The accounting firm that already knows your industry.
A multi-partner Melbourne CPA practice with more than 20 years advising businesses across six core industries.
Tax, accounting and business advisory in English and Chinese — serving Melbourne’s eastern suburbs for over 20 years.
- CPA Australia member firm
- Registered Tax Agent
- Privacy Act compliant
Our Blog
Keeping you up to date on new and changing legislation — complex tax matters put into plain, concise language.
- SMSF factsheet
Establishing a Self-Managed Superannuation Fund
How an SMSF is established, the compliance obligations it carries, and the taxation treatment that applies, with interactive tax tables.
Read more - PSI vs PSB
PSI vs PSB: personal services income explained
When income from your own skill and effort is taxed as yours vs as a business: the difference between personal services income and a personal services business, the results test and the 80% rule, an interactive self-check, and two worked examples.
Read more - Federal Budget
Federal Budget 2026-27: what it means for you
A plain-English summary of the 12 May 2026 Budget — the rebuilt CGT regime, negative gearing and discretionary trust changes, new offsets and small-business concessions — with a tax-cut calculator and the key start dates. Most measures are announcements only, not yet law.
Read more - SMSF · US equities
SMSF investing in US equities
A practical tax & compliance checklist: the W-8BEN-E form, the 15% vs 30% withholding rate, the foreign income tax offset (and the pension-phase trap), US estate tax, and the annual return.
Read more - Investor types
Retail vs wholesale investors: rights & risks
Which category your investment falls into under the Corporations Act, the very different risk and protection each carries, and how you qualify as a wholesale client.
Read more - Employer update
Payday Super: what employers need to know
From 1 July 2026, super must be paid every payday — the quarterly system ends and clearing houses can no longer be used. What is changing, how to get ready, and the ATO flyer to download.
Read more - Trust compliance
Trust distributions & end-of-year compliance
The 30 June distribution-resolution deadline, beneficiary TFNs, the closely-held-trust TFN report, and what happens if they are missed — with an interactive checklist.
Read more - PAYG instalments
Pay As You Go (PAYG) instalments
Pre-paying tax on investment and business income: how PAYG instalments work, how you are entered, the two ways to pay, varying them, and a worked example.
Read more - Employer FBT
Car fringe benefits tax: a guide for employers
When a car fringe benefit applies, the statutory formula vs operating cost methods (with a worked example), and the electric-car FBT exemption.
Read more - Small business
Motor vehicle expenses for small business
Claiming car costs: cents per kilometre vs logbook, actual costs for companies and trusts, depreciation, records to keep, and the FBT and Division 7A traps.
Read more - Company compliance
Division 7A (part 1): taking money from your company
How loans, payments and forgiven debts from a private company to its shareholders can become an unfranked deemed dividend — the two ways to avoid it, plus an interactive complying-loan repayment calculator.
Read more - GST concession
Concessional GST on commercial accommodation
When long-term accommodation (28+ days) qualifies for the 50% GST concession or input-taxed treatment, which premises qualify and the 70% test — with an interactive concession calculator.
Read more - Estate planning
Estate planning: passing on assets tax-effectively
The CGT cost-base traps on the home, investment property and shares, the superannuation death-benefits tax and the withdrawal-and-re-contribution strategy, and testamentary discretionary trusts — with an interactive income-splitting calculator.
Read more - Property development
Related-party property development: getting the structure right
When you own the land personally and a related company manages the build: who can claim the GST, the agency vs head-contract models, Division 7A and the margin scheme — with an interactive GST-recovery calculator.
Read more - Super strategy
The super re-contribution strategy
Withdrawing and re-contributing super to turn the taxable component into tax-free — cutting the death-benefit tax for adult children. With an interactive tax-saving calculator, an SMSF readiness checklist, and the ATO materials behind it (TR 2010/1, ATO ID 2015/23).
Read more - Medical professionals
Tax & GST essentials for medical professionals
Practice structures, the personal services income (PSI) rules and the four personal-services-business tests, service entities, and which medical services are GST-free — with an interactive PSI self-check.
Read more - Super strategy
Spouse super contributions & the $540 tax offset
After-tax contributions into a low-income spouse’s super: how the $540 offset works, how to claim it at item T3, spouse contributions vs contribution splitting, the caps and total-super-balance rules — with an interactive offset calculator.
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Short, plain-English guides on the topics our clients ask about most. Each one is general information only — a starting point for understanding a subject, not a complete treatment of it, and not advice tailored to your circumstances. For advice specific to your situation, please speak with one of our partners.
