Mission

Our mission is to establish a culture of retaining and attracting exceptional people in order to provide exceptional services.

Vision

Our vision is to be one of Australia’s most reputable professional services firms, providing innovative solutions and creating superior value for our people and our clients.

About

About Us

Established in 2001, FSA is a professional services firm providing tax, audit and advisory services to some of Australia’s leading privately owned businesses, publicly listed companies, not-for-profit organisations and high net worth individuals.

Our service offering includes advice and solutions traditionally provided by top tier professional services firms, at exceptional value. It includes corporate tax, international tax, estate and business succession planning, research and development, business valuations, due diligence reviews, audit and assurance services and structuring commercial transactions.

As a testament to our quality, FSA continues to be engaged by a number of accounting, finance and legal practices across Australia to act as special tax counsel.

In essence, we are defined by our people and the clients that we represent.

Our clients include prominent privately owned businesses, publicly listed companies, high growth companies, innovative start-ups, reputable not-for-profit organisations and foreign multinationals investing in Australia.

Our Values

FSA continues to expand and attract exceptional people due in no small part to our values:

Honesty and Integrity
We present our service offering, fees and capabilities in an ethical and honest manner.

Care and Commitment
We care for our people and our clients.

We do not limit opportunities for personal growth and development for our people.

We commit wholeheartedly to our clients and take pride in their success and make ourselves available when required.

Knowledge and Strategic Thinking
We achieve exceptional results for our clients by retaining and attracting exceptional people who are at the forefront of the latest changes, strategies and developments in the accounting field.

Diversity
It is fundamental to our success that we accept, value and incorporate people from a wide variety of backgrounds, expertise and experience, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or gender.

 

Services

At FSA, we understand business owners want more than just an annual visit from their accountant.

We also understand that to be an exceptional business advisor, you must have experience in owning or managing a business.

Tax

At FSA, we have earned a reputation for providing outstanding accounting advice and taxation compliance services.
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Audit

Our audit methodology uses an industry standard audit tool which is complete and effective and can be tailored to your specific needs.
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Advisory

We build financial and commercial confidence for our clients by ensuring due diligence is undertaken for all major business decisions.
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Taxation and Accounting Compliance

At FSA, we have earned a reputation for providing outstanding taxation and accounting services.

Not only do we focus on your year end accounting and taxation compliance needs, but also on engaging with you as your trusted business advisor, ensuring that every key business decision is structured in the most tax effective and commercial manner.

We are able to achieve this through our extensive experience in the industry, strong commitment to professional development and ensuring we have a complementary two partner review on all major assignments.

Tax Strategy and Structuring

The core fundamentals of any tax strategy and structuring advice is ensuring the business structure provides asset protection, tax efficiency and is commercially viable.

Our team has earned a reputation for being able to provide bespoke solutions, irrespective of the stage of the business lifecycle, which assists our clients in achieving their personal, financial and business goals.

Corporate Tax

The Australian tax system is in a continuing state of reform which in recent years has escalated. Such reform often creates a degree of uncertainty when applying the law.

We are able to guide you through the detail and complexity of the law by taking difficult concepts and explaining matters in simple terms, which allows you to make sound decisions.

Our expertise includes assisting you with ATO audits and dispute resolution, Capital Gains Tax, Division 7A, Income Tax, mergers and acquisitions, preparation of private and class rulings, preparation of reasonably arguable position papers, review of deductibility of prior year tax losses, tax consolidation, designing effective employee share schemes and providing advice in relation to share buybacks.

International Tax

In an age of globalisation, businesses are more often required to keep abreast of the foreign tax landscape. We assist by advising Australian businesses how to effectively establish offshore structures and how foreign businesses should set up operations in Australia.

We also offer inbound investor services including assisting foreign businesses enter the Australian market by establishing the preferred structure, acting as a resident director and liaising with our partners in migration and banking.

In addition, our team has extensive experience in advising on the operation of the Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFC) rules, Double Tax Agreements, foreign hybrid rules, inbound and outbound investments, participation exemptions, thin capitalisation, transfer pricing and withholding taxes.

