Karen McEntee

Partner - Head of Business & Tax Advisory

KPMG in Papua New Guinea

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. 

Areas of expertise

  • 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  

 

  • Chartered Tax Adviser – Irish Tax Institute

  • ACA – Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

  • Bachelor of Corporate Law – National University of Ireland, Galway

  • Member of CPA Papua New Guinea

  • Member of the Irish Tax Institute

  • Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland