Construction Accountants Gold Coast
Construction Accountants who handle all your taxation, reporting, and compliance obligations
Construction Accountants Who Know the Industry
Construction businesses on the Gold Coast carry accounting complexity that most industries don't. Project cycles, QBCC compliance obligations, specialist GST treatment, cash flow gaps between milestones, project finance, and tax structures that need to work across multiple entities simultaneously.
Cordner Advisory has worked with builders, contractors, and construction businesses across the Gold Coast and South East Queensland for over two decades. We understand how construction businesses are structured, where the tax exposure sits, and how to keep cash flow and compliance in order while you focus on the job.
You’re managing crews. Chasing variations. Keeping projects on schedule. Paperwork is the last thing you have time for. BAS deadlines creep up. Invoices sit half-done. Receipts pile up in the ute. Then tax time hits, and you’re scrambling to catch up or paying the price for records that aren’t in order.
Cordner can take the admin off your plate. We handle your bookkeeping, BAS, payroll and reporting on schedule, all year round. Not just at tax time. So instead of losing evenings to paperwork, you get your numbers done properly but accountants that truly know the construction industry.
Construction Accounting Across Every Project Type
Each project type brings its own compliance obligations, tax treatment, and cash flow pressures. Here's where we focus.
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Residential construction has its own GST rules, margin scheme considerations and cashflow pressures tied to progress payments. We keep your BAS correct, your project margins tracked and your structure right.
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Commercial projects run longer and carry more complex contract and finance arrangements. We handle the tax structure, project finance support and compliance so the numbers stay clean across the life of the job.
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Civil work means larger contracts, subcontractor chains and stricter reporting requirements. We manage your QBCC obligations, keep your financials tender-ready and make sure cashflow holds across long project cycles.
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Subcontractors outgrow their structure faster than expected. Separating trading from asset ownership, TPAR obligations and QBCC licence thresholds all have structural implications. We build it right from the start.
Our Construction Accounting Services
We can help you with…
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QBCC requires Queensland contractors to meet strict financial requirements or risk their licence. We handle the reporting and keep your ratios right.
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Before you commit to a contract or development, we build the budgets, run feasibility analysis, and stress-test the numbers so they stack up.
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Construction has specialist tax treatment across GST, income tax, CGT, and indirect taxes. We plan through the year, so nothing lands as a surprise.
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We prepare 3-way forecast projections, support bank applications, and liaise with lenders so project finance doesn't become a bottleneck.
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The right structure minimises your tax exposure and protects your assets if a project goes wrong. We review and restructure where it makes sense.
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A construction exit needs planning well in advance. We shape the financials, structure the transaction and minimise CGT so you walk away with what it's worth.
Your Construction Accountants
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Jason Cordner
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Questions From Construction Business Owners
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Yes. QBCC requires licensed Queensland contractors to meet minimum financial requirements and lodge reports proving the business is sound. If your ratios fall outside the range, your licence is at risk. We handle the reporting and deal with QBCC directly when required.
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It depends on the contract type, whether you're doing residential or commercial work, and how payments are structured. Getting it wrong creates GST liabilities you weren't expecting. We make sure your invoicing, contracts and BAS lodgements are treated correctly for the work you're doing.
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The gap between doing the work and getting paid is where most construction businesses feel the pressure. We build cash flow forecasts around your project schedule, help you structure payment terms to reduce the exposure and put 3-way projections in place so your bank has what it needs if a facility is required.
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It depends on your size and how you track job costing. Xero and MYOB handle the core accounting well, but most construction businesses need a purpose-built add-on like Buildxact or Procore for project budgets and progress claims. We work with whatever you're running.
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