Meet the team

kparmar@nexiacanberra.com.au
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Krishan is a Tax Manager and joined Nexia Canberra’s expanding Tax Consulting division in January 2019. Krishan has over 8 years of UK tax experience, having previously been employed by one of the big four firms in the UK.

Krishan advises high net worth clients, family businesses, entrepreneurs and UK/Australian expatriates. Krishan specialises in UK tax advice and compliance, including international tax matters, capital gains tax, residency issues, double tax agreements and the UK’s remittance basis of taxation.

Krishan is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants and Chartered Institute of Taxation in the UK. Krishan also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting with Honours. Krishan is also a Chartered Tax Advisor. 

robrien@nexiacanberra.com.au
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Rory joined Nexia after gaining extensive experience as a tax advisor in both accounting and law firms.  Rory has an Arts/Law degree with first class honours in law and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, both from the Australian National University.  Rory is admitted as a legal practitioner in the Supreme Courts of both the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.

Rory brings both tax technical expertise and commercial awareness to the solving of clients’ tax problems, having assisted companies both large and small as well as high net worth family groups over the course of his career.  Rory is expert in the tax consolidations regime together with the structuring of business transactions in order to obtain the best possible results for clients and has a keen interest in any tax issues that are particularly difficult or unusual.

rkarlsson@nexiacanberra.com.au
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Roger holds qualifications in law, commerce, professional writing, project management and business administration. He is a member of both Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and CPA Australia, and is admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of the ACT. Roger is also a Chartered Tax Advisor.

Roger joined the Nexia Canberra Tax Consulting division following a 20-year career as a systems accountant\business analyst\legal officer in Australia and the United Kingdom.  He has a strong interest in tax and superannuation law and applying that law for the firm’s clients.

With a blend of accounting and legal expertise Roger develops creative and simple solutions to complex questions of tax and superannuation law, providing clients with peace of mind through clear, certain and personalised advice.

Roger is involved in advising clients on tax effective strategies, tax structures, the application of the capital gains, fringe benefits and income tax laws, the GST, stamp duties and land tax laws to property transactions.  Roger has also advised numerous not-for-profit organisations on their eligibility for income tax exemption as charities, public benevolent institutions, sporting clubs and organisations that encourage development of Australia’s industrial and agricultural resources.

nsmith@nexiacanberra.com.au
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Naomi is a Tax Partner at Nexia Canberra. Naomi has 19 years of diverse tax experience gained at major accounting firms in Australia and the UK. Naomi has advised many high profile wealthy clients, internationally mobile clients, entrepreneurs and businesses. Naomi advises on Research and Development Tax Incentive Claims, business structuring and transactions.

Naomi is an expert in advising on cross-border tax issues. She is an Australian and UK tax adviser and she advises UK expatriates on the complexities of the Australian and UK tax systems. Naomi regularly works with firms across the global Nexia network to provide multi-national tax advice to our clients.

Naomi is a specialist superannuation law adviser and assists the firm’s superannuation fund clients in their compliance with that law and estate planning.  Naomi also specialises in tax advice on foreign superannuation policies including UK pensions, Canadian RRSPs and US IRAs and 401Ks.

Naomi has a talent for solving complex tax issues, whilst meeting the client’s wider needs.

Naomi is a professional tax writer and writes for Tolley’s/Lexis Nexis and Taxation magazines in the UK. Naomi is a member of the UK Chartered Institute of Taxation’s technical subcommittee.

mbannon@nexiacanberra.com.au
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Michael joined Nexia Canberra in 1989 after 18 years in the Sydney and National Canberra offices of the Australian Taxation Office.

His wide experience in the ATO ideally suited him to head our Tax Consulting division which provides specialist tax advice to a broad range of clients including individuals, partnerships, trusts, companies, superannuation funds and public sector organisations. Michael provides practical commercial advice tailored to a person’s or organisation’s particular circumstances.

More specifically, Michael advises on the application of all of Australia’s tax laws including income tax, capital gains tax, fringe benefits tax, GST and payroll tax. He assists in the resolution of tax audits, submits Private Ruling Requests to the ATO and assists with outstanding tax payment arrangements with the ATO. He has developed a specialty in achieving income tax exemptions for eligible organisations under the income tax law, including the associated fringe benefits tax concessions. Michael also advises clients on international tax laws, including the application of Australia’s Double Tax Agreements.

Michael gives specialist advice to other accounting and law firms on the application of Australia’s tax and superannuation laws to their clients. He is also engaged to advise on which entity structure (sole trader, partnership, company or trust) most appropriately fits a client’s circumstances.

Michael has advised the Committee of Public Accounts for the Federal Parliament and has attended before Parliamentary Committees on behalf of National Industry Associations. For 25 years, he wrote a weekly article for the Canberra Times Sunday newspaper on tax and superannuation laws and has provided comments on ABC radio.

Michael’s forte is his ability to explain the application of Australia’s tax and superannuation laws simply and concisely. Essential to him is that his clients understand the advice he gives.

Michael’s philosophy is that no client is the same and each person deserves understanding and practical advice that can be readily implemented.