The Property Accountant and PropRetire side by side

The Property Accountant and PropRetire both hold an Australian investor's properties, loans and rent, read their documents, and share them with an accountant and a broker.

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In short

The table sets out what each maker's own pages said, with the day each was read.

What it does

The Property Accountant The Property Accountant brings in bank feeds, reads rental statements, invoices and depreciation schedules, and gives accountants and brokers their clients' reports and loan data

PropRetire Super, spending and ten years. PropRetire drafts properties, loans, super, income and spending for each owner from their documents, works out the tax on a sale, what is left each month and future cashflow year by year, and sends the packs to an accountant or broker

Who it is for and what goes in

Who it is for

The Property Accountant Property investors, tax accountants and mortgage brokers S2, S3, S8

PropRetire Personal is for your own properties. Business is for accountants, brokers and advisers P1

What you record

The Property Accountant Properties with purchase, ownership, loans, rent, expenses with invoices, depreciation and capital improvements S2

PropRetire Legal owners, properties, other assets, loans, income and living expenses P2

Reading your documents

The Property Accountant Reads emailed rental statements, invoices and depreciation schedules into the property's records S2, S4

PropRetire Statements, letters and leases, dropped in any order P11

Bank exports

The Property Accountant Live bank feeds through Open Banking from 110+ banks, with two years of transactions. A CSV or OFX import is not mentioned S2, S5, S8

PropRetire A bank's CSV, OFX, QFX or XLSX export gives the period it covers, and the balance where the export shows one P18

Price and a free start

Price

The Property Accountant $3.99 a property a month, $7.49 for commercial, owner occupied free, GST included S1, S3, S4

PropRetire Personal $49 a month. Business from $399 a month. In Australian dollars with GST P1

Free start

The Property Accountant 1 month free, with no credit card S1

PropRetire A 30-⁠day free trial on every plan, with no credit card P1

Selling a property

Tax on a sale

The Property Accountant Tracks the cost base and capital costs. Its CGT calculator uses typed-in figures S2, S3, S5, S7

PropRetire Worked out with the sale and without it P3

A sale from 1 July 2027

The Property Accountant A calculator compares a certified valuation with the ATO formula, and they arrange three free quotes from registered valuers S6, S7

PropRetire Cost base indexation replaces the 50% discount for a person or family trust, the gain from then counts toward a 30% minimum tax for a resident individual, and the gain up to 30 June 2027 keeps the discount P3

Cash over the years

Future cashflow

The Property Accountant Not mentioned S1 to S9

PropRetire One run for each option. Runs once for each option and shows each one's cash and equity year by year P4

Cash over time

The Property Accountant Not confirmed

PropRetire Carries each legal owner's cash forward month by month for up to ten years P5

Rates, offsets and suburbs

Rate rise test

The Property Accountant The broker view flags rate movement S8

PropRetire Names which owner runs out. Raises rates or spending, or cuts income or rent P6

Offset accounts

The Property Accountant Not confirmed

PropRetire An offset account links to a loan, and interest is worked out after offsets P7

Suburb research

The Property Accountant Not mentioned S1 to S9

PropRetire A score for each suburb. Each suburb scored against the rest of its state, on a map P12

Sending to your accountant and broker

Sending to your accountant

The Property Accountant The investor adds their accountant, who views and downloads reports through a login or a secure link S4

PropRetire The accountant pack: a LodgeiT workbook for each owner and a PDF P13

Sending to your broker

The Property Accountant The investor invites their broker, who sees live loan data and downloads loan, rent and property reports S4, S8

PropRetire Income, living expenses, properties, other assets and loans, with debt to income P14

Firms and more

A firm with many clients

The Property Accountant An accountant portal for all property clients, paid per property by the firm or the client, five clients the suggested start. Brokers pay a nominal fee per client S3, S4, S8

PropRetire Each person who signs in adds 50 clients P1

Asking clients for records

The Property Accountant Missing records are flagged S3, S4

PropRetire One link asks the client. Business's Ask for records sends each client a link P15

Zapier and an API

The Property Accountant Not mentioned. It works alongside your tax software S4

PropRetire Zapier and an API. A Zap adds each new client from your CRM or a form. The client API adds clients too P16, P17

What else the maker names

The Property Accountant Live bank feeds from 110+ banks, a rental statement email address, receipt photos, depreciation schedules, and an iOS and Android app S2, S4, S5, S8

PropRetire Runs future cashflow for each option side by side, and a stress test names which owner runs out, with the date P4, P6

Where does each row come from?

Not mentioned means the maker's own pages did not mention it on the day each source was read, not that the product cannot do it.

The Property Accountant's sources, each with the day it was read:

PropRetire's pages, each read on 13 Nov 2026:

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