Born from the workflow, not the boardroom.
BlueCrest wasn't born from a boardroom. It was born from BGL360 screens, Class Super workflows, and hundreds of Xero tax returns and BAS preparations.
Our Founder and Director, Soham Shukla, qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAI) in 2012. In 2015, he began working with Australian accounting firms and businesses directly, starting with bookkeeping and accounts work across multiple clients and industries on Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, before progressively moving into tax preparation and full SMSF compliance work as his Australian expertise deepened.
He didn't just manage workflows from a distance. He did the work, across multiple firms, multiple software platforms, and multiple entity types. From daily bookkeeping and bank reconciliations through to TBAR reporting, pension setups, and complex trust returns, Soham built his Australian accounting expertise from the ground up over seven years, before BlueCrest existed.
Over that period, he witnessed firsthand the industry's shift from desktop-based accounting software to modern cloud platforms, navigating that transition from within Australian firms as it happened, not catching up to it afterward.
- AUG 2012Qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAI).
- MAY 2015Began working with Australian accounting firms — bookkeeping and accounting work across Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks.
- 2015 – 2022Progressively deepened across tax preparation and full SMSF compliance — TBAR, pension setups, complex trust returns — across multiple firms, software platforms and entity types.
- May 2022Founded BlueCrest to solve the capacity gap he had seen firsthand across years of working with Australian practices.
- JUNE 2023Formalised a decade of Australian expertise by qualifying as a CPA Australia member.
The person you'll actually work with.
Soham Shukla
LinkedInSoham leads every engagement at BlueCrest. When you partner with us, you aren't handed off to a junior account manager. You're working with a tri-credentialed accounting professional who holds direct accountability for every file that leaves the team.
- CAInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), qualified 2012
- CPA AustraliaFull member, qualified 2023
- FIPA FFAInstitute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia, Fellow member
Three areas of deep, firsthand Australian experience.
SMSF Accounting & Administration
Soham has worked across the full SMSF compliance lifecycle, from fund setup through to wind-up, having used BGL360, Class Super, and Mclowd across both their earlier desktop iterations and their current cloud environments.
- Fund establishment — trust deed review coordination, member and trustee setup, opening balances
- Annual accounts and financial statements prepared to audit-ready standard
- Member statements, contribution tracking, and contribution cap monitoring
- Transfer Balance Account Reporting (TBAR) — event-based reporting, pension commencement and commutation events
- Pension phase setup, documentation, and actuarial certificate coordination
- Pension wind-up and fund wind-up — final accounts, asset disposal, member benefit calculations
- In-house asset rule monitoring and related party transaction review
- SuperStream rollovers and death benefit nominations
- Audit workpaper preparation — structured, complete packs ready for your auditor
- Audit support — responding to auditor queries, providing supporting schedules and reconciliations
Tax Preparation & Accounts Finalisation
Soham has prepared and reviewed tax returns across the full entity spectrum for Australian accounting firms, working within their existing workflows.
- Individual, company, trust, and partnership tax returns
- Div 7A loan calculations and franking account reconciliations
- CGT calculations — cost base, discount method, and indexation
- Accounts finalisation — general ledger review, trial balance, and year-end journals
- Workpaper preparation structured to your firm's standards and templates
Bookkeeping & Practice Support
Soham has hands-on experience across Xero, MYOB, and QuickBooks, spanning the full evolution from their desktop versions through to the modern cloud platforms that Australian firms run on today. That depth means no learning curve, no adjustment period, and no hand-holding required on software.
- Xero — bank feeds, reconciliations, payroll, BAS preparation, GST reconciliation, management reporting
- MYOB — AccountRight and Essentials, payroll, BAS, creditor and debtor management, end-of-month reporting
- QuickBooks — transaction coding, reconciliations, payroll, GST, and financial reporting
We plug into your stack. From day one.
We don't ask you to change your tech stack. We plug into yours. Whether it's BGL360, Class Super, Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks, we work inside your existing cloud ecosystem from day one.
Three-tier review
Every file is vetted by senior eyes before it reaches your desk.
Your standards, our hands
We adapt to your firm's workpaper style and SOPs — never the other way around.
Fixed fees, no surprises
Transparent pricing agreed upfront. No ticking clock, no scope creep invoices.
No workflow disruption
Your systems, your way, from the first file. No transition project, no parallel runs.
White-labelled, always
We are the engine under your hood. Your clients never know we exist.
Your software, our home
BGL360, Class Super, Xero, MYOB, or QuickBooks — we work inside it.
Drawn from the framework that governs us.
We don't use these as buzzwords. Our values are drawn directly from the professional standards framework that governs CPA Australia and IPA membership, the same framework Soham is accountable to as a credentialled member of both bodies.