Above The Line Accounting Pty Ltd

11/10/2026

Films like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Wolf Creek, Red Dog, Mad Max, Babe, and Baz Luhrmann's Australia showcased the same thing: Australia's outback.

Films with location at the heart may be the tipping point for making Aussie films that become icons decades from now.

Forty years on from Paul Hogan's iconic role as Crocodile Dundee, tourism and production houses are still riding an economic high on its success. But could another box office hit be hard to recreate?

11/10/2026

ATLA's Matthew Carter is speaking at Screen Business Essentials this October!

Matt is presenting The Fundamentals of Establishing a Screen Business on Thursday 15 October at 1:15pm AEDT. It's part of a two-day online intensive presented by Screen Producers Australia with AFTRS. Across both days, speakers from SPA, AFTRS, Fulcrum Media Finance, Creative Lawyers, Media Super and more cover the commercial side of producing, from IP and the Producer Offset to employment, core agreements and building a slate.

If you're building a screen business, it's two days well spent. Enrolments close 14 October.

See the full program and register: https://spa.swoogo.com/screenbusinessessentialsoct2026/

04/10/2026

Christine Kimberley is the person you want across your budget when financial pressure starts building on set. Based on the Gold Coast, our Manager of Production Accounting combines CPA rigour with twenty years in film and television. She has managed cost reporting on major productions and knows what it takes to keep a project on track when the numbers get complicated. Outside of spreadsheets, she volunteers at her local theatre and walks along the Broadwater.

https://abovethelineaccounting.au/about/meet-the-team/

01/10/2026

Think global, act local: global screen industry organisations, including Screen Producers Australia, have released a joint statement calling for governments worldwide to commit to domestic screen production requirements.

Global screen industry organisations have released a statement at the Toronto International Film Festival calling for domestic production support.

30/09/2026

ATLA's Matthew Carter is speaking at Screen Business Essentials this October!

Matt is presenting The Fundamentals of Establishing a Screen Business on Thursday 15 October at 1:15pm AEDT. It's part of a two-day online intensive presented by Screen Producers Australia with AFTRS. Across both days, speakers from SPA, AFTRS, Fulcrum Media Finance, Creative Lawyers, Media Super and more cover the commercial side of producing, from IP and the Producer Offset to employment, core agreements and building a slate.

If you're building a screen business, it's two days well spent. Enrolments close 14 October, with Early Bird tickets closing tonight, 30 September.

See the full program and register: https://spa.swoogo.com/screenbusinessessentialsoct2026/

27/09/2026

Australian screen production moves faster than the tax legislation.

Staying across Screen Australia guideline changes and superannuation shifts is a full-time job. Our quarterly newsletter rounds up those updates alongside Producer Offset news and funding deadlines, so you don't have to chase the details yourself.

Practical, and built for Australian producers.

https://abovethelineaccounting.au/newsletters/

23/09/2026

Liability is only a problem when it isn't limited. Most filmmakers outgrow the Sole Trader model long before they realise it.

As your slate expands, a Company structure offers better asset protection and more tax flexibility, but it also brings more complex compliance rules. We break down the pros and cons of each structure to help you decide when it is time to move.

https://abovethelineaccounting.au/business-structures-for-filmmakers/

19/09/2026

"The systems ATLA helped me set up have put my businesses on a fantastic track towards growth. ATLA is an absolute lifesaver with big projects, assisting with investors, QAPE, audits, production accounting, and all the financial aspects of producing that can seem daunting at first."
— Dean Francis, Producer and Director, JJ Splice

Producing feels daunting until the systems actually work for you. Setting up the right foundation early makes every downstream compliance hurdle easier to clear.

Read more about how we support filmmakers on our site.

https://abovethelineaccounting.au/testimonials/

18/09/2026

Congratulations to our clients on the success of Guided by Horses! It had its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August, followed by strong runs at CinefestOZ and the Darwin International Film Festival. It will be celebrating an Australian release from February 2027.

If you're in the Northern Rivers, support the film by joining the screening at the Byron Bay International Film Festival, screening from 16 to 25 October with Q&A sessions in Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore.

We're proud to have worked on Guided by Horses, handling Tax Planning, BAS and Tax Returns, Cost Reports and Producer Offset.

Learn more about the film at: https://www.bbff.com.au/guided-by-horses

18/09/2026

It was a great turnout at Screenworks Regional to Global in Lennox Head last week!
Some of Australia's most loved films, from Crocodile Dundee to Priscilla Queen of the Desert, are proof that our best stories often come from regional Australia.

Our own Matthew Carter caught up with fellow Screenworks board members Marissa McDowell and Rodney Cambridge on the sidelines, swapping notes on funding, commissioning and what it takes to get a rich Australian story made.

Congratulations to the whole Screenworks team on another brilliant event for the regional screen industry!