AS Accounting

Who are we?

AS Accounting has two partners – Anthony Rutherford and Suzanne Dark (now the “AS” makes sense, doesn’t it?). Anthony and Suzanne have both been active in the accounting profession for well over 20 years.

They have travelled quite different professional roads over those 20-odd years, and this provides AS Accounting with a wide skills set to apply to the taxation and accountancy needs of our clients.

In addition to our two partners, AS Accounting also boasts the services of graduate accountant Matt Geeves.

Suzanne Dark

Suzanne is our in-house computerised accounting and bookkeeping expert. If you have a query regarding a computerised accounting package, Suzanne will sort it out for you. She is also the BAS expert of the practice, and is more than adept at navigating through the maze that is our current taxation system.

Suzanne loves to help clients in coping with all manner of compliance issues – from wages and superannuation matters through general reporting, to financial statement and tax return preparation.

Suzanne is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants and a Registered BAS Agent.

  Anthony Rutherford       

Anthony likes to think of himself as a ‘hardened accountant’, but this is just ridiculous.
Anthony’s career in public practice accounting has taken him across the Pacific Ocean and back again. After commencing his career on Brisbane’s south side, Anthony enjoyed a stint as Accounting and Audit Manager with a multi-national firm in Vanuatu in the late 90’s. He returned to his home town of Brisbane as manager of a city based practice in 2001, and then established AS Accounting with Suzanne in 2009.

With clients that range from individuals or small local sole traders all the way up to larger national operators and international enterprises, Anthony has always adopted the mantra of “plain English and approachability”. Having the qualifications, knowledge, and experience to guide clients in the areas of taxation and accountancy is one thing, but being able to communicate this in a manner that allows implementation is every bit as important.

Anthony is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants, and a Registered Tax Agent. He is also a foundation member of the Wittonga Park Touch Football Club, but this rarely comes up in general practice matters.

Matt Geeves

Matt comes from humble beginnings in the small town of Grantham just west of Toowoomba.  He and his family left the country life for the sandy shores of Redcliffe in late 2003.  After graduating high school in 2006, Matt embarked on a number of endeavours including; obtaining a diploma in music business, managing a music store and even tackling a semester in Secondary Education.

After coming to an epiphany one afternoon in late 2010, sparked by his self inflicted ‘career interim’, Matt decided to pursue a career in which the foundations of his character are cemented; extreme and merciless organisation.  He went on to enrol in a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) which he had finished by mid 2013.  He found the content in almost all fields of the course extremely interesting and helpful to his personal life and part-time retail job.  After enjoying some time off from reading textbooks and sitting exams, he jumped on an opportunity presented to him by AS Accounting.

In his (limited) spare time, Matt fills up his diary by managing and performing in a local Brisbane band and continues to pursue his passion for the music industry.  He feels that this, combined with his education and future endeavours in the accounting industry, will serve him well as he continues on into the future.

AS Accounting in Albany Creek, Brisbane, QLD is in the category of Accountants specialising in services such as Negative Gearing, Estate Planning, Bookkeeping.

Some other services offered by AS Accounting include Accounting, Capital Gains Tax, Payroll Services, Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF), ABN Registrations, Business Activity Statements Preparation, Business Tax Advice.

Contact AS Accounting to make an appointment.

Services

• Accounting advice & Financial Statement preparation
• Bookkeeping services
• Income tax preparation, planning, and advice
• GST registration and advice
• IAS and BAS preparation
• Capital Gains Tax
• Fringe Benefits Tax
• Banking and finance applications
• Business structuring
• Management reporting
• Budget forecasts and projections
• Self-managed superannuation matters
• Estate and succession planning
• Negative Gearing advice
• Payroll matters
• Company incorporations & ASIC matters
• ABN Applications