Hills District · NSW 2158

Accountant & Mortgage Broker — Dural

A Chartered Accountant and Credit Representative serving Dural and the rural-residential Hills from a nearby Cherrybrook office. Acreage owners, families running a business from the property, and small property investors — same practitioner across tax, BAS, advisory and lending.

  • Cherrybrook office · ~12–15 minutes from Dural
  • Chartered Accountant + Tax Agent + Credit Representative
  • Servicing Dural and the rural-residential Hills
  • By appointment — phone, video or in-person

Dural context

A practice tuned to the rural-residential Hills.

Dural is the green, low-density edge of the Hills — acreage and large lots along Old Northern Road and the surrounding lanes, nurseries and hobby farms, and family businesses run from the property. It is a different profile to the suburban-density suburbs, and the engagement shapes reflect that.

The dominant Dural property is the larger lot — established homes on acreage, often held a long time, frequently with sheds, outbuildings or a secondary structure. Many households run a business from the property: trades with plant and equipment, professional services, nurseries and landscaping, and a range of owner-operators who value the space. That mix raises questions a standard suburban return rarely touches — business-use apportionment, equipment and vehicle treatment, and the capital-gains position where part of the land is used commercially.

On the lending side, acreage changes the picture. Land size and rural-residential zoning can move a property from “residential” to “rural” in a lender’s eyes, with flow-on effects for valuation, LVR and the lender shortlist. Equity tends to be substantial but concentrated in land. Refinances, equity-release for the business or a next purchase, and the occasional construction or renovation question are the common lending conversations.

Where a combined accountant-and-broker engagement fits Dural: a family business run from the property where the tax structure and the lending position need to move together; acreage purchases or refinances where property classification drives the lender shortlist; and equity-rich owners weighing how to deploy land equity. Tax-related statements are general and depend on your circumstances.

Most-asked services in Dural

Common Dural engagement shapes.

Acreage purchase or refinance

Buying or refinancing an acreage property where land size and rural-residential zoning affect valuation, LVR and which lenders will consider it — confirmed with the lender before any formal application.

Business run from the property

Trades, nurseries, professional services and owner-operators based on a Dural property — annual return, BAS, business-use apportionment and equipment treatment scoped as one engagement.

Equity-rich, land-heavy households

Long-tenured Dural owners with substantial equity in land — equity-release scenarios for a business, a next purchase or a renovation, modelled across both the tax and lending sides.

Company / trust return

Family-business company and trust returns for Dural operators — financials, Division 7A awareness, distributions and the interaction with any business-use of the property.

Investment property

Dural households building or holding an investment property elsewhere — loan structure and the rental tax position scoped together rather than in isolation.

Equipment & vehicle finance context

Operators with plant, vehicles and equipment — how purchase and finance decisions interact with the tax position, discussed in general terms within the engagement.

Practice details

Where to find us.

Office

15 Forest Close, Cherrybrook NSW 2126

By appointment. Around 12–15 minutes from Dural via New Line Road or Old Northern Road.

Hours

Mon–Fri 9:00am – 5:30pm AEST/AEDT

After-hours phone and video appointments by arrangement — useful for operators working on the property.

Where information on this page combines tax and lending considerations, tax-related statements are general only and depend on individual circumstances. Eternity Group Accountants is a registered tax agent (TPB 25523469). Mr Rohan Manokaran (Credit Representative 565110) is authorised under Australian Credit Licence 561324. Seek personal tax and credit advice based on your situation.

Frequently asked questions

Dural — common questions.

The Cherrybrook office is around 12–15 minutes from Dural via New Line Road or Old Northern Road. Dural engagements run as a mix of phone, video, secure document upload and in-person meetings when you want them. Cherrybrook is our sole physical office; we do not operate a Dural premises.