Tax Optimisation & Wealth Creation
Minimising tax is step one. Building lasting wealth from your business earnings is the real goal.
Paying More Tax Than You Should, With Nothing to Show for It
You work hard, your business generates strong revenue, but at the end of each year you feel like the ATO takes more than its fair share. You know other business owners in similar positions who seem to pay less tax, but you don't know what they're doing differently. Your accountant lodges your return accurately, but never suggests strategies to improve your position.
Beyond the tax issue, there's a deeper problem: you're earning well but not building wealth. The business generates income, you pay tax, you cover living expenses, and there's not much left to show for years of hard work. There's no strategy connecting your business earnings to long-term financial security.
This is the gap between compliance accounting and strategic accounting. One keeps you legal. The other makes you wealthy. Most business owners in the $500K–$10M range are only getting the first.
Legitimate Strategies That Compound Over Time
BVM implements tax optimisation strategies that go beyond basic deductions. We look at your complete financial picture, business structure, superannuation, investment strategy, family situation, and long-term goals, then build a plan that minimises tax legally while directing savings toward wealth creation.
This might include maximising concessional super contributions, establishing a self-managed super fund for property investment, structuring business profits to flow into investment entities, timing capital events to minimise CGT, or implementing salary sacrifice arrangements that reduce your effective tax rate.
For our clients across Sydney, the difference between reactive compliance and proactive optimisation is often $30K–$80K per year in tax savings, money that compounds significantly when invested strategically over a decade. One Oran Park business owner redirected $50K annually into a property portfolio simply by restructuring how profits were extracted from the business. That's wealth creation through smart tax strategy.
What's Included
- ✓Comprehensive tax position review and optimisation plan
- ✓Superannuation contribution strategy (concessional and non-concessional)
- ✓SMSF establishment guidance and ongoing compliance
- ✓Investment structure advice (personal vs trust vs company vs super)
- ✓Salary sacrifice and remuneration packaging strategies
- ✓Capital gains tax planning and timing strategies
- ✓Negative gearing and investment property tax planning
- ✓Annual wealth creation review aligned to long-term goals
Who Is This For?
This is for business owners earning well but not building wealth proportionate to their effort. If your taxable income or business profit exceeds $200K and you feel like you are paying too much tax with no strategy to show for it, you are the ideal candidate. This is also for owners approaching retirement who need to accelerate wealth creation in the years they have left.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can a business owner legally minimise their tax in Australia?+
Legitimate strategies include maximising super contributions, optimising your business structure for income distribution, timing income and deductions strategically, claiming all available deductions, using prepayment rules, and structuring asset ownership tax-efficiently. The key is having a proactive accountant who implements these strategies before year-end, not after.
What is the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion?+
Tax avoidance is the legal use of the tax system to reduce your liability, choosing structures, timing, and strategies that minimise tax within the law. Tax evasion is illegally hiding income or claiming false deductions. Everything we recommend is fully compliant with Australian tax law and ATO guidelines. We never recommend aggressive or borderline positions.
Should I set up a self-managed super fund as a business owner?+
An SMSF makes sense when your combined super balance exceeds $200K–$300K and you want direct control over investment decisions, particularly property or direct shares. Below this threshold, the compliance costs often outweigh the benefits. We assess whether an SMSF suits your situation based on balance, investment goals, and willingness to manage compliance obligations.
How much super can I contribute as a business owner to reduce tax?+
The concessional (tax-deductible) contribution cap is $30,000 per year (2024-25). If you have unused cap amounts from prior years, you may be able to carry forward up to five years of unused caps. For a business owner on the top marginal rate, maximising concessional contributions saves approximately $10,000–$15,000 in tax annually while building retirement wealth.
What wealth creation strategies work best for small business owners?+
The most effective strategies combine tax optimisation with disciplined investment. This typically means maximising super contributions, investing tax savings into growth assets (property or shares), using business structures to accumulate wealth in tax-efficient entities, and reinvesting in the business where returns exceed external investments. We build a personalised plan based on your goals, timeline, and risk tolerance.
Let's See If We're The Right Fit
We will take the time to understand your business, what support you need and whether BVM is the right partner moving forward.
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