Research and Development

Many businesses do not have the necessary resources to identify eligible R&D activities and file a completed claim.

At FSA, we can complete the process from document preparation through to submission. We have extensive tax technical expertise to provide tailored assistance to suit client needs. This helps to maximise the benefit arising under the R&D tax incentive program whilst mitigating the risks associated with non-compliance.

Unlike most other professional firms, we offer a fixed fee for our service rather than a fee based on the percentage of the benefit received. This approach generally results in significant savings for our clients.

Self Managed Superannuation Funds

Superannuation should form a key part of your overall wealth creation strategy as it provides a means to efficiently manage your investments over your lifetime.

Superannuation should also complement your personal, business and tax efficiency objectives.

Obtaining the right superannuation advice can ensure you fully utilise the amount of tax free pension payments you draw and our estate planning strategies can effectively maximize wealth across multiple generations.

We can also assist with establishing a Self Managed Superannuation Fund, design effective tax strategies, and attend to the annual compliance including; preparation of financial statements, member reports, annual returns, associated minutes and liaison with the Australian Taxation Office.

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Financial Statement Audits

At FSA, audit services are offered by a team of qualified auditors who have the knowledge and experience required to ensure that financial statements meet relevant regulatory requirements and statutory obligations of stakeholders.

The audit division uses an industry standard audit tool which has been approved by world class professional organisations and is tailored to your specific needs. Our objective is to take a planned and proactive approach to all audits resulting in an efficient process and outcome.

In designing our audit procedures we take an approach that considers the overall risks facing a business including; internal controls, fraud, inherent and general business risks.

As part of the audit process we communicate to you any improvements to ensure continued benefit to the business.

Special Purpose Audits and Reviews

As part of our capabilities at FSA, we assist our clients with non-statutory audits and reviews including; outgoings audits under the Retail Shop Leases Act, turnover audits for lessors and lessees, completion audits, grant audits and agreed-upon procedures engagements.

Compliance and Regulatory Audits

Through our experience in ASIC financial services licenses, APRA prudential requirements and trust account audits for real estate agents and solicitors, we are able to assist organisations manage their regulatory risk.

Internal Audits

At FSA we are able to offer our services across different categories of risk exposure and internal controls. We aim to assist our clients in managing their risks and in seeking improvements.

We offer quality assurance reviews, risk assessments and controls optimisation.

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Due Diligence

Our due diligence assists with building financial and commercial confidence for major business decisions. We assess all risks and opportunities of potential transactions through a process of enquiry, analysis and interpretation. Our services range from limited-scope reviews looking at historical financial information to full-scale financial and taxation due diligences.

Business Strategy

Through strategy design and implementation we assist our clients to develop a plan to achieve their long term goals by providing a wide range of services including exit strategy and succession planning; implementation and monitoring; market expansion; and strategy development and determination.

Business Structuring

Many business owners often fail to realise that their business has outgrown its current structure until it is too late. At this point, restructuring may lead to prohibitive tax and commercial costs.

At FSA, we review our clients’ business structures frequently and ensure these structures are providing them with the optimal asset protection and tax benefits.

Business Valuations

All business decisions affect value. You may be considering acquiring or disposing of a business, transferring intellectual property, insuring your assets, engaged in a value dispute or considering the value impact of a new project or strategy.

We are able to measure, evaluate and advise you in order to establish the true value of your business, capital expenditure, acquisitions and investments.

Estate Planning

Estate planning is not limited to making a will. Rather, estate planning is the process of arranging for your assets to be dealt with in accordance with your wishes whilst minimising the tax impost.

Our team has extensive experience in designing bespoke estate plans that are tailored to your wishes. Our estate plans also ensure there is tax efficiency and asset protection available to the beneficiaries of the estate.

Business Succession Planning

In broad terms, business succession planning is a must for any business owned by two or more parties. In the absence of a business succession plan, the death of a business owner can create undue stress for the surviving business owner(s) and the outgoing owner’s estate.

Our team of experts has earned a reputation for being able to design bespoke business succession plans having regard for the wishes of all parties.

