Baker Affleck

Your Accountants

Baker Affleck clients benefit from a completely fresh approach to accounting advice. Our expert advisors are trained to identify methods to help you to succeed in all aspects of your financial future, whether that be direct financial or business advice on structuring your affairs and planning for the future, or something more specific to your needs such as advice on how to implement more efficient and effective systems within your business to increase your profits. Whatever your financial goals, Baker Affleck will do what it takes to help you to realise your financial freedom.

Compliance Services

The current economic climate means it has never been more important to have a business partner that will help to unravel the complexities involved in taxation and GST legislation. Our clients particularly enjoy the direct access they have to Baker Affleck's team of extremely well qualified advisors, which enables problems to be solved in a timely manner. Read More...

Corporate Advisory

Because Baker Affleck takes the time to thoroughly understand your business, we are able to help you to achieve the best possible outcome, whatever the challenge. Our expert team is experienced in a wide range of corporate advice including sale and purchase of businesses, restructuring existing businesses, tax planning for new or changing business, purchasing of new assets, patenting of new ideas and much more. Read More...

Financial Planning

Our Financial Planning Team takes our mission statement, "create, grow, protect", to the next level. Baker Affleck Financial Solutions is associated with Count Financial Limited and with the combined know how of our team and the experts at Count, we can tailor a statement of advice that is relevant to your stage in life, investment time frame and tolerance to ever changing market conditions. Our financial planning clients also enjoy the integration of our "in-house" financial planning service with our tax advisory services. This integration means that when tax issues arise with strategy and implementation of your financial plan the best possible solution can be accomplished. Read More...

Business Coaching

For years, Baker Affleck have wanted to make an even bigger difference to you and your business. You see, we know that our compliance and accounting work, financial management reporting and other support we offer is critical to your business success, however we have always wanted to take that a step further. Rather than simply report on, or work with you to plan certain aspects of your financial and accounting management – we've wanted to impact the very numbers themselves, in fact, your whole business. Read More...

History of Baker Affleck

  • Baker Affleck has been operating in Surfers Paradise for over fifty years.
  • Established by Knox Richardson in 1957, the original business was located in Cavill Mall and traded as E K Richardson & Co.
  • Joseph Baker joined the business in 1964 and became a partner one year later.
  • In 1966 the business was relocated to Elkhorn Avenue.
  • Knox Richardson retired and Joseph Baker operated as a sole practitioner from 1971.
  • In 1974 the business was relocated to the "Parkrise Building" in Alison Street.
  • In 1978 Paul Affleck joined the business and became a partner in 1981.  The business then changed its name to Baker Affleck.
  • Due to an expansion in team numbers, another shift occurred in June 1998 when the business was relocated to "Solac House" in Appel Street.
  • Joseph Baker retired from the business in June 1999.
  • Damien Moffrey joined the business in 1998 and became a partner in July 2004.
  • Paul Affleck retired from the business in January 2007.

Now with over 20 expert team members specialising in a diverse range of advisory and compliance fields, the strength and history of the business continues to shine.

No doubt there will be many more years of success to come as we continue to provide our valued clients with ever increasing services to meet and exceed expectations.