About Us

Our Mission
Why Use K.W. Grimes & Associates
Our Fees
Our Guarantee
Our Team
Our Services
We Offer a FREE, initial no obligation discussion

Our Mission

To help our clients create wealth, preserve wealth and minimise their tax by providing the highest standard of financial services available.

With tax regulations and rules constantly changing you deserve peace of mind. To this end, K.W. Grimes & Associates Chartered Accountant and Business Consultants is committed to actively attend professional education programs to keep abreast of all the changes in the Australian Taxation System. We strive to improve our knowledge and expertise to ensure we excel in, and provide, the very best accounting, taxation and financial services.

A team that has grown from humble beginnings…

K.W. Grimes & Associates was established in 1988 by Ken Grimes. Over the years we have grown in size. What began as Ken Grimes working from home completing tax returns, has grown into a successful practice with its office in Castlemaine. We have had twenty years experience in Accounting, Taxation and Investment and provide assistance to a diverse range of clients specialising in small business.

Our practice employs 9 staff and each client is allocated a personal support team.

The client manager allocated to you has been carefully recruited and is responsible for the preparation of financial statements and income tax returns and supports you with answers to matters of a general nature. The partner concentrates, and advises on, the more specialised and strategic areas such as income tax planning, business development, investment and financial planning.

Our aim in doing this is to maintain a high level of service to our clients by providing you with a dedicated team of people who will know your affairs intimately.
The firm's success has been due to the high quality of advice given and to the friendly personal service offered to clients.

The firm's new clients have been substantially due to referrals from existing clients.

Our Team

Why use K.W. Grimes & Associates

We believe that the two tier support system offers our clients high quality service at reasonable fees.

Although the partners' input on general accounting matters is minimal, they are still involved in matters of quality control and strategic planning. The lower charge out rates of our specially chosen and trained Accounting staff will result in savings to you the client.

The client manager allocated to you is suitably qualified and carefully trained and can assist you with most, if not all, accounting matters.

We are much more than a bookkeeping service. Many accountants only offer a bookkeeping service because they either lack the expertise, or are too busy with general accounting matters, to explore and exploit the latest tax planning arrangements.

Tax laws are changing constantly and unless your accountant has the time to look into, and keep up to date with those changes, you will lose the benefits.

We at K.W. Grimes & Associates will always endeavour to give the best and latest advice available.

Purpose & Scope of Engagement

The purpose of our engagement is for the preparation of annual financial statements and Income Tax Returns. We also provide advice on Business Improvement, financial planning, tax planning strategies, risk management and loans/leases. We are generally not engaged to manage a client's day-to-day issues.

Our Fees

Our fee for preparing accounts, tax returns etc is charged either on a "Schedule Fee Basis" or prepared on a Time Basis. The nature of the work will determine the basis of the charge.
The partner's normal fees are $120.00 per hour and the staff are charged out at between $32.00 - $80.00 per hour. More

Our Guarantee

In consideration of the trust that you have shown towards our team by entrusting us with the preparation of your Income Tax Return, we feel that you deserve the finest possible service and the greatest loyalty in this most important task.

We guarantee to do the following :

1. Prepare your Income Tax Return in the most efficient manner possible giving you "Peace of Mind" by handling all matters and enquiries from the Tax Department on your behalf.

2. Keep you informed of the progress of the preparation of your Tax Return and ensure that every allowable deduction is claimed to achieve the maximum possible refund and the minimum amount of tax payable.

3. Competitively priced services. We believe we are a minimum of 20% better value than city firms of the same size and offering the same level of service.

4. As our client you are entitled, free of charge, to "five minute" type phone calls. Any extended phone advice is charged on a time basis and we guarantee to return your call within 24 hours.

5. All our Professional and friendly team attend a substantial amount of CPE (Continuing Professional Education) outside of their normal working hours. You are assured that they are exceptionally well trained to look after all your needs.

6. We will endeavour to take all reasonable care but in the unlikely event that an error is made by our firm, we will honour all penalties pertaining to that error.

7.We go through an extensive and thorough checklist upon completing your Financial Accounts and Income Tax Returns.

8.Peace of mind to know that when you need a question answered in the future, or have a problem resolved you have K.W. Grimes & Associates to fall back on.

If you are dissatisfied with our service for ANY reason then you should contact your Client Manager immediately.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU IS THAT WE LOOK AFTER YOUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND TAX RETURN AS IF THEY WERE OUR OWN.