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Located in the heart of Redcliffe, our team of experienced accountants and financial planners, led by Director,
Petrina Stamos
offer an extensive suite of services ranging from accounting and taxation, business advisory, financial planning, audit and assurance and
self managed superannuation.
Whether you own a business, work as an employee or are thinking about starting your own business, McConachie
Stedman can help you with strategies and solutions to help you achieve your financial goals.
Our Redcliffe accounting team is led by Director, Petrina Stamos and is supported by a team of experienced accountants and advisors.
If you’re looking for an experienced, supportive and knowledgeable accounting team in the Moreton Bay region
then book an appointment at
McConachie Stedman today.
McConachie Stedman offers a suite of comprehensive financial services including taxation and accounting, business advisory, financial planning, audit and assurance and self-managed superannuation. Our experience and expertise benefit both business owners and employees, providing expert guidance and support for you to optimise your financial strategies and achieve your long-term goals.
With a focus on efficiency and growth, we are committed to helping you navigate the complexities of the financial landscape, using an easy-to-understand, stress-free approach.
We’re not your everyday number crunchers.
Our CPA and CA qualified staff are problem solvers and experts in accounting and taxation, with the knowledge and understanding to provide
tailored advice to support individuals, families and businesses to achieve their financial goals.
Helping you to build your business.
Small business owners are faced with challenges and opportunities every day. That’s where working with our Business Advisory team can help.
We’re expert problem solvers and know the key areas to focus on to help you achieve your goals that will make a difference at each stage of
your business journey.
There is ‘cents’ in planning.
We all have different financial goals in life, but most of us share the dream of achieving 'financial freedom’. Our team of experienced
Financial Planners offer specialist advice to assist you in growing and protecting your wealth, helping to bring you one-step closer to
making your dreams a reality.
Add value to your audit.
The choice of an auditor is an important one. Our team of audit specialists focus on providing a comprehensive, independent and efficient
audit process. Our difference is our personal approach, which provides quality advice and support beyond the audit report.
Your super, our experience.
For many people, forming and managing a Self Managed Superannuation Fund can seem complicated, but our team of SMSF specialists make the
process simple and straight forward. We provide guidance on the decisions you need to make and work with you to ensure your investments are
tailored to plan for and secure your future years to come.
The ATO is providing information that employers need to know to manage the changeover from quarterly super to Payday Super from 1 July 2026 (i.e., when employers will begin paying super with each payday under the Payday Super changes).
McConachie Stedman would like to announce the retirement of Steve Kirkman, Director and valued member of our team.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for April 2026.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for July 2024.
Our Tax Director, Myles Smith will be travelling to St George and across the Balonne Shire from Monday the 26th of August to help you with your taxation and accounting queries.
We recently celebrated the official opening of our newly renovated office located in the heart of the Toowoomba City.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for June 2024.
It’s the same time every year but it seems that no matter how prepared investors are for June 30, when it comes to gathering up the necessary documentation to complete tax returns, this exercise creates more stress than it should.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for May 2024.
Most of us work hard to save for our retirement, and thanks to tax concessions and compulsory contributions, superannuation often forms a large part of retirement savings.
There are now over 606,000 Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs) in Australia where the members of the fund are also the trustees.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for April 2024.
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has announced that it will focus on the misuse of complex corporate structures and the way charities manage cyber-security challenges.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for March 2024.
What do trustees and members of SMSFs do if or when they become incapable of managing their own fund?
After 20 years of business operations at 619 Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, we have relocated to our new premises located at 160 Hume Street, Toowoomba.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for February 2024.
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We are excited to let you know that the renovations at our new Toowoomba office located at 160 Hume Street have been completed and over the coming weeks, we will be progressively moving across to the new office.
The Government has proposed to increase the value of a penalty unit which is just another reason to consider a corporate trustee for your SMSF.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for January 2024.
Many Australians caught in the nine-to-five grind of working for a living dream of the possibility of taking early retirement, spending their days travelling or playing golf or doing nothing much at all.
Many people have great business ideas but are often overwhelmed when they look to turn their idea into a thriving business. Here are 5 tips for translating your dream into reality.
