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COMPUTUS
COMPUTUS MANAGEMENT BUREAU, CC started on 1 September 1991 as a bureau service in the Eastern Free State to initially do the financial record keeping for farmers from a agricultural economic viewpoint During 2001 COMPUTUS obtained membership of SAIPA (South African Institute of Professional Accountants) and extended its services to businesses other than farming enterprises. Since 2005, COMPUTUS gradually got involved as expert advisors in disputes with an agricultural economic nature and formally added forensic accounting expertise to its services since the beginning of 2008. COMPUTUS currently possesses of the formal qualifications and membership to act as professional financial accountants, forensic accountants and agricultural economists. This is supported by practical experience in the area of financial record keeping, forensic investigations into disputes and advice regarding farm management.
In the course of almost two decades, COMPUTUS distinguished itself by adding valuable managerial information to its record keeping function with the capacity to investigate disputes in a forensic manner. These services are not only utilised by farmers and businesses but also by bigger organisations for decision making.
COMPUTUS gained credibility by emphasising the importance of supplying timely and accurate information. The rates are affordable and the products and services stood the test of time.
Dr Philip Theunissen Dr Philip Theunissen matriculated in 1976 at the High School of Wolmaransstad and he obtained a B Comm-degree at the Potchefstroomse University after completing his military service. Philip started his career in 1983 as an economist at the South African Agriculture Union (now Agri SA) but accepted an appointment as agricultural economist four years later at Free State Co-operative. He was also Financial Manager at a farming company in Paarl before he started his own accounting practise in 1991 in Bethlehem. In between he was also involved with the development of correspondence courses for farmers on record keeping, tax and marketing and was also a part-time lecturer in Management at a technical college. He was also a tutor at a technicon for a subject on computer software for farmers. Apart from the total accounting function COMPUTUS provides for farmers and businesses, his agricultural advice and consultancy covers topics like estate planning and succession, farm management, machinery management, enterprise analysis, cash flow budgets, agricultural economic comparisons and the interpretation of financial statements. He was also involved in several disputes between farmers and suppliers and amongst farmers themselves where he was needed to express an expert opinion. He is also a part-time agricultural journalist and was responsible for several regular articles in most of the agricultural magazines in South Africa. He was appointed as agricultural journalist of the year in 1993 and in 2001, his article: "When must a farmer stop?" was appointed as the best article that was published in SA Grain. He also appeared as a guest speaker at several agricultural functions during his career. His involvement in agriculture is also reflected in his post graduate research with a honours study titled "Investigating the restraints of financing beginner farmers", a masters dissertation titled "The effectiveness of agricultural co-operatives in providing production credit" and a doctoral thesis titled "Financial norms for a mixed farming enterprise in the Eastern Free State". He also obtained a masters degree in forensic accounting. His interests are travelling, camping, hiking, mountain biking and photography. He is a part time sheep and fellow deer farmer. |
Marlize Theunissen Marlize Theunissen matriculated in 1978 at the High School Kempton Park and obtained a B Mus-degree at the Potchefstroom University afterwards. She also completed a Higher Education Diploma at the University of Pretoria before starting her career as a teacher in 1984. She resigned from formal education to follow a career as private musical teaching until 1995 when she starts presenting distance education courses for farmers about financial record keeping, taxation and marketing. She completed a Certificate Course for Distance Education at UNISA’s Institute for Continuing Education in 1997 while enrolling for the National Diploma in Financial Accounting at Technicon SA at the same time. She obtained the latter in 1999 and after completion of the practical requirements she registered in 2004 as a professional accountant with the Institute of Administration and Commerce and joined COMPUTUS as a full partner. Apart from the total accounting function COMPUTUS provides for farmers and businesses, the entire office administration and management of the practise is also her responsibility. Her interests are travel, camping, hiking and music.
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