For NDIS providers

Your NDIS back office, handled for you.

Bookkeeping, payroll, tax and growth systems — run by specialists who know the NDIS Price Guide, the SCHADS Award and claim rules. So you can focus on care.

NDIS back office

How do I keep my NDIS provider books audit-ready?

Audit-ready means your financial records line up with your service records and your registration, every month — not a scramble before the auditor arrives. That means clean separation of NDIS income by support category, claims that reconcile to what was actually delivered, and payroll and super that stand up on their own. The work is in the routine, not the audit.

What it depends on

  • Your registration groups and the supports you’re registered for.
  • How your claiming and service records connect.
  • Your payroll, award and super obligations for support workers.

Where judgement stays human: Where financial records meet the quality-and-safeguards requirements is a judgement about your specific registration — the part worth setting up correctly from the start.

A question worth sitting with

Your back office is “compliant” — until the audit. Is it audit-ready today, or audit-hopeful?

Audit-ready means the evidence is in order today — not assembled in a panic when the auditor calls.

A demonstration, not a promise

Watch it think

Illustrative worked example — anonymised. No client data.

An NDIS provider believes the back office is compliant. The audit will decide whether it is audit-ready or audit-hopeful.

  1. 1

    Ingest

    Read claims, rosters and records

    Claims, rosters, worker records and incident logs are read into one structured compliance view.

  2. 2

    Find

    Surface the evidence gaps

    Two workers’ screening clearances lapse inside the plan period, and one line is claimed above the price cap.

  3. 3

    Show the working

    Map each gap to its obligation

    Every finding is tied to the exact record and the Commission obligation it maps to — evidence, not opinion.

  4. 4

    Deliver

    A remediation checklist

    A prioritised remediation checklist and a keep-trading compliance gate, so gaps are closed before they are claimed against.

  5. 5

    Hand to the principal

    The accountant reviews first

    The accountant reviews the findings before anything is asserted as compliant — the system flags, the principal confirms.

What it could not determine

What it could not determine: whether the provider is compliant overall. It flags the evidence gaps; it does not certify compliance — that stays with the operator and the reviewer.

The judgement stays human

The Local Knowledge principal reviews the evidence before sign-off.

The operating entity is Local Knowledge Pty Ltd; MyCareFinders is a referral source only, never a party to the engagement.

Why this matters for NDIS providers

NDIS providers work on thin, price-capped margins where a single claim error or missed deadline hurts. We take the back office off your plate, keep you compliant and audit-ready, and give you back the time to deliver care and grow.

Stop losing money to admin and errors

Incorrect claims, missed BAS deadlines and award-payroll mistakes cost real money on already-thin margins. Specialists who know the NDIS Price Guide and the SCHADS Award get it right the first time.

Stay audit-ready and compliant without the stress

Registration, price-guide compliance and clean records are ongoing obligations. Done-for-you back office keeps you continuously ready — not scrambling before an audit.

Free your time to deliver care and grow

Every hour not spent on spreadsheets is an hour with participants — or on winning new clients. We also help you own the growth systems, rather than renting them.

What you get

Accurate books and on-time BAS lodgements
SCHADS Award payroll — staff paid correctly and compliantly
Fewer claim rejections through NDIS claim reconciliation
A properly structured, tax-efficient care business
Continuously audit-ready records — less last-minute stress
Growth systems and AI assets you own — not rent

Why Local Knowledge

No fabricated logos or testimonials — just real credentials and specialisation.

FCPA-led practice

Led by Graham Chee, a Fellow of CPA Australia — institutional standards applied to the care sector.

NDIS specialisation

We work specifically with NDIS providers — the Price Guide, SCHADS Award payroll and claim rules are our day-to-day.

Backed by the Local Knowledge group

Local Knowledge Pty Ltd is an established CPA public practice and registered tax agent, not a start-up.

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