A tax assistant that reads the file before it drafts the return.

Built for tax partners, agents, and in-house tax teams across Australian compliance and advisory work. Halo prepares the return, runs the calculations, drafts the memo, and writes the ATO letter, with every figure tied back to the payment summary, the dividend statement, or the trust distribution advice that sourced it.

Video pending · A company income tax return, top to tail
Acme Holdings Pty Ltd · ABN 11 222 333 444 · 30/06/2025 · CTR

What tax season actually looks like inside a firm.

Three hundred returns due in a four month window. A doc bundle from the client that arrives in pieces, half scanned, half in email. A CGT parcel with no cost base. A Div 7A loan that nobody has reviewed since the year it was made. The work that needs doing is judgement work. The work that gets done is data entry.

  1. 01 The client bundle arrives, in pieces
    Payment summaries, dividend statements, rental summaries, trust distribution advices, bank statements. Some PDF, some photographs of paper, some inside an email body.
  2. 02 Numbers are keyed into the workbench
    Income items, deductions, offsets. By a graduate, mostly. With a senior checking the totals against a calculator and a coffee.
  3. 03 Calculations are run, then re run
    CGT discount, HECS repayment, Div 7A interest, R and D incentive, tax effect accounting. Every recalc is another opportunity to lose a number.
  4. 04 The pre lodgement letter is written from scratch
    Even though it is the same letter, every year, in your firm's house style, for ninety percent of the client base.

The keying and the drafting, off your team.

Drop the client's source documents into a Job. Halo prepares the return, drafts the position memos, cites the authority for every claim, and assembles the lodgement file. Your team reviews the judgement calls and signs the return.

See it on a return
Video pending · Return preparation
Individual return · 30/06/2026

Tooling built for the tax workflow specifically.

Return preparation

Income, deductions, offsets, and credits populated from the source documents. Every figure cites the document, the page, and the line. The reviewer reads the file, not the keystrokes.

Video pending · Return preparation

Position memos

Tax positions drafted with the legislation, the ruling, and the case cited. Halo writes the memo against the facts; the partner makes the call. No invented authority.

Video pending · Position memos

Research and authority

Cited answers grounded in the ITAA, the GST Act, ATO rulings, and case law. Every claim points to the section, the paragraph, and the date of effect.

Video pending · Research and authority

Tax provision review

Current and deferred tax provisions reviewed against the trial balance and the return. Variances surfaced, not buried. The provision ties out to the lodgement.

Video pending · Tax provision review

Lodgement and validation

Validation against the ATO schema, the agent's lodgement program, and the practitioner's working file. Errors surfaced before lodgement, not after.

Video pending · Lodgement and validation

Client correspondence

Engagement letters, advice memos, and lodgement confirmations drafted in your firm's voice. Halo prepares the file. The partner sends it.

Video pending · Client correspondence

Bring a return and watch Halo prepare it.

A live session on your own client file and your own workbench, with your team in the room. Forty minutes.