We help businesses grow — it’s why we specialise
For more than 20 years, we have helped businesses grow. That is the reason we specialise in six industries: hospitality, pharmacy, medical practices, construction, building supply, and import & export.
Most of our clients started small — often as a one-person professional practice or a family business. Twenty years on, some have grown into leaders in their industries.
We have been beside them at every stage: the first company registration, the first employee, the first premises, and the plans for what comes next. Wherever your business is today, we would be proud to help it grow.
Pick your industry
We lead with sector-specific knowledge, not a generic checklist. Open your industry to see the issues we handle and how we work.
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Hospitality Cafés, restaurants and venues run on thin margins and high transaction volume. We keep the numbers tight and the cash flow visible.
Accounting and tax for cafés, restaurants and hospitality operators.
Speak with a specialistWhere it gets complex
- Wage costs, rosters and tronc/tip handling under modern awards
- High transaction volume across POS, delivery platforms and cash
- GST, BAS and tight week-to-week cash flow
- Fit-out finance, depreciation and lease incentives
How we help
- Payroll and award compliance
- Cash flow and margin reporting
- POS and accounting integration
- Structuring for multi-venue groups
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Pharmacy Retail and PBS under one roof. We understand dispensary margins, the PBS cash-flow cycle and what drives a pharmacy valuation.
Accounting and tax for community pharmacies and pharmacy owners.
Speak with a specialistWhere it gets complex
- Two businesses in one: front-of-shop retail and PBS dispensary, each with very different margins and stock behaviour
- PBS reimbursement timing and the working-capital gap it creates between dispensing and payment
- Inventory and shrinkage control across thousands of lines, with date-sensitive stock
- Wage and roster costs against trading hours, plus pharmacist-in-charge and ownership rules
- Acquisition, sale and partnership structuring under pharmacy ownership and location rules
How we help
- Benchmarking dispensary and retail performance against comparable pharmacies
- Cash flow forecasting around the PBS cycle and stock holdings
- Acquisition due diligence, valuation and finance structuring
- Entity and ownership structuring for asset protection and succession
- Year-round tax, GST/BAS and payroll compliance handled by a partner
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Medical & allied health GPs, specialists, dental and allied health. Entity and service-trust structuring, and the contractor payroll-tax question Victorian practices are facing now.
Accounting and tax for medical practices, specialists, dental and allied health providers.
Speak with a specialistWhere it gets complex
- Contractor and medical-centre payroll tax: a live ATO and State Revenue Office of Victoria issue
- Service trust arrangements and the right entity for the practice and its practitioners
- Practitioner income, drawings and the line between contractor and employee
- Practice acquisition, partner buy-in and succession
How we help
- Payroll-tax position and review
- Service-trust and entity structuring
- Practitioner and practice tax compliance
- Acquisition and succession advice
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Construction & trades Builders and trades carry risk in their contracts and their cash flow. We track work-in-progress, progress claims and subbie obligations.
Accounting and tax for builders, subcontractors and trade businesses.
Speak with a specialistWhere it gets complex
- Work-in-progress, retentions and progress-claim accounting
- Subcontractor payments, ABN/GST checks and taxable payments reporting (TPAR)
- Contract-by-contract profitability and cash flow
- Equipment finance, depreciation and instant asset write-off
How we help
- WIP and progress-claim reporting
- Subcontractor and TPAR compliance
- Job-level profitability
- Structuring and asset protection
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Building & trade supply Wholesale and trade supply lives on inventory and debtors. We watch margins, stock turns and the people who owe you money.
Accounting and tax for building and trade supply wholesalers and merchants.
Speak with a specialistWhere it gets complex
- Inventory valuation, stock turns and dead-stock across a wide range
- Debtor management and credit risk on trade accounts
- Margin erosion between buy price, freight and sell price
- Warehouse, fleet and equipment finance
How we help
- Inventory and margin reporting
- Debtor and cash-flow management
- Benchmarking against the sector
- Structuring and finance support
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Import / export & wholesale Importers and distributors deal with GST at the border, currency swings and true landed cost. We make the real margin visible.
Accounting and tax for importers, exporters and wholesale distributors.
Speak with a specialistWhere it gets complex
- GST on imports, deferred GST and customs duty
- Foreign-exchange exposure and hedging gains and losses
- True landed cost: freight, duty, insurance and FX into unit cost
- Inventory financing and the cash-flow gap on long shipping lead times
How we help
- Import GST and duty handling
- Landed-cost and margin analysis
- FX and inventory cash-flow planning
- Structuring for cross-border trade
What we do
Full-service tax, accounting and advisory, delivered by senior people who stay across your file from one year to the next.
