Client Checklist
One checklist cannot suit every client and every situation
So PLEASE consider what you think applies to YOU. Call us before you come or send it to us, and we will be able to make clearer what you need.
Bank account
- Every bank statement for the whole year
- For each bank account that is relevant in any way
- Explanation of payments out of the accounts
- Details of all the bankings into the accounts
Shares
- Every dividend statement received by cheque or direct to your bank ac
- Every dividend reinvestment statement
- Any ‘chess’ statements that you have received
- Each contract note for shares bought or shares sold during the year
- A printout of the quantities of shares on hand at year end, from your software, from your broker, showing closing share prices
Managed fund investments
- Every distribution statement received by cheque or direct to your bank
- Every distribution reinvestment statement
- Any ‘chess’ statements that you have received
- Each contract note for units bought or units sold during the year
- A printout of the quantities of units on hand at year end, from your software, from your broker, showing closing unit prices
Rental property
- Each rental statement from the agent, and yearly summary
- Or bank statements showing rents received
- Loan statements for the whole year
- Amounts paid for rates, water, insurance, pest control, gardening, etc
- Details of repairs, with invoices, dates
- Depreciation report from quantity surveyor if you wish to claim
- Travel diary for inspections of the property, with distances and reasons noted
- Settlement letter and statement and in the year that you purchase, and buy and sell settlement info and contract in the year that you sell
Medical claims
- Keep receipts of what you spend for the family medical expenses
- Keep amounts received from Medicare and/or health fund
- Doctors, hospitals, dentists, spectacles, physios, chiropractors, naturopaths, pharmacies, specialists, etc
Education Tax Refund
- Keep all vouchers for school expenses, for the financial year
