Behind on company tax?Melbourne businessesstill have options.
Confidential advice for Melbourne and Victorian directors carrying ATO debt, facing statutory demands or watching creditors lose patience. Most positions have more ways out than you think.
Melbourne CBD · Richmond · Footscray · Dandenong · Frankston · Werribee · Epping · Ringwood and surrounds
Can't clear the tax debt, no matter how hard you trade?
Melbourne businesses did it harder than anywhere in the country through the shutdown years, and plenty are still carrying the debt to show for it. Hospitality venues, trades and family businesses that survived on deferrals and patience are now dealing with an ATO that wants its money back.
We work with Victorian directors who kept the business alive through the hard years and are now behind on BAS, PAYG or super with no realistic way to catch up at the current pace. Surviving that period proves the business can fight. The debt left over is a problem that can be negotiated, restructured or compromised, but only while you still control the timetable.
The first conversation is obligation-free and completely confidential.
Common Melbourne situations
- Hospitality: venues that traded through years of disruption and are still paying for it in arrears
- Building & trades: builder collapses up the chain leaving subcontractors unpaid and behind on tax
- Retail & family business: strip-shop traders juggling rent, GST and shrinking margins
Four ways we help Melbourne businesses
Solutions designed around your business goals, delivered with full compliance and measurable outcomes.
No office visit needed
BDK services Melbourne directly. Most matters start by phone or video because speed matters, and where an in-person meeting helps, we come to you.
Introductory Session
An obligation-free consultation to understand your circumstances and align you with the right advisory team.
Discovery Stage
A comprehensive review of your financial position, operational processes and immediate risks.
Strategy Session
Delivery of a detailed financial report and presentation of tailored recovery options.
Implementation
Execution of your chosen solution with full support from our team, ensuring compliance and measurable outcomes.
Wind-up notice worries? Melbourne questions answered
Are you based in Melbourne?
Matters are handled by phone and video Australia-wide, and in-person meetings in Melbourne are arranged when they help. Negotiation with the ATO is national: where we sit never changes the outcome, how early you call does.
A creditor has served a statutory demand. How long do I have?
21 days. Comply, come to an arrangement, or apply to court to set it aside. Ignore it and your company is presumed insolvent, which opens the door to a wind-up application. Call before the clock runs out.
Is the first consultation genuinely free?
Yes. No fee, no obligation and no pressure. You will know where you stand and what your realistic options are before any engagement is discussed.
Can I just liquidate the company and walk away?
Sometimes liquidation is the right call, but walking away without advice can leave you personally exposed through director loans, guarantees and penalty notices. Done properly, in the right order, you stay protected. And if the business is viable, a restructure may mean you never need to close at all.
Servicing the whole of Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne CBD, Richmond, Footscray, Dandenong, Frankston, Werribee, Epping, Ringwood and surrounds.
Talk to us before the options narrow
One confidential phone call is usually enough to know where you stand and what can be done. Servicing Melbourne and Australia-wide.