Client Testimonials

"We have had the pleasure of working with Richard for almost eight months now. He has been helping us to strategically invest our superannuation funds for our pre-retirement planning, with the goal of achieving long-term financial security. Richard has provided us with a comprehensive financial proposal for our future that is both thorough and easy to comprehend.

"I would like to say thank you to Michael Franco and Marian for their attention to detail and their support during my tax return and my most recent BAS.

Marian has been the most helpful Bookkeeper I have experienced! She went out of her way to ask me questions and explained the BAS process in more detail, so we could learn and understand better for future BAS.

Michael provided amazing tax advice and assisted with my tax return in a way no one other than Silvio has done before, I felt extremely confident in his advice."

"Hi Michael K, Renato & Silvio,

I am delighted to inform you all that our loan settlement was successfully completed for our warehouse. We owe a significant part of this success to the exceptional Highview Team.

We feel incredibly fortunate to have embarked on this business journey with Highview, and your expertise and guidance have truly propelled ALC to new heights. I want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Accountant Michael Kirpichnikov, for his outstanding and unwavering accounting guidance right from the beginning. His insights have been invaluable to our growth.

Renato’s expertise has also played a pivotal role in ensuring a smooth and successful settlement process. His contributions have been instrumental in making this milestone a reality.

Furthermore, I would like to acknowledge the remarkable work done by Silvio and his team in helping us set up a SMSF. Their efforts have been nothing short of amazing.

We view this achievement as just the beginning of our future expansions, and we are genuinely excited about the prospect of working with the team at Highview again to reach even greater heights. We look forward to continuing this successful partnership."

"We have worked with Richard for about 17 years. Richard has guided us with our investments and created wealth within this period – which has been increasing in value each year. Richard’s service is impeccable. He has always made us feel comfortable with investing and kept us informed with his expertise. He has also visited our home to ensure a more casual environment. We have recommended him to several of our friends and family with excellent results on the advice he has given.

Richard has been very easy to deal with and makes our life simpler when it comes to finances. He has helped a massive amount with dealing with Centrelink, which can be quite hard and confusing.

We find Richard to be honest, trustworthy and would recommend him to anyone seeking sound financial advice and planning."

"When we first found Sam in July this year, our tax situation was daunting because our previous accountant’s poor advise caused trouble for our SMSF, and we have oversea CGT filing.
For four months, Sam has worked industriously and patiently with us, sorted out all the tangled nodes in our tax and solved all outstanding issues. I couldn’t express my gratitude enough for his help.

I used to think accountanting is a mundane job with numbers, but I have totally changed my view with this experience. A good Accountant like Sam can release anxiety in their client’s life with their professional knowledge."

"Sam Nixon has been our trusted accountant for over 10 years. It’s humbling us for to know he is in our back pocket, always trying to get the best outcome for us. My partner being an on/off sole trader and myself a nurse, we trust him so completely and have recommended him to everyone of our family and friends for the sole fact he will do his absolute best to get what we deserve. Couldn’t recommend the guy enough, excellent communication, easy to understand information."

"As a single dad paying a mortgage, life has been tough at times, but not so much anymore. After engaging with Izzy, he and his genius team have changed the landscape completely for me. They consolidated my loans and put us on a manageable path towards affording our dream holiday touring the United States….and reduced my loan repayments with their superior research and advice. Izzy, Beth and Marlee have been invaluable with their frequent and easy to understand communication and made the financial minefield simple to navigate. I cant speak highly enough of Highview and the Finance Team. Eternally grateful guys."

"The Highview Finance team are excellent! I purchased my first property and they made the process seamless. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a mortgage broker or financial services."

"We recently engaged Renato and Marlee at the Cranbourne office to refinance/finance several loans. Their finance and brokerage advice was superb. They were both friendly, knowledgeable, efficient, and ensured that they negotiated deals that suited all of our needs. We are so pleased and will definitely use and recommend Highview Finance in the future. Thank you Renato and Marlee."