 

Our Team

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Faisal Ali

Managing Partner

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Anthony Ryan

Partner – Tax & Advisory

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Imran Tahir

Partner – Corporate & International Tax

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Mark du Plessis

Partner – Audit & Assurance

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Shintaro Awata

Partner – Tax & Advisory

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Faisal S Ali

Managing Partner

As FSA’s Managing Partner, Faisal leads the team across the corporate tax, advisory and compliance divisions of the business.

His focus is on ensuring the firm adheres to its strategic vision of being one of Australia’s most reputable professional services firms, establishing a culture of retaining and attracting exceptional people in order to provide exceptional services. His role also extends to the privileged position of being a trusted advisor for the firm’s larger client groups.

His professional experience extends to providing taxation, business strategies and solutions to some of Australia’s leading privately owned businesses, large family businesses, listed companies, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals.

Clients are able to benefit from Faisal’s extensive experience as a business owner, taxation practitioner and adviser to quality businesses.

Services 

  • Business acquisition and structuring advice
  • Accounting and taxation due diligences, valuations
  • Corporate taxation advice & strategies
  • Business succession planning
  • Estate planning
  • Asset protection strategies
  • QBCC advice & strategies
  • Employee equity & incentive schemes

Sectors

  • Construction
  • Property development
  • Wholesale
  • Manufacturing
  • Information Technology
  • Gaming & Visual Effects
  • Health & Medical
  • Start-ups
  • Professional services & finance
  • Foundations, Clubs & Associations
  • Artists and sportspersons

Qualifications & Memberships

  • Bachelor of Business (Professional Accounting) – graduated with Distinction at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • Master of Taxation (in progress) – University of New South Wales (UNSW)
  • Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA)
  • Member, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CAANZ)
  • Full Technical Member – Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • Registered Tax Agent
  • Registered SMSF Auditor
  • Public Practice Certificate (ICAA)
  • Public Practice Certificate (CPA Australia)

Contact Us

    Telephone: 1300 372 786

    Email: info@fsa.com.au

    Business Address: Coronation Drive Office Park (CDOP)
    Building 3, Ground Floor, 139 Coronation Drive
    Milton QLD 4064, AUSTRALIA
    (Entry via Little Cribb St)

    Postal Address: PO Box 1128, Milton QLD 4064, AUSTRALIA

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    Anthony Ryan

    Partner – Tax and Advisory

    Anthony is a partner in the Tax and Advisory Division of FSA.

    Anthony joined our team after merging his accounting practice with FSA in January 2014. He has over 30 years’ experience in the industry starting with a short period in the taxation office before being asked to join PwC as a taxation specialist while studying for an MBA at the University of Queensland. He formed his own practice in the early eighties and has a large following of loyal clients.

    His primary role is to provide accounting and taxation support to our large privately owned business clients.

    Qualifications & Memberships

    • Bachelor of Economics/Commerce – University of Queensland
    • Master of Business Administration – University of Queensland
    • Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting – Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
    • Chartered Accountant
    • Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA)
    • Registered Tax Agent
    • Public Practice Certificate

     

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    Imran Tahir

    Partner – Corporate & International Tax

    Imran is a Partner in the Corporate and International Tax Division of FSA. Prior to joining FSA, Imran had a decade of experience gained predominately in the tax divisions of the big four accounting firms.

    Having worked with clients in multiple jurisdictions and industries, Imran has acquired a comprehensive understanding of taxation law. He has expertise in corporate and international tax, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, tax consolidation, research and development, small business capital gains tax concessions, estate planning and the taxation of trusts.

    Furthermore, Imran has published numerous articles in international journals, presented seminars to professional bodies, taught revenue law and advanced revenue law at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level and holds advisory positions on the boards of some of Australia’s most innovative companies.

