Evolve Accounting Solutions

Evolve Accounting Solutions was founded in March 1988 and has been serving nationally since 1988. Jamie Kelly and Shawn Mapson are Partners at the firm. Jamie Kelly is a Fellow of the National Taxation Association of Australia. Shawn Mapson is a member of CPA Australia and a Fellow of the National Tax and Accountants Association.

Nathan Harpley has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts Australia since 2016. Cansu Yazici is a Certified Xero Advisor. The firm serves individuals and families, small businesses, trade and construction, and farming and rural clients. Services include accounting and tax, business services, and Xero software.

Personal tax returns, business accounting work and guidance on matters such as investment property disposals and novated leasing feature in the feedback left for this Bendigo firm. Shawn, Jacob and Jamie each appear by name, and the steadiness of the commentary across different staff members suggests a shared standard rather than one individual carrying the reputation. A theme that surfaces frequently is the handling of clients who return after several years away from lodgement, with the catch-up process described as free of stress despite the backlog involved.

Turnaround is another recurring point, including one account of an urgent issue taken on at short notice and resolved within the hour with the required paperwork in hand. Reviewers describe the advice as well informed, the responses as prompt and the manner as easy to deal with, whether the matter is personal or commercial. Several clients note relationships stretching over many years, returning for annual returns and wider support alike. The team is also portrayed as warm and genuine in its dealings, an attribute clients connect with their continued loyalty to the practice.