"Carlia was our first point of contact when we had an exciting ‘lightbulb’ moment 3 years ago to start our own business. She has been by our side, supporting us ever since, providing us with business start-up advice, helping us with our tax preparation, and everything in between! There has been a lot to learn, and Carlia has helped guide us through it all. The personalised advice she has provided has made us more confident to grow as a business, as well as individuals.

When you’re in the throes of running a business, it can get quite overwhelming, but anything we are unsure of or don’t understand, Carlia is always happy to take the time to explain it. She promptly responds to emails, calls and texts, and even has responded while on her holidays and non-workdays – when I specifically tell her it can wait! Her care for her clients and level of customer service and support has been amazing.

I would highly recommend other businesses engage with Carlia for their accounting needs, because she is passionate, comes armed with a wealth of knowledge to really personalise your needs, and genuinely cares about helping you succeed.

Carlia is also committed to her own continued personal development, which gives us confidence that she is always providing us the best accounting advice."

"We’ve been clients of Carlia’s for the past 13 years, and in that time, have established our own new business. Carlia helped us with the entire process of starting our company, and she is now our personal and business Accountant.

Carlia adds so much clarity to confusing tax jargon. She helps us understand our accounts and assists us to plan accordingly. She takes the stress off our shoulders regarding our tax and accounting needs because she gets everything done in a timely manner and communicates clearly. She is always professional, and there is never any confusion – we are always confident that she is doing the best job for us. We feel as though we are communicating with a friend, as she is warm, kind and makes us feel comfortable to ask any questions we have – no matter how big or small!

We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend anyone and everyone to Carlia for their tax and accounting needs. She is truly passionate about what she does, and it shows in her work. Thanks for taking care of us Carlia. You’re a superstar!"

"I have had the pleasure of working with Darren Crowther and the team from Highview for the last 10 years. Darren has supported and guided me in making the correct decisions financially for us and our business. In and out of business meetings, Darren conducts himself with integrity. He can be counted on not just to deliver on time, but to represent my company in a positive light. I know of numerous occasions where clients have specifically mentioned what a joy it is to work with Darren. His knowledge in accounting and financial services is highly recommended by many."

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Dear Silvio and team,

I would like to thank you for the professionalism and kindness that Highview Accounting and Financial as undertaken in the last couple of months for the 42 for 42.

We know that it is a busy time of year for your business, however you have given myself, and when needed the rest of our team the time and understanding for us to move forward and fix mistakes that have occurred.

Dealing with the veteran community at times is difficult but it can be rewarding.

Combat veterans always strive to get things done straight away and believe we can adopt and overcome every situation.
Many of us struggle with the tasks and jobs we had to endure in our roles throughout the wars we had to participate in, as well as the many tasks we have done on home soil. This at times leads us to confusion, low self-esteem and at times quick to anger.

The empathy, understanding and importantly the support you have given us, shows that you and your business are leaders in the community and our country.

My personal experience of the help we have got, helps me keep strength in striving forward in helping our veteran community, in particular our combat veterans. It has also helped me continue the drive in getting the Afghanistan War Memorial built, so everyone can understand the sacrifice that many Australians took against the war on terror.

Overall I want to say thank you for everything and all the understanding you and the team have given.

Sincerely,

Sean Mulqueen
President and Co-Founder 42 for 42 Incorporated"

"Highview always have Gascoigne Training & Assessment’s best interests at heart and has helped the company in many ways to make us more successful. We have been so happy with the service at Highview that we have even decided to use them for our personal accounting, which mind you, has been the best we’ve had!

I think the most valuable and unique service that Highview offer is the customer service. Everyone is so friendly, easy to talk to and always happy to help. I have recommended Highview to many people and I will continue to do so in the future."

"While setting up our business, I quickly learnt that getting the right advice and support was going to give us the best chance of succeeding in our endeavours. This is where Highview came in. They were our first point of contact and were extremely helpful, supportive and reassuring throughout the entire process. Any questions or concerns we had along the way we would speak with Highview and if they couldn’t assist they would certainly point us in the right direction. The entire team at Highview are fantastic!

