Firm Profile

 
Peter Hunt
Founding Partner
 
Peter Hunt is a Chartered Accountant and is also a Fellow of CPA Australia.  He received a national meritorious service award from CPA Australia in 2004 for outstanding service as a Divisional Councilor on the New South Wales State Council for over 15 years.  
 
Peter was an Australian Taxation Office advising officer in Canberra involved in taxation litigation.  He won his first case at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (formerly the Taxation Board of Review) for the Australian Taxation Office at the age of twenty seven.  Having reached a senior position, he left the Australian Taxation Office and pursued a career in the accounting profession, establishing this practice thirty one years ago.  
 
Since then, he has provided taxation advice to senior executives, corporations, accountants, major legal and accounting firms, bankers, medical practitioners, pastoralists, lawyers, barristers, solicitors, business owners etc.  He has published an accounting text book “Presenting a Case Before the Taxation Board of Review”.  
 
He was appointed by the Premier of New South Wales to membership of the 1988 New South Wales Tax Task force to represent the accounting profession in New South Wales.  The task force which consisted of eight members reviewed the nature and incidence of state taxes.  It presented a 420 page report to Parliament.  
 
Peter is the author of published articles in various professional accounting and taxation journals and has addressed many taxation-related seminars and conferences.  
 
Member of the New South Wales Federal Tax Liaison Committee for twelve years.  
 
Former President of the Public Accountants’ Committee of CPA Australia
 
 
David Hunt
Partner
 
David Hunt is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia. He has a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in accounting and a Master of Taxation degree from Sydney University where he obtained a distinction average.

David commenced his career at Industrial Equity Limited (IEL) in the 1980s and worked in the accounting division of Chase Manhattan Securities in London before completing his undergraduate degree and commencing with Peter H Hunt & Associates in December 1992. He became a partner of the firm on 1 January 2000.

Apart from providing advice in relation to general income tax matters, David has significant experience in the following areas:

• Tax effective business structures
• Capital gains tax
• Employee share schemes
• Superannuation and retirement planning
• International taxation

He advises some of the most senior executives in Australia as well as institutions and small to medium enterprises.

David is married with three children. His interests include all sports, particularly rugby, rugby league, golf and tennis

 
Phillip Hunt
Partner
 
Phillip is a Certified Practising Accountant, Registered Company Auditor and is a Fellow of The Taxation Institute of Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Science (I.T.). Phillip has 15 years’ experience in providing audit and assurance, taxation and business services to successful clients.

His experience in providing advice includes the following :-

• Taxation Advice
• Self Managed Superannuation Fund Advice
• Audit and Assurance Services
  • Self Managed Superannuation Fund Audits
  • Public Company Audits
  • Large Proprietary Company Audits
  • Financial Service Licencee's Audits
  • Income Tax Exempt Charities
  • Prescribed Private Funds
  • Trust Account for:-
    • Real Estate Agents
    • Accountants
    • Other Licencee Holders
• Industry and Client experience includes:-
  • High Net Worth Individuals
    • Retiring and Retired Strategy experience
    • Income tax and structuring advice
  • Property Development and Property Investment
  • Financial Services Industry
  • Manufacturing
  • Professional Services
• Tax, Accounting and Corporate Secretarial Compliance Services
• Accounting Systems Advice
  • Selecting appropriate Reporting Systems for:-
    • Financial Reporting
    • Fixed Asset Management
    • Management Accounts
    • Cost Analysis
  • Developing appropriate business systems
  • Developing lines of Authority to improve timeliness of reporting
  • Asset Management

Accounting Staff
 
Our accounting staff are crucial to the efficient operation of the firm. Our team consists of experienced accountants who work with our support staff and partners in both the advice and compliance areas.  They receive extensive training with our partners and attend external educational courses to ensure they are up to date with the current changes in legislation.
 
 
Support Staff
 
Our support staff consists of qualified staff who have a wealth of experience in administrative and accounting support. Their contribution to the firm is critical to its success as they are the initial liaison point for all clients and are trained to answer many administrative queries from clients. The team complete the many administrative tasks involved in providing the services that the firm supplies.