Karen McEntee

Karen heads up the PNG Tax service line. Karen has been in PNG for more than ten years and has over twenty years of international tax experience having trained with KPMG in Ireland and worked in both Big 4 and mid-tier firms over the years.

Karen’s experience is broad-ranging advising PNG clients under all tax heads including listed companies, multi-nationals, private companies, state owned enterprises and NGOs and covering various industries including banking, insurance, telecommunications, oil & gas, mining, manufacturing, leasing, aviation, property, and services.

Karen also overseas our service offerings such as payroll, statutory compliance, work permits and visas, client training, accounting services such as back office accounting, financial statement preparation, financial governance policies etc.

SERVICE OFFERINGS THAT KAREN HAS LED FOR HER CLIENTS INCLUDE:

Advising on optimal structures for doing business in Papua New Guinea
Company set ups and registrations
Amalgamations and restructurings
Cross border tax advice
Tax health-checks for GST, SWT and withholding taxes for a range of industries
Assisting with IRC tax disputes and audits
Tax effective salary packaging
Vendor and Buyer tax due diligence
Company and group tax health checks
Tax compliance, tax effect and deferred tax
Providing client training sessions

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Chartered Tax Adviser – Irish Tax Institute
ACA – Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Bachelor of Corporate Law – National University of Ireland, Galway

ACCREDITATION:

Member of CPA Papua New Guinea
Member of the Irish Tax Institute
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland