Welcome to CPA Australia's
City Taxation Discussion Group
The purpose of CPA Australia Discussion Group is to provide a forum for like-minded members to exchange information and share knowledge on topics of common professional interest. CPD hours can be claimed for DG sessions with appropriate professional content.
We believe that our Discussion Group is here to support members, support professionals, support businesses and support community because we believe “Together We Can Make a Difference”.
Our Discussion Group has long standing history of organising events and functions for CPA and other professionals. It doesn’t matter what professional bodies you belong to, you are more than welcome to come, to share, to learn and to exchange your knowledge and expertise in your professional field.
Teddy Kosasih and Henry Kwok, CPAs, are volunteers of the CPA Australia and the convenors of this Discussion Group. We actively looking for feedbacks from our members and ways to improve our offerings.
We were one of the first groups to host both face-to-face and live steam hybrid events prior to the pandemic in 2019. We are now introducing a new Online Learning Management System (LMS) to allow members to subscribe to our events and contents and manage their profiles and records.
- Online Learning Management System
- Face to Face Sessions
- Live Zoom Webinar Sessions
- Attendance certificates to claim CPD Hours
- Past Sessions Recordings and Materials
- Q&A Records
Meet Your Convenors
Teddy Kosasih
FCPA | CTA
Teddy Kosasih is the Managing Director at Pitt Martin Advisory and AccountantsDaily Accounting Consultant and Public Practitioner of the Year.
His career as an accountant began in 2003, when he entered public practice after having completed an undergraduate degree. Once in public practice, he quickly discovered that he had a natural interest in taxation, which led him towards attaining additional specialist qualifications.
His affinity with the accounting profession and desire to reach out to the wider community led him to lead a CPA Australia City Taxation discussion group, providing speakers delivering presentations on tax-related topics. Today this group is a preeminent discussion group within CPA circles. He would very much like to continue to develop and contribute to the matters impacting members and the profession.
As a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA), Chartered Tax Adviser and SMSF Specialist Advisor with over 20 years’ industry experience, his passion is to implement an efficient system and strategy to maximise values for Small Medium Enterprises and high net wealth individuals.
Over the past decade he worked across a wide range of diverse industries including small and large companies, with the largest being listed on Australian Stock Exchange. Although he specialises in Not for Profit industries and Self Managed Super Fund, he also actively engages clients in a broad range of industries including Financial Advisers, Property Investors and Developers, Retailers, Restaurants and Cafes. Whether you are a business owner or an individual, he is here to assist you explore your potential towards sustainable growth.
His vision is to make an impact in business, profession and community by doing small things in a great way to inspire people to do what inspire them because he believes “Together We Can Make a Difference”. His greatest piece of career advice is “Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim to low and hit”
Qualifications & Memberships
- Registered Tax Agent, Tax Practitioners Board
- Chartered Tax Adviser, The Tax Institute
- SMSF Specialist Advisor, Self-Managed Super Fund Association
- External Examiners, The Law Society of New South Wales
- Justice of the Peace NSW, Justice & Attorney General
- Bachelor of Business, Accounting, University of Technology, Sydney
Henry Kwok
CPA | Registered Liquidator
Henry has been a CPA since 2011 and a Registered Liquidator since 2017. He has more than 15 years of experience in insolvency industry. Henry is a ASIC Registered Liquidator and an expert in corporate insolvency, restructuring and turnaround solutions for small to medium size businesses. He is a Partner at Chifley Advisory.
Henry has been appointed to a wide range and size of corporate appointments, including voluntary and court-appointed liquidations, voluntary administrations, deed of company arrangements, receiverships, etc. Business sizes ranged from small retail shop to large national surety product business, and industries included retail and hospitality, transportation and logistics, building and construction, etc.
Henry has been volunteering at CPA and work as a convenor for this Discussion Group since 2018. Henry has devoted a substantial amount of hours to develop the technology used by this Discussion Group and responsible for the administrative tasks.
Henry also love to chat with members and attendees at the events and functions to understand their feedbacks and any difficulties faced in their day to day practice. As a committee member of the CPA Australia NSW Public Practice Committee, Henry take opportunities where possible to channel the members concerns with the accounting body.
Feel free to reach out to have a chat.
Qualifications & Memberships
- Registered Liquidator, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- Certified Practicing Accountant, CPA Australia
- Member, