MacMillan Cowan & Co

MacMillan Cowan & Co is a firm of chartered accountants based in Geelong. The firm provides tax, accounting, and advisory solutions, offering business services including accounting, taxation, financial planning, and advisory services. It also provides individual services including tax planning, wealth management, estate planning, and retirement strategies. Specialist tax advisory services are offered, along with corporate finance and restructuring services such as mergers and acquisitions, business valuations, debt restructuring, and strategic financial advisory.

The firm prepares income tax returns and provides self-managed superannuation fund services including setup, administration, and investment strategy. Retirement planning and estate planning services are available. International tax advice covers cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and global tax compliance. Services for managed investment schemes include taxation of managed funds, property trusts, and investment vehicles. The firm advises on tax consolidated groups, covering group structuring and optimising tax efficiencies, and on GST groups, including compliance and minimising GST liabilities.

Advice on small business CGT concessions is provided. Business restructuring services include strategic tax planning for corporate reorganisations, mergers, acquisitions, and entity restructuring. The firm assists with private binding rulings from tax authorities, provides written tax advice, and develops reasonable arguable position papers. The team includes Aaron Blomeley, Paul Bongiorno, Melita Wignall, Steven McGann, Peter Chappell, Reylet Sinson, and Diane Ashworth.

MacMillan Cowan & Co is an accounting practice in Geelong where a client worked with Aaron and the team on a tax return. The review describes the accountants as dependable and thorough, with the advice given alongside the return described as solid.

Aaron is named as the accountant who handled the matter, and the feedback centres on the reliability and careful approach he and the team brought to the engagement. The work covered both the preparation of the tax return and the guidance that accompanied it, and the client thought highly enough of the service to express strong satisfaction with the outcome.