Performance & Arts

Darkwave specialises in services for theatre productions, variety performers, visual artists, installation artists, illustrators, writers, journalists, editors, animators, and designers.

We also provide specialist bookkeeping services for theatre productions to determine profitability by performance and by location as well as withholding tax obligations, including special rules for performers.

Our services encompass the following:

• Full back office and bookkeeping services, including processing payments, invoicing and debt collection.
• We provide specialist bookkeeping services for theatre productions to determine profitability by performance and by location.
• Tour and project budgets and costings.
• Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet Reporting, preparation and analysis of monthly management accounts
• Preparation and lodgement of Income Tax Returns
• Preparation and lodgement of Business Activity Statements, Instalment Activity Statements, Fringe Benefits Tax returns, PAYG withholding reports, and Superannuation reporting obligations
• Payroll tax reporting and advice
• Tax planning
• General business and taxation advice
• Non-resident taxation obligations
• Foreign income and tax residency implications
• Withholding tax obligations, including special rules for performers
• Royalty accounting, analysis and audits
• Export marketing development grant applications and lodgements
• Grant acquittals