Melbourne & Geelong Bookkeeping Specialists
Balancing Books, Empowering Success
For businesses across Melbourne, Geelong, and the Bellarine Peninsula drowning in financial admin — ALC Bookkeeping takes the numbers completely off your plate. Registered BAS Agent. 25 years. Antoinette handles it herself.
Why Melbourne & Geelong trust ALC
In the industry — 14 years running ALC
What We Do
ALC Bookkeeping handles the full financial admin cycle for businesses across Melbourne, Geelong, and the Bellarine Peninsula — so the numbers stop being your problem.
Accurate, up-to-date books every month. No backlogs, no surprises at tax time — just clean records you can rely on.
As a registered BAS Agent, Antoinette is legally authorised to prepare and lodge your Business Activity Statements with the ATO.
Individual, sole trader, and small business tax returns — handled by the team that already knows your numbers. One provider for books, BAS, and tax.
Tax services supervised by a registered tax agent — The Accounting Academy Services Pty Ltd (Agent #26233096).
Get your tax return sortedSoftware setup, training, and strategic financial guidance — tailored to where your business is now and where it's heading.
Who We Help
Antoinette Crouch is a Registered BAS Agent (#26211942) — legally authorised to lodge directly with the ATO and represent you. Most bookkeepers can prepare BAS; only a registered agent can lodge it. With 25 years in the industry and 14 years running ALC Bookkeeping, she's worked through GST introduction, STP rollout, and COVID before most of today's compliance obligations were law. She knows what breaks, and why.
Sole trader · 1–10 staff · GST registered. You're great at your trade. BAS stress and paperwork — not your thing.
5–50+ staff · retail, hospitality, professional services, or trades. You've outgrown DIY bookkeeping and need proper payroll, reconciliations, and reporting.
ABN holder going full-time. New to GST and compliance. You don't know what you don't know — and that's exactly where we help.
Outsourcing overflow bookkeeping work. You need reliability, registered BAS accreditation, and software expertise you can trust.
Why ALC
Most bookkeepers can keep your records tidy. A registered BAS Agent does that — and is legally authorised to lodge directly with the ATO on your behalf. Not every bookkeeper can say that. Plenty don't mention it.
BAS Agent #26211942. Legally authorised to prepare and lodge your BAS with the ATO. Not all bookkeepers hold this registration.
Founded 2012. ALC has been through GFC aftershocks, COVID lockdowns, STP rollouts, and more ATO rule changes than anyone asked for. That history means fewer surprises for you.
No juniors. No offshore teams. When you call, Antoinette answers. When you email, Antoinette replies. That's the deal.
Whatever software your business already uses, ALC works in it. If it's the wrong tool for your size, Antoinette will tell you — and handle the switch.
"I started ALC because businesses in Melbourne and Geelong deserved a bookkeeper who actually understood their world — not just their spreadsheets. Fourteen years later, that's still the whole point."
Works with your software
Common Questions
A Registered BAS Agent is legally authorised by the ATO to prepare and lodge Business Activity Statements on your behalf. Not all bookkeepers hold this registration — it requires specific qualifications and ongoing compliance with the Tax Practitioners Board. Antoinette Crouch is a Registered BAS Agent (Agent #26211942), which means ALC can lodge directly with the ATO. An unregistered bookkeeper cannot.
Xero records your transactions — it doesn't know what to do with them or when to lodge. A Registered BAS Agent does. Errors in your BAS can attract ATO penalties, and without expert reconciliation, mistakes compound over time. Software is a tool. Expertise is what keeps you compliant.
There's no fixed price list — it depends on your transaction volume, how often your books need attention, and whether you need payroll and BAS as well. ALC offers ongoing monthly retainers and one-off engagements. What we can say: the cost of a bookkeeper is almost always less than an ATO penalty or an EOFY cleanup. Book a free 15-minute call and Antoinette will give you a clear number.
Yes. ALC Bookkeeping serves businesses across Melbourne, Geelong, and the Bellarine Peninsula as primary markets, and works with clients remotely Australia wide. All services can be delivered via cloud-based accounting software including Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks.
Still have questions? Antoinette answers every enquiry personally.
Book a free 15-minute call →Client Stories
We don't have a better pitch than what clients say after the first quarter.
"BAS used to ruin the last week of every quarter. Antoinette takes it completely off my plate — and I actually understand my numbers now, which has never happened before."
"We went from three different systems and a spreadsheet nightmare to clean Xero books in under a month. The migration was painless, and Antoinette trained the whole team."
"I was nervous about switching bookkeepers mid-year. Antoinette made it easy — she handled the handover, caught three months of errors, and had everything reconciled within a week."