For accountants
You find out at year end. You could have known in March.
- The GST registration that stopped.
- The company that was struck off.
- The contract that doubled their turnover.
- The second business they started without telling you.
It was all on the public record the week it happened. You just weren’t told.
Catchwind tells you.
What lands in your inbox
Business status
ABN and GST registrationNational
You hear when a client’s ABN is cancelled, their GST registration starts or stops, or they add or drop a trading name, so you are not caught out at BAS or tax time.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations registerNational
For clients that are Indigenous corporations, you hear about status and size changes that change what they must report.
Charity registerNational
For clients that are charities, or run one, you hear about changes to their charity status or size, which change their reporting rules.
Company registerNational
You find out when a client company changes name or status, or is heading for deregistration, often before the client thinks to tell you.
Names and structure
Business namesNational
A new business name often means a new product, shop or side business. A cancelled one can mean something has closed. Either is a reason to check in.
Licences and registrations
Financial services and credit licencesNational
If a client’s financial services or credit licence changes or ends, you hear about it, because it changes what the business is allowed to do.
Queensland building licences (QBCC)QLD
For builder and trade clients you hear when their licence classes or financial category change. The financial category is a turnover story in itself.
Tax and BAS agent registrationsNational
You hear if a practice you work with, or a client that is a tax or BAS agent, has its registration changed or ended.
Regulator action
ACCC fines, undertakings and announcementsNational
If a client is named by the ACCC, you hear about it early and can help before the costs and the headlines grow.
ASIC action announcementsNational
If a client is named in an ASIC release, you hear it from us, not from the newspaper.
Visa sponsor sanctionsNational
If a client that sponsors visa workers is penalised, you hear about it and can help with the fines and the staffing impact.
Contracts and grants
ACT Government invoices paidACT
You hear when a client is paid for government work in the ACT, a sign of new or growing government business.
Federal government contractsNational
You hear when a client wins a government contract, often a big change to their income, staff and insurance needs.
Federal government grantsNational
You hear when a client wins a federal grant, so you can plan the tax treatment, the reporting and the cash flow with them.
Queensland small-business grantsQLD
You hear when a Queensland client receives a state grant, so you can treat it correctly for tax and reporting.
R&D tax incentive claimsNational
You can see which clients are claiming R&D and the size of their spend, which is useful for planning and for spotting clients who could claim but don’t.
Safety and environment
NSW food safety penaltiesNSW
If a NSW food client is fined or prosecuted, you hear about it and can help with the costs.
Pollutant reporting sitesNational
You see which clients have sites that report emissions, useful for environmental, insurance and funding conversations.
Product and food recallsNational
A recall costs money and can lead to claims. You hear when a client has one, so you can help with the numbers and the insurance.
SafeWork NSW prosecutions and undertakingsNSW
If a client is prosecuted or signs an undertaking in NSW, you hear about it and can help plan for fines and costs.
Victorian EPA licences and noticesVIC
If a Victorian client gets an EPA notice or a licence change, you hear about it and can help with the costs.
Property and planning
Logan development applicationsQLD
A development application usually means a big project and a big spend. You hear when a client lodges one or gets a decision.
How it plays out
The BAS you didn’t lodge wrong.
An alert on a Tuesday: Sample Joinery’s GST registration was cancelled on the 22nd. You ring. They didn’t know. It’s fixed before the quarter closes, and you’re the reason.
The growth you got ahead of.
Monday’s digest: Sample Civil has won a $412,000 federal contract. You call about cash flow, PAYG instalments and hiring before the first invoice goes out. That’s an advisory engagement that started with an email.
The venture nobody mentioned.
A new business name, Sample Fitouts, registered to a client’s ABN. You ask about structure in week one, not after two years of trading through the wrong entity.
The strike-off that didn’t happen.
ASIC flags a client company for deregistration. It’s in your inbox the week it’s published. One phone call saves them a frozen bank account and you a very difficult conversation.
Why accountants sign up
No more year-end surprises.
Registration and status changes reach you when they happen.
A reason to pick up the phone.
Every item is a specific, dated reason to call a client, and every one of those calls is advisory work.
Your quiet clients, covered.
The ones who never ring are the ones who need this most.
Clients who think you’re remarkable.
“How did you know?” is a very good thing to hear.
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A Practice plan covers 200 clients for $99 a month.
You’d build this yourself, if you had the time
You don’t.
23 sources, checked every week, matched to every client, forever. That’s a full-time job nobody in your practice has.
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To them, you’re just very well informed.
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