Your books shouldn't be your problem.

A dedicated full-time bookkeeper through Team Up Now typically costs 50% to 60% less than an equivalent local hire. Our pricing is a flat monthly rate covering salary, benefits, compliance and our management layer. No hidden margins, no surprise fees. Use our EOR calculator to run your own comparison.

Yes. Our bookkeepers are experienced with all major Australian cloud accounting platforms including Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks Online. They also work with tools like Dext, Hubdoc and ApprovalMax as part of your existing workflow.

Your bookkeeper prepares all BAS workpapers, ensures accounts are reconciled and data is accurate. The actual BAS lodgement is completed by your registered BAS agent or accountant. This keeps you compliant and gives your accountant clean data to work with.

Philippine time runs 1–3 hours behind Australian eastern time, which creates a natural overlap of 6–8 hours with standard Australian business hours. Most clients structure their bookkeeper's day to start mid-morning Philippines time, giving real-time overlap for questions, approvals and check-ins during your afternoon.

Yes, and most clients encourage this. Your bookkeeper can attend reconciliation calls, share workpapers directly and correspond with your accountant or BAS agent as needed. Many accounting firms find this arrangement significantly reduces the back-and-forth at BAS time.

Your bookkeeper is employed by our Philippine-registered entity under Philippine law — they are not subject to the Australian Fair Work Act. Your obligation is to ensure they are properly employed (which we handle through our EOR structure) rather than engaged as an independent contractor. We cover all Philippine statutory requirements: SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, 13th month pay and tax.

Every bookkeeper signs a confidentiality agreement before starting. We guide you on setting up secure access using role-based permissions, password managers and VPNs. Our team follows best practices for financial data handling and can work within your existing security protocols.

There is an initial three-month period, after which agreements move to month-to-month. Three months gives your bookkeeper enough time to learn your accounts, your chart structure and your reporting preferences — and gives you a fair window to properly evaluate the placement.

We run a structured onboarding over the first two weeks. Your bookkeeper is introduced to your chart of accounts, software stack, reporting cadence and key contacts. A dedicated success manager checks in regularly during the first 90 days.