At SC Accounting, you and your business come first. Our unwavering commitment to meeting your individual and business accounting needs has seen us develop a personalised style that opens up communication between our team and yours. This partnership approach means we work with you to gain a deeper understanding of your business, recommendations that will help your business achieve growth.

Our depth of experience and specialised industry knowledge mean you can be sure that your business and personal finances are in the right hands. Steven Creelman, our principal, is a respected CA with over 30 years’ experience as a professional taxation and accounting practitioner.

Partnering with Steve is Mark Caruso, a CPA and Affiliate CA ANZ with 20 years of senior accounting, business management, finance and tax experience.

When you partner with us you will benefit from our ‘hands on’ approach to accounting, taxation, superannuation, business advisory services and more. We are focused on providing meaningful outcomes for our clients, after all “Our business is to help you enjoy your business”.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE –

Business and Individual Assurance Measures

We are only too conscious of the concern that families, our staff and the public in general are experiencing in these uncertain times. As you have been informed, the Australian Government has put in place unprecedented restrictions which will have some impact to every Australian over the foreseeable future.

Steve Creelman and Mark Caruso have enacted their SC Accounting business support package that is eligible to all business, individuals and associates of clients of the firm. The following measures are now in place at SC Accounting:

Free Additional Support: A free 30 min, formal business support advisory service is available to all clients impacted by the downturn. Please call reception directly to book in the free appointment.

New Client Support: We understand that some associates are requiring the CFO and specialty financial support that Steve and Mark can provide, especially relating to cashflow and business concerns of employers. SC Accounting will extend its business support range to new clients including free ATO support and 1 hours free business support. In addition, all setup fees will be waved. This is only eligible to associates of current clients.

Fees Discounted to 2018 rates: Fees for all services (excluding financial planning) will continue to be charged at 2018 rates with a freeze on all fees for 2020/2021.

Mobile Phone Urgent Hotline: We understand the urgency of issues that will impact individuals and business. Steve and Mark’s personal mobile phone numbers are now available to clients directly.

Steve Creelman: 0418 545 119

Mark Caruso: 0439 909 467

Meetings: To ensure we play our part in decreasing the spread of the virus, we will be encouraging all meetings to be held via phone. Any essential office meetings will be conducted in our meeting room and limited to one person at a time.

Lockdown Procedure: We have implemented lockdown protocols whereby Steve, Mark, Kendra, Erma and Mai will be available in the event of a full state wide lockdown of all services. Home offices have been set up for all key staff members to ensure that you will be able to obtain tax returns, refunds and stimulus packages.

Document drop-off is still available to Erma at reception however please call 9569 7516 prior to dropping off documents as our door will be locked.

We also note that most staff are now working from home including Steve and Mark.

NEWS LINKS & SUPPORT: We are constantly updating our website with various resources. These are free and available to download Here: https://scaccounting.com.au/news-resources/login/

SENSIBLE BUSINESS MEASURES:

At SC Accounting, we understand your concerns and we steadfastly support you, your family and business. Please do not hesitate to contact Steve or Mark directly should you feel the need to discuss fundamental aspects of your business. We are here to assist everyone and our commitment is to your business needs through a friendly complimentary phone call with us. Please note that SC Accounting takes pride in making it our business to help you enjoy your business, even in difficult times!! Your success is our success.

We recommend the you address these measures as a normal matter of course to assist with cash flow relief:

• Maintain a close working relationship with your client base and suppliers – frank discussions about financial support are always looked upon favourably;
• Liaising with Banks and other lending institutions to advise them of any cash flow concerns and to discuss any relief measures that you might need;
• Liaise with landlord to explore cash flow relief and review lease options;
• Remain vigilant to business opportunities especially where competitors maybe exiting your business environment. New business opportunities might exist;
• Look at employment remedies that might exist with staff eg annual leave and sick leave within the Fair Work Act laws.

HOUSEKEEPING MEASURES

Not unlike the wider public, SC Accounting has a responsibility to provide a safe and secure workplace for staff and clients of the firm. Whilst we are a relatively small business, we still have an obligation to maintain social distancing in the workplace. As a result, some staff will be working remotely on occasions as best practice suggests. We are able to function quite effectively and it will still be business as usual with client services.

Whilst SC Accounting will make every effort to satisfactorily complete client tasks, we ask that clients please understand and respect that meeting urgent deadlines may be difficult to achieve in this environment and, to that end, please ensure that you provide clear instructions so that we can plan workflow requirements with little disruption.

Whilst it is business as usual at SC Accounting, we would like to that this opportunity for all staff, clients, business contacts and suppliers visiting our offices, to please observe and adhere to the following health and hygiene practices:

• If you are unwell, please reschedule your appointment by calling Erma Mencin on (03) 9569 7516 to make a convenient time (at this stage we would recommend all appointments to be via the phone if possible);
• if you normally make an appointment and, feel uneasy about this, please contact Erma and forward relevant documents to us via email or mail system;
• If you have been overseas in the last 14 days, please reschedule your appointment;
• We will provide hand sanitizer in the entrance and meeting rooms and ask that this is used where necessary (as always, our staff will maintain clean work environments & meeting spaces which will be regularly sanitised;
• we ask as practicable as possible, that social distancing be observed in all meetings

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