needs

Complete setup of your Xero account to manage your business financial needs
Lily has taken care of our business book for a few years now. Initially working from our office and now remotely.
She communicates efficiently with my team and accountant and has always been punctual and professional. I have recommend her to friends in the past and would not hesitate in the future
Knowing that Bookkeeping By Lily has my bookkeeping under control has taken so much stress off my shoulders. I can't thank them or recommend them enough for the work they've done with me and my business.
I highly recommend hiring Lily and her team. Thanks so much Bookkeeping By Lily team - I appreciate you!!
Lily is professional and effective in her business practise- in particular the streamlining of our employee payroll and superannuation responsibilities has been of great value.
Thank you Lily for helping me with all my bookkeeping and creating all the custom reports in xero. I don’t know what I would have done without you! 😍😍
Thank you Lily for helping me with all my bookkeeping and creating all the custom reports in xero. I don’t know what I would have done without you! 😍😍

Using a proven system coupled with the right mindset, I will show you how you can build and achieve transparency in a way that is very easy to understand enabling better decision making.
And I would be delighted to help you and extend an invitation so book in a time to speak with me personally on how we can get you “sorted”!
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Know your number!
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