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Does Navexa replace my accountant or tax adviser?

Learn how Navexa’s reports fit into your tax workflow and why they complement, rather than replace, your accountant.

Updated over 2 months ago

Short answer

No. Navexa does not replace your accountant or tax adviser.

Navexa is a portfolio tracking and reporting tool. It helps you organise and understand your investment data so you (or your adviser) can do your taxes properly. It does not provide personal tax advice or lodge your tax return on your behalf.

Think of Navexa as:

Your investment “source of truth” → your accountant is still your tax expert.


What Navexa does for tax

Navexa focuses on your investment side of the tax picture.

Depending on your plan and settings, Navexa can:

  • Track buys, sells, income and fees for your investments

  • Maintain cost bases for your holdings

  • Calculate capital gains and losses using the tax method you have chosen

  • Summarise taxable investment income and components

  • Produce tax reports you can use at tax time, especially if you are an Australian investor

These reports are designed to:

  • Save you time gathering and checking numbers

  • Reduce manual spreadsheet work

  • Make it easier to see your realised gains, losses and income for a given tax year

Navexa helps you get clean, structured data out of your investment history. Your accountant or tax software then uses that data as one input into your full tax return.


What Navexa does not do

Navexa keeps your investments organised, but it does not:

  • Give personal tax, legal or financial advice

  • Tell you which tax method you should use

  • Decide which parcels you should sell for the best tax outcome

  • Check or include other income and deductions (salary, rent, business income, other expenses, and so on)

  • Lodge your tax return with the ATO or any other tax authority

  • Represent you to the ATO or handle tax disputes

Your overall tax position depends on your entire financial situation, not just your Navexa portfolio. Only you and your tax professional can see the full picture.


How Navexa fits into your tax workflow

Here is how Navexa typically fits into a simple tax workflow:

  1. You keep Navexa up to date

    • Import or enter your trades and income

    • Keep an eye on any missing or duplicate data

    • Check that your tax settings (method, financial year, currency and so on) match how you want to report

  2. At tax time, you generate reports in Navexa

    • Run your investment tax reports for the relevant year

    • Export or download them (PDF or CSV, depending on the report)

  3. You share those reports with your accountant or tax software

    • Give the report or reports to your accountant or bookkeeper, or

    • Use them as a reference when you complete your own return in myTax or other software

  4. Your accountant or tax adviser does the rest

    • Checks the numbers against your other records

    • Combines Navexa data with your other income and deductions

    • Advises you on any elections, special rules or strategies

    • Prepares and lodges your tax return

Navexa aims to make the investment part of this process faster, clearer and less stressful. Final tax decisions and lodgement sit with you and your professional adviser.


Who is responsible for what?

You:

  • Decide how you want to use Navexa

  • Enter or import your data accurately

  • Choose tax settings to match your situation

  • Check reports before using them in your return

Your accountant or tax adviser:

  • Interprets tax law for your situation

  • Reviews your Navexa reports in the context of your full finances

  • Advises you on what to claim and how to lodge

  • Takes responsibility for the professional advice they give you

Navexa:

  • Provides tools to track and analyse your investments

  • Generates reports based on the data and settings you provide

  • Helps you and your adviser see your investment picture more clearly


Important note

Navexa provides general information and tools only. It does not consider your personal objectives, financial situation or needs.

Before acting on anything that might affect your tax position, you should:

  • Check your data is complete and correct in Navexa, and

  • Seek advice from a qualified tax professional or accountant if you are unsure.

Used together, Navexa plus a good accountant can give you both:

  • Better day-to-day visibility over your investments, and

  • A more efficient, well-documented tax process each year.

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