We plan to continue to expand our company and with the help of Highview we believe we can grow into a leading provider of first aid. No matter what the future holds for Hero HQ we are certain that Highview will be there every step of the way guiding us.

I have found that the most important part of setting up your own business is to find people you can trust, people who know what they are doing and do it well. For Hero HQ, Highview fulfilled this role and exceeded all expectations. I truly believe once you find this sort of relationship your half way there!

The wealth of knowledge and experience that is at Highview is invaluable and an asset to any company."

"Silvio is a very unique person that really does care for his clients and that is why my wife and I have been seeing Silvio and his team for our taxation submissions and financial advice for over 25 years.

Silvio has seen my 4 daughters grow and mature as so have we seen Silvio grow the Highview business from his hard work and dedication, to the successful business it is today. In all this time Silvio never wavered on a great smile, hand shake and hug, sincerely asking how our family is every time we see him.

During all these years over the journey, we have referred family members, countless work colleagues and friends to Silvio and the team at Highview so they too can enjoy the professional finance solutions Highview provide with great success.

Also, over the years we have dealt with most areas of employees at Highview and found that they are happy, attentive and treat you really well with good old fashion service – and they don’t mind having a chat, which appears to be the great culture there!

Thank you again to Alicia and Silvio for your assistance with my superannuation recently and for your dedicated team for looking after me and my family for all these years.

We are so very proud of Silvio, we like to call him our friend!"

"Simon and the Highview Prahran team have been looking after our business since we started almost 4 years ago; Simon and his team have been there every step of the way. It is not just a matter of submitting our Bas and end of year tax. Simon is there to keep us on track, to make sure our processes and goals are in place and to ensure we are constantly stepping back to look at the bigger picture.

The Highview team has been there like a team member in our business as we grow managing our tax, reconciliation and now payroll. I couldn’t recommend Simon and the team at Highview in Prahran highly enough!"

"Highview has changed the way we do business at Lucky Penny Chapel Street.

Being a small sized business with varying different revenue streams, Highview have helped us break down our business in to the different categories Restaurant, Functions, Catering, Takeaways and really maximize our profits in each different area.

Simon’s attention to detail, and knowledge has been priceless. Any questions no matter how simple or strange, he is always quick to respond and have the answers for us.

As our business works in such small percentages, I honestly believe that we couldn’t be making the money that we are, without the strategic approach we have taken, to all things accounting, through partnering with Highview accountants.

I would strongly recommend Highview’s Prahran team to any hospitality business."

"We have had a fantastic experience with retaining Highview for our Life and TPD insurance. All the staff were great and very easy to deal with. Highview’s Financial Planner was extremely knowledgeable and patiently guided us through the entire process and answered all of our many questions. The application process was also very easy.

We chose Highview over other insurance firms because Highview offer a “one stop shop” for a number of services which we have used, including accounting, tax advisory, property services and now life insurance. The ability to deal with a couple of trusted advisors who work for the same trusted company, instead of having to deal with multiple individuals from different firms, is extremely convenient for us.

The expertise, knowledge, down to earth and friendly approach, and one stop shop for a number of different services is why we would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Highview’s services to any of our clients, family or friends."

"We had the same accountant for nearly 20 years and felt our goals were far from being met and our words were going unheard. We weren’t getting advice, nothing like the service Sam has offered over the past 12 months.

Highview was highly recommended to us by a friend, we are so glad we made the change; Sam made the transition so easy. We have felt like we are important for the first time in a long time, the level of expert advice and direction has been absolutely priceless. When I didn’t know how we were going to jump the hurdle, Highview transformed our business lives almost instantly.

Our business is in safe hands now, we are in confident and in control, we have direction and we are successful once again, I truly haven’t the words to thank Sam and the team at Highview, not to mention the fees are dramatically less."

"I required financial advice with regards to potential retirement planning, and specialist advice about my UK pension fund. My initial meeting with Bruce gave me a feeling of security and trust in his professionalism. It gave me the confidence to engage him to manage my financial affairs moving forward. Bruce is friendly and approachable, and I would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone I know that requires financial advice."