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Specialist industry advisory
Sector-specific advice grounded in deep client experience, led by our healthcare and medical practice.
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Tax & compliance
Company, trust and individual returns, GST and BAS/IAS, FBT and Division 7A, with year-round ATO compliance handled by a partner across your file.
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Business advisory & virtual CFO
Cash flow, benchmarking, budgeting and board-ready reporting, with the senior financial perspective most growing firms lack in-house.
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Bookkeeping & payroll
Accurate books and compliant payroll on Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks, including Single Touch Payroll (STP Phase 2) and superannuation guarantee.
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SMSF & superannuation
Establishment, administration and compliance for self-managed super funds, coordinated with your investment and audit advisers.
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Business structuring
Companies, trusts and partnerships structured for asset protection, succession and the small business CGT concessions, reviewed as you grow.
Why businesses choose us
The firm you reach for when the advice actually matters, and you want a partner who already understands your world.
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Partner-led, senior advice
A partner stays close to your file. You are not handed to the most junior person in the room.
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Twenty years of sector depth
More than 20 years across six core industries, so the advice fits how your business actually runs.
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Proactive, year-round
We flag the issues that matter before your BAS and tax deadlines, not after. Compliance is the floor, not the service.
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Your data stays in Australia
Client information is held in Australia and handled to the highest privacy standards under the Privacy Act.
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Fixed, transparent fees
Scope and fees agreed up front, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
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Bilingual service
Advice and correspondence in English or Mandarin, with accurate Australian tax and accounting terminology.
Built over two decades
- 20+
- Years in practice
- 3
- Partners and principals
- 6
- Core industries
A Melbourne practice built on industry depth
For more than 20 years this multi-partner Melbourne firm has advised businesses across hospitality, pharmacy, medical, construction, building supply and import and export. The common thread is depth: we know how these businesses are structured, where the value sits, and what the regulators are looking at.
You work with a partner, not an overseas call centre. We hold client information in Australia, agree scope and fees up front, and act in English or Mandarin. As a CPA Australia member firm and Registered Tax Agent, we are bound by APES 110, the Privacy Act and our obligations to the Tax Practitioners Board.
The partners
- Kristy Pan Principal
- Jenny Qiang Managing Partner
- Hao Lu Business Advisory Partner
Credentials
- CPA Australia member firm
- Registered Tax Agent (TPB)
- Bound by APES 110
- Privacy Act & Australian Privacy Principles
Common questions
A few things business owners ask before they get in touch.
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Which industries do you specialise in?
Hospitality, pharmacy, medical practices, construction, building supply, and import and export. That is where our depth is, and most of our clients sit in one of them. We do act for businesses outside these sectors as well. The best way to find out if we are a fit is a short conversation with a partner.
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Do you help new businesses get started?
Yes. We handle company registration, ABN, TFN and GST setup, Xero setup and the first year of tax obligations, then stay with the business as it grows.
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What happens in a first consultation?
You talk to a partner, not a junior. We listen to where the business is, look at your current structure and numbers, and tell you plainly what we would do and what it would cost. There is no obligation to proceed.
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Where are you located and which areas do you serve?
Our office is at Suite 5, 2-8 Burwood Highway, Burwood East VIC 3151. We act for businesses across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, including Box Hill, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Blackburn, Doncaster and Clayton, and for clients across greater Melbourne.
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Which accounting software do you work with?
Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks. If you are already on one of them we work in your file; if you are choosing, we will recommend what suits your industry and size.
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Is my information kept in Australia?
Yes. Client data is held in Australia and handled to the highest privacy standards under the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles.
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Do you provide services in Chinese?
Yes. We provide all tax, accounting and advisory services in both English and Mandarin Chinese, using accurate Australian terminology in each. 我们提供全面的中文服务。
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Are you a CPA firm and a registered tax agent?
Yes. We are a CPA Australia member firm and a Registered Tax Agent with the Tax Practitioners Board, registration number 76731015, bound by APES 110 professional and ethical standards.
Let us look at your numbers properly
Book a consultation with a partner who already understands your industry.
Speak with a partner
Tell us about your business and we will point you to the right person, not an overseas call centre.
Contact details
- (03) 9910 5205
- contact@kpaccounting.com.au
- Suite 5, 2-8 Burwood Highway, Burwood East VIC 3151
- Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm