Our Team

Philip Keir

CA CTA Director

Philip is our Director and Principal Advisor for our firm. He’s been supporting private business clients and SMEs for more than 30 years now, with some of his clients sticking with him for all of this time.

With a broad range of accounting and taxation expertise, Philip is experienced in establishing, restructuring, acquiring, and selling businesses. He also works closely with clients to monitor their business performance and implement processes that improve profit, cash flow and their value on exit.

Philip has presented technical papers and workshops for the Tax Institute and other professional groups.

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Qualifications

Bachelor of Business at QUT 1987
Masters of Taxation at the University of Queensland 1997
Diploma Financial Planning 2016
Professional Memberships
Associate – Institute of Chartered Accountants Australian & New Zealand
Chartered Tax Advisor – The Tax Institute

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Professional Memberships

Associate – Institute of Chartered Accountants Australian & New Zealand
Chartered Tax Advisor – The Tax Institute

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Key Expertise

Business Taxation
Restructures
Asset Protection
Business sales & succession
Business performance improvement
Wealth creation and superannuation
Industry specialisations
Manufacturing
Legal firms & professional services
Building and construction
Engineering
High net worth individuals

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Technical Papers Presented

Philip has presented technical papers and workshops for the Tax Institute and other professional groups.

Topics covered include:

Issuing Equity Interests in SMEs
Taxation of Expatriates
Changes in Partnerships
Small Business CGT concessions
Income from Personal Exertion
Accounting for Trusts
Workshop Leader at The Tax Institute’s 24th Noosa Tax Intensive – Part IVA and SME reorganisations (November 2016)
Presenter of The Tax Institute’s International Tax Day – “Your client is expanding overseas – now what?” (October 2018)
Sale of a Corporate Entity – selected tax issues (July 2021)
Workshop Leader at the Tax Institute’s 29th Noosa Tax Intensive – Estate planning matters (November 2021)

Our Team

Philip Keir

CA CTA Director

An accounting team with a difference.