Often, self-employed people prefer reinvesting back into their businesses, hesitant to stash money away in superannuation. Yet, there's a compelling case for setting aside a slice of your earnings.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for December 2023.
In these ever-changing and uncertain times in society, there has never been a greater emphasis on our health and wellbeing.
In this month's market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for November 2023.
It’s the most common story financial professionals hear. Unfortunately, too many people fail to set aside emergency savings to see them through life’s hiccups.
The ACNC has released a record-keeping checklist to promote good record-keeping practice and to support charities in meeting their ACNC obligations.
New questions in the recently launched 2023 AIS require charities to disclose their dealings with related parties.
The ACNC has released findings from 250 annual information and financial statements submitted for the 2021 reporting period.
In this month’s market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for October 2023.
The government regularly reminds us that each Australian must take responsibility for funding their future.
The dream of retiring young is one that captivates many peoples’ imaginations. The freedom to live life on your own terms, doing what you want, when you want is undeniably appealing, but is it attainable?
In this month’s market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for September 2023.
We all have different desires and goals in life, but most of us share the dream that one day we would like to achieve our particular version of ‘financial freedom’.
Ask most 30 year olds who their financial planner is and the typical response might be ‘huh?’ After all, financial advisers are for older people with plenty of money to invest, aren’t they?
This article looks at some of the common traps small business operators can fall into when calculating and preparing their BAS returns.
In this month’s market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for August 2023.
While older Australians are reportedly among the wealthiest retirees in the world, much of their wealth is tied up in their family home, leaving many to worry about how they will find the money to pay for their day-to-day expenses when they stop work.
Many people think that Estate Planning is only for people who are close to retirement, especially if we fall into the trap of thinking that Estate Planning is just about getting a will. But did you know that Estate Planning addresses key protection strategies whilst you’re still alive?
The Australian Aged Pension scheme provides a wonderful safety net for those with limited assets in retirement, although many remain confused by how their age pension entitlements differ from so called superannuation income streams.
In this months market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for July 2023.
In 2023 annual information statements, all but basic religious charities will be required to report their related-party transactions to the ACNC due to changes announced in November 2021.
The ACNC's governance standards is a set of core principles dealing with how a charity should be run. It's timely to review your compliance with them.
The new financial year provides an opportunity for a fresh start for your finances. Make this the financial year you get on top of yours… for good!
In this months market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for June 2023.
Along with increasing term deposit and savings interest rates, one of the few benefits of the recent rise in inflation is that some important superannuation thresholds are increasing from 1 July 2023.
Millennials in Australia are facing an unprecedented challenge when it comes to planning for retirement.
In this months market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for May 2023.
Young investors have greater access to education around investing, more diverse opportunities for investing, as well as a rise in social media content creators creating communities around building wealth – making this topic much more popular among younger generations.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced its top key focus areas for the tax year, basing the list on the priority areas they often see mistakes being made.
Budgeting for retirement is like preparing your suitcase for an epic journey! Packing the right items and planning ahead is essential to ensure you don't run into any unexpected surprises along the way.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent impact on global economies and financial markets, the Government reduced the minimum pension drawdown rate for account based and transition to retirement pensions by 50% for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 financial years.
With reports of cyber crime on the rise, the ACNC is reminding charities of cyber-security risks, giving guidance and practical tools to help to reduce them.
To arm charities to combat fraud, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in collaboration with Social Business Consulting have released Charity Fraud: Tools for Prevention.
One of the best ways to bolster transparency and accountability in the sector, says acting commissioner of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Deborah Jenkins, is through education.
In this months market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for April 2023.
In this months market snapshot, we take a glimpse at what the market has been up to and what the key developments were for March 2023.
Not all scams come from far off distant places, and they aren’t all trying to empty your account as quickly as possible.
While millennials have for decades been treated like ‘the children of Neverland, who never grew up’, reality is fast catching up with this
generation, who are now young adults between the ages of 24 and 40.
Debt can be overwhelming and stressful, but creating a plan to pay it off can help ease that burden.
In late 2022, the government announced some fairly significant changes to the income test threshold for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Care Card.
According to research by the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) (September 2022), 60% of Australians reported having personally been a victim of a scam, or knew someone who had, and 57% of Australians reported becoming more concerned about scams over the last 12 months.