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PROGRESS 89 Wednesday April Page Its busy season over at Goebelle MacAdam Alexander Its and we all know what that means no not spring Taxes At Goebelle MacAdam Alexander Chartered Accountants on Mam Street it is certainly their busy season But with five partners and a staff of 22 people and two offices theyre ready for it They prepare about tax returns yearly Graeme Goebelle started his own practice in June and through several partner changes has prospered and expanded In he opened another office in and this year the firm took on two new partners McCracken and Gordon Otley Goebelle Alexander offer the usual services of CA firms tax planning accounting systems design business valua tions computer studies- financial planning auditing and business advice They have a large office about sqft one of the deceptively smalllooking buildings on Main Street Clients include a number of businesses and charitable organizations such as the United Way of Halton Hills North Halton Hospice North Halton Literacy Guild and the North Association for the Handicapped to name only a few These organizations are charged only a nominal fee for auditing The firm audits the books of the Town of Halton Hills as well as a vanety of professional in dustrial wholesale and retail businesses We have over 200 corporate clients in all phases of business Graeme Goebelle explains They are now offering an additional ser vice Codatas does bookkeeping and provides computation on location it is a mobile accoun ting service They will come to you to prepare your books This kind of service provides third person credibility for bank loans for smaller firms We prepare a finan cial statement for them Aside from business concerns the firm is very involved in volunteering and public service We believe when you make a liv ing in a community you should give back to the community Mr Goebelle states This takes a varie ty of forms All staff are encourag ed to participate in community organizations Mr Goebelle himself is the vicechairman of the hospital board a position he has occupied for a year now Another aspect of this is the firms scholarship accounting awards at the Georgetown District High School There is one at each grade level from 10 to 13 They have hired some of the winners Additionally they are employing eight students in accounting coop programs from Waterloo and Brock universities There is a policy of hiring local residents Melanie the first female partner has lived in Georgetown for years A graduate of the local high school she want on to do a B Sc in Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo The next year she returned to the university and studied Chartered Accountancy earning her Chartered Accountant designation in Melanie started with the company in and did her training there is now working toward her Chartered Business Valuator designation She is currently vice- president elect of the Club and on the organizing com mittee for the Big Chill dance She plays basketball flag football ten nis and golf Whats it like to be the first female partner No different from being an employee really except theres more recognition says Melanie Although women are outnumbering men in the universi ty programs the accounting pro fession still has a male dominated image Men usually come in and want men to do their books she says Do the women ask specifical ly for a woman No Allan Lam has recently been hired by the firm as a manager He has only lived in Georgetown for seven months but he loves it He did a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Carieton University before becoming a He worked at Northern Telecom in Toronto before joining the firm find working for a small firm is more rewarding I like to deal with small businesses deal direct ly with the owners He has em phasized computer application for small business in his training Despite his short period of residen cy Allan is already involved in the community he is the treasurer of the Halton Hills Cancer Society He also plays squash cycles and plays tennis Partner Brian MacAdam is the tax specialist in the organization He became a partner in after a stint with Price He didnt find the transition from the large organization of Price Waterhouse to the smaller firm dif ficult The type of work is the same and we do have a broad diversity of clients including some international ones We audit some multinational corporations After years as a Georgetown resident Mr MacAdam and his family have recently moved to Brampton where his wife is a teacher Brian is the director and vice- president of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and the president of the Kiwanis Club His hobbies include squash fishing boating and wine- making Goebelle MacAdam Alexander offer a diversity of backgrounds and specializations to cater to every need They are proud of their participation in the community and do their best to promote educa tion and hire local students They have clients from all over the area and believe the higher growth in town will be a 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