    Services

    • Corporate and international tax
    • Corporate restructuring
    • Income tax
    • Mergers and acquisitions
    • Tax due diligence
    • Tax consolidation
    • Tax structuring
    • Sophisticated asset protection
    • Research and development tax incentives
    • Small business capital gains tax concessions
    • Estate and business succession planning
    • Taxation of trusts

    Sectors

    • Merchandising
    • Health & Medical
    • Gaming & Visual Effects
    • Information Technology
    • Manufacturing
    • Wholesale
    • Construction
    • Property development
    • Start-ups
    • Engineering
    • Investment management

    Qualifications & Memberships

    • Bachelor of Commerce (1st class honours) – Griffith University
    • Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting – Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
    • Certification in Finance Essentials – Harvard Micro Certification Program
    • Chartered Accountant
    • Chartered Tax Adviser
    • Registered Tax Agent
    • Full Technical Member – STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)

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    Mark du Plessis

    Partner – Audit and Assurance Services

    Mark is a Partner in the Audit Division of FSA. Mark has over 20 years’ professional experience including auditing, banking and corporate finance in his roles with local and international accounting and financial services companies.

    He has extensive experience in the audit of clients from a wide range of industries. As an experienced auditor, Mark works with clients to support their ongoing regulatory and financial reporting requirements. Marks experience extends to the audit of listed public companies, large private companies, family owned businesses, not-for-profit organisations, real estate and solicitor’s trust accounts, agreed upon procedures, special investigations and due diligence. As a specialist in audit and assurance, his role includes forming opinions on the truth and fairness of financial reports. He is also experienced in the interpretation of accounting standards and advising practical solutions to ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements.

    Mark is also a corporate finance specialist who has worked with a wide range of clients across multiple industries. Mark works collaboratively with clients to provide them with innovative and practical solutions, allowing them to achieve their objectives.

    Services

    • External audit
    • Financial accounting & reporting
    • Compliance reviews
    • Investigating accountant’s reports
    • Valuations
      • Businesses
      • Intangible assets, including intellectual property
      • Complex financial instruments
      • Share based payments
      • Purchase price allocations
      • Impairment testing
    • Financial modelling
    • Financial due diligence for forecasts
    • Transaction management

    Sectors 

    • Property & Construction
    • Gaming Applications
    • Intellectual property
    • Manufacturing
    • Food & hospitality
    • Financial services
    • Listed companies

    Qualifications & Memberships

    • Bachelor of Accounting Science – University of South Africa
    • Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting – Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand
    • Master of Applied Finance
    • Registered Company Auditor
    • Registered SMSF Auditor
    • Public Practice Certificate (ICAA)

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    Shintaro Awata

    Partner – Tax & Advisory

    Shintaro is a Partner in the Tax and Advisory Division of FSA. Shintaro has over 15 years’ professional experience including a number of years in the tax and advisory division of a big four accounting firm. 

    He has extensive experience in providing tax advisory and compliance services to large privately owned businesses, not-for-profit organisations and publicly listed companies including international listed companies.

    Services

    • Business Structuring & Tax Consolidation
    • Tax Due Diligence
    • Business Acquisition
    • International Tax
    • Small Business Capital Gains Tax Concessions
    • Self-Managed Superannuation Fund
    • Estate and Business Succession Planning

    Sectors

    • Construction
    • Manufacturing
    • Information Technology
    • Visual Effects
    • Health & Medical
    • Wholesale
    • Property Development
    • Food & Hospitality
    • Charities & Foundations

    Qualifications & Memberships

    • Bachelor of Commerce
    • Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting
    • Chartered Accountant
    • Registered Tax Agent
    • Certificate of Public Practice

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    Silvio Avolio

    Senior Manager

    Silvio joined the team when Anthony Ryan merged his accounting practice with FSA Partners in January 2014.

    With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, including his formative years as a Tax Manager at KPMG, Silvio has assisted businesses with their accounting, taxation and audit requirements.

    His primary role is to provide accounting and taxation support to large privately owned companies and self managed superannuation funds.

     

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    Sakina Ismail

    Senior Manager

    Sakina joined FSA Partners in 2007 and her role is to assist clients with meeting their taxation and other statutory obligations.

    Originally from Zimbabwe, Sakina migrated to Australia in 2002 where she completed her university studies.

    Our clients benefit from Sakina’s technical knowledge and experience especially when dealing with complex tax issues such as employee share schemes, personal services income, capital gains calculations and structuring tax effective investments.

    Sakina is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from the Queensland University of Technology.