Fixed-fee valuations for Canberra agencies, rent rolls and client books.
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$1,495+ GST
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- Your fee is set in writing before any work starts. It never depends on the value we reach.
- We value agencies, rent rolls and books. We do not broker or sell them.
- Your report is signed by a suitably qualified business valuer.
Small Business Valuation
$1,495 + GST
For an agency, rent roll or book with annual revenue of what is valued under $2 million. A written report, delivered in 2 business days. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received. The fee is fixed in writing before we start and never tied to the value we reach.
Larger agency or book? Tell us in the form and we recommend the right package. All fees
Real estate agencies, rent rolls, owners corporation managers, recruitment and labour hire businesses, brokerages and service agencies across the ACT, valued from your documents. From $1,495 + GST where the revenue of what is valued is under $2 million.
In short
Agency Valuations charges a fixed fee for a written valuation report, set by the annual revenue of what is valued. Under $2 million: $1,495 + GST, with the report in 2 business days. From $2 million to $3 million: $2,495 + GST, in 3 business days. From $3 million to $10 million: $3,495 + GST, in 3 business days. Over $10 million, we quote the fee in writing before work starts and agree the delivery date before commencement. An expert report for a dispute or court costs $4,495 + GST, whatever the size of the agency. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received.
Agency Valuations prepares independent written valuations of Canberra real estate agencies, rent rolls, owners corporation management businesses, recruitment and labour hire businesses, insurance brokerages, mortgage broking books and marketing agencies. The fee is fixed nationally: from $1,495 + GST where the annual revenue of what is valued is under $2 million, delivered in 2 business days, prepared from your documents with no site visit. In the ACT, goodwill has not attracted duty for transfers executed after 30 June 2006, agents are licensed by Access Canberra under the Agents Act 2003, and labour hire providers need a WorkSafe ACT licence.
We value agencies, rent rolls and client books as businesses. We do not value land, premises or homes, and we do not appraise properties for sale or lease. Reports are prepared from your documents, so the fee is the same wherever you are.
State-specific considerations.
Access Canberra licenses real estate, business, and stock and station agents under the Agents Act 2003. Real estate agents buy, sell, lease or manage property; there are conditional licences to sell land by auction and to manage an owners corporation, and real estate agents without conditional licences can hold money in trust and employ salespeople. Licensed agents who held trust money during the audit period, which is a financial year, must have their trust account records audited by a qualified auditor by 30 September. Continuing professional development is a condition of licence renewal, and licences can be renewed for one or three years. On duty, ACT Revenue Office Circular DAA011.2 says transfers relating to goodwill, intellectual property and statutory licences or permissions stopped being liable to duty where executed after 30 June 2006, and that goods are dutiable where they form part of an arrangement that includes other dutiable property, such as land or a Crown lease. Labour hire providers need a licence under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2020, administered by WorkSafe ACT.
What actually differs in ACT.
ACT duty stopped applying to goodwill for transfers executed after 30 June 2006.
The ACT Revenue Office's circular on dutiable transactions relating to goods says transfers and transactions relating to goodwill, intellectual property and a statutory licence or permission ceased to be liable to duty where executed after 30 June 2006. Goods become dutiable property where they are part of an arrangement that includes a dutiable transaction over other dutiable property, which includes land and a Crown lease in the ACT, and stock in trade is excluded. So where an agency sale includes office premises held under a Crown lease, land, plant and goodwill still need to be separated, and the report provides those figures. We do not advise on duty.
Owners corporation managers hold a conditional licence.
Access Canberra issues a conditional real estate agent licence to manage an owners corporation, separate from the full real estate agent licence that allows a business to hold money in trust and employ salespeople. A Canberra strata management business is valued on its portfolio of owners corporation agreements and on the licensed people who service them. Agreement terms, renewal history and how many schemes depend on one manager feed directly into the risk the report applies.
Trust account records are audited to the financial year and due by 30 September.
Access Canberra says licensed agents who held trust money during the audit period, a financial year, must have their trust account records audited by a qualified auditor by 30 September. Money held in trust belongs to clients and is never part of an agency's value, but the audit history shows how a rent roll has been run. We ask for the two most recent audit reports and any issues raised, and the report treats an unresolved finding as a risk to the earnings being valued.
Labour hire providers need a WorkSafe ACT licence.
The ACT's Labour Hire Licensing Act 2020 requires a licence for anyone who intends to provide labour hire services, administered by WorkSafe ACT, and the licence lasts one year. A Canberra labour hire business is valued on earnings it can lawfully keep producing, so we ask for the licence, its renewal history and any conditions, and the report reads contractor margin and client concentration against that position. How the licence is dealt with when the business changes hands is a question for your lawyer.
Agencies we commonly value in Canberra.
- ·Residential real estate agencies
- ·Rent rolls and property management businesses
- ·Owners corporation management businesses
- ·Recruitment agencies
- ·Labour hire businesses
- ·Insurance brokerages
- ·Mortgage broking books
- ·Marketing and digital agencies
Canberra questions we get asked.
How much does an agency valuation cost in Canberra?
Canberra pays the same fixed fees as the rest of Australia, with no travel loading. The fee follows the annual revenue of what is valued: $1,495 + GST under $2 million (2 business days), $2,495 + GST from $2 million to $3 million (3 business days) and $3,495 + GST from $3 million to $10 million (3 business days). Above $10 million the fee is quoted in writing before work starts. A rent roll on its own is banded by its annual management income. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received.
Is duty payable when a Canberra agency is sold?
Not on goodwill alone, according to ACT Revenue Office Circular DAA011.2, which says goodwill, intellectual property and statutory licences stopped being liable to duty for transfers executed after 30 June 2006. Goods can still be dutiable where they are part of an arrangement that includes land or a Crown lease. Your lawyer or the ACT Revenue Office confirms the position for your deal. We value the business and do not advise on duty.
What documents should a Canberra real estate agency send?
Three years of financial statements and current management accounts, the two most recent trust account audit reports, a rent roll export listing each property with its owner, management fee and start date, a sample of signed management agreements, the agency's licence details and a staff list showing each person's role and licence. For owners corporation work, add the list of schemes managed with each agreement's term and fee.
Does a Canberra labour hire or recruitment business need its licence to be valued?
No licence is needed to obtain a valuation, but a labour hire provider needs a WorkSafe ACT licence to trade, and that affects value. We ask for the licence and any conditions, and a lapsed or conditional licence is treated as a risk to the earnings being valued. A recruitment business that places permanent staff and does not supply workers may be in a different position, which is a question for your adviser.
Do you need to visit our Canberra office?
No. Reports are prepared remotely from documents and a call with the principal. Where something material cannot be confirmed from the records provided, the report states it as a limitation.
Do ACT rules matter for an insurance brokerage or mortgage book?
Much less than for a property agency. ASIC says a financial services business generally needs to be authorised under an Australian financial services licence, and credit activities generally need an Australian credit licence or authorisation from a credit licensee. Those are national, so a Canberra brokerage is valued on its client spread, insurer or lender relationships and the people who hold them, the same as anywhere else.
- ·Licensing for business, real estate and stock and station agents, Access Canberra, ACT Government
- ·Revenue Circular DAA011.2: Dutiable transactions relating to goods (Duties Act 1999), ACT Revenue Office
- ·Labour hire licence, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Business Licence and Information Service (business.gov.au)
- ·Labour hire licensing, WorkSafe ACT
- ·Do you need an AFS licence?, ASIC
- ·Do you need a credit licence?, ASIC
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Small Business Valuation
$1,495 + GST
For an agency, rent roll or book with annual revenue of what is valued under $2 million. A written report, delivered in 2 business days. Delivery time starts once payment and all required information have been received. The fee is fixed in writing before we start and never tied to the value we reach.
Larger agency or book? Tell us in the form and we recommend the right package. All fees
From $1,495 + GST. One fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts.