Dental
Where we focus within dental
Our work with dental practices concentrates on the areas where the accounting complexity is highest and the numbers matter most.
Practice structuring & ownership
Moving from associate to practice owner, or bringing in another dentist as a partner, changes your structure and tax position significantly. We help you set this up properly from the start.
Equipment & fit-out finance
Dental equipment and fit-outs represent a major capital investment. We structure the finance and depreciation properly, so the investment works for your tax position rather than against it.
Our approach to dental
The move from associate to owner changes everything.
Cash flow, compliance and structure are different for dental practices. Generic advice does not cut it.
Dental practices carry a specific mix of pressures: high-value equipment and fit-outs, practitioner arrangements that shift as associates become owners or partners, and the compliance that comes with running a practice rather than just seeing patients.
We have worked with dentists moving from associate to practice owner, and with established multi-chair practices, for over a decade. We understand equipment finance, practice structuring and how to plan tax and cash flow around the investment cycle dental practices go through.
Associate-to-owner transition planning
Structure and tax planning for the move from associate to practice owner, worked through well ahead of settlement.
Equipment and fit-out finance
Depreciation and finance structuring for high-value dental equipment and fit-outs, so the investment works for your tax position.
Practice partnership structuring
Clean structuring when a second dentist joins as a partner or associate, reviewed as the arrangement grows and evolves.
Cash flow around capital investment
Planning that accounts for the lumpy cash flow of equipment upgrades and practice expansion, not just the steady months.
Why Wiseman
Deliberately focused on you
Rather than serving every kind of business, we’ve built our practice around growth-minded, family-owned businesses. Here’s what that means in practice.
Built for family business
We focus on established, family-owned businesses turning over $1M or more, with real depth in construction, professional services and real estate.
A dedicated client manager
Your advice comes from an experienced client manager who knows your business.
Independent & conflict-free
We don’t sell financial products, lending or property. Nothing we recommend is shaped by what we have to sell.
Proactive all year
Regular advisory meetings and Xero-based KPI monitoring, so we help you plan ahead rather than only reporting on the year that’s already gone.
Value, not price
We compete on the quality of advice and the results it drives, a long-term partnership, not the cheapest return in town.
Genuinely local
An Ipswich firm that understands South East Queensland business, growing alongside the owners we work with.
I'm still an associate. Is it too early to talk to an accountant for dentists?
Not at all. The move from associate to practice owner changes your structure and tax position significantly, and working through it well ahead of settlement is exactly when an accountant for dentists adds the most value.
How do you structure finance for new equipment or a fit-out?
Dental equipment and fit-outs represent a major capital investment, so we structure the finance and depreciation properly from the outset, so the investment works for your tax position rather than against it.
Cash flow feels unpredictable around equipment upgrades. Can that actually be planned for?
Yes. Equipment upgrades and practice expansion create lumpy cash flow, and that’s what we plan around alongside the steady months, so a big purchase doesn’t catch the practice off guard when the invoice finally lands.
A second dentist is joining our practice as a partner. Can you help structure that?
Yes. Bringing in a second dentist as a partner or associate changes the structure, and we work through that cleanly from the outset, reviewing it again as the arrangement grows and evolves over the following years.
We're an established multi-chair practice, not a new owner. Do you still work with practices like ours?
Yes. We work with dentists moving from associate to owner and with established multi-chair practices alike, and the equipment finance and structuring work continues as the practice matures and expands.
Is there much work on our side before we can start planning an associate-to-owner move?
Not a great deal. Details of the practice you’re buying into or setting up, your current financial position, and a sense of the timeline you’re working toward are what help most. The earlier we’re involved, the more options are still open.
