Hartmann-Cox

Hartmann-Cox is a firm of chartered accountants based in Upper Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Queensland. It began operating in the city in 1985 and grew mainly through client growth and referrals. The practice is run by partners and stresses direct access to a partner rather than passing clients down a chain.

What Hartmann-Cox does

• Accounting and reporting: financial reporting used as a management tool to help clients develop their businesses.
• Business advice and management: support for growing family businesses.
• Taxation and GST: tax compliance work carried out by technically trained staff.
• Investment advice and structuring: planning around the sale of investments, including strategies to limit capital gains tax.
• Superannuation: help for clients who want to take control of their own super funds.
• Online solutions: support for Xero and MYOB, single touch payroll, and remote help with offline accounting files.

Clients

The firm mainly serves family businesses from a range of industries, as well as businesses that are growing.

Key facts

• Based in: Upper Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
• Founded: 1985
• Licence: limited-licence financial planner, giving advice but not selling products
• Response: unanswered calls are returned within hours on the same business day