Coutts Partners

Coutts Partners Pty Ltd

Registered Tax Agents

Certified Practising Accountants

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Principal: Margaret Keenan CPA CTA

Margaret has lived in Sandringham for more years than she cares to reveal. She has been with Coutts Partners since July 1998. She was admitted as a partner on 1 July 2005 and took over as sole principal in 2007.

Proud member of the MYOB Professional Partner Program

We are a small suburban firm of certified practising accountants and registered tax agents providing tax, superannuation and accounting services. Our motto is high quality and good value. In our firm professionalism is not an optional extra. We take pride in providing dependable, considerate, personal service, and accurate, thoughtful advice.

Registered, professional and active members of the tax and accounting profession.

At Coutts Partners we offer our clients a broad range of individual and business services:

• Accounting and Taxation, including GST/BAS
• Self-Manager Superannuation Funds
• Electronic Lodgement of tax returns
• Business development
• Company Formations
• Corporate and Secretarial Services
• General Business Advice
• Equipment and Vehicle Finance
• Business and Home Loans
• Restructuring and insolvency services
• Bookkeeping

Coutts Partners has been operating in Sandringham since 1984. Our business has grown by providing professional and committed service to our clients.

We take pride in the high quality of our staff, the high standards we maintain and the knowledge and experience we can offer our clients.

We are committed to the highest possible  level of service and professional conduct in accounting and the extremely complicated areas of taxation and superannuation.  Partners and staff regularly attend professional development seminars, lectures and courses run by the Australian Taxation Office, the National Tax and Accountants Association and CPA Australia. They also participate in taxation and business discussion groups.

MARGARET KEENAN CPA Registered Tax Agent

Margaret Keenan has been with the practice since July 1998. She was admitted as a partner on 1 July 2005 and took over as sole principal on 1 July 2007.

Margaret worked for 10 years with the Australian Taxation Office before starting her family. After these commitments diminished, she re-entered the paid workforce and worked for 8 years as bookkeeper and accountant with Aged Care facilities near home in Sandringham. She maintained her interest in tax by conducting a small tax practice at home. Margaret has had a continuing involvement with tax and small business for over 30 years.

Margaret has been a Registered Tax Agent since 1982 and is a Chartered Tax Adviser.
ELAINE CONNELLAN Accountant

Elaine joined Coutts Partners in February 2008. Before then she was a partner in an accounting/ tax practice for 8 years. Her formative accounting years were spent with Touche Ross in South Africa. She has a bachelor of Commerce degree and almost 30 years experience in private practice, particularly in auditing and tax accounting. Her tasks include accounting and tax return preparation for superannuation funds, companies, trusts, and individuals.
MARGARET DEMPSEY Office Manager and Accountant

Margaret Dempsey joined Coutts Partners in March 1990 and has been a loyal and highly valued team member ever since. She does bookkeeping, accounting, the preparation of tax returns and manages the secretarial and offices service areas of the firm.
JACQUI VANDERZEE Office Manager and Bookkeeper

Joined the firm in 2018, Jacqui has had extensive experience in bookkeeping and office administration and has become a valued member of the team since joining Coutts Partners.
Registered, professional and active members of the tax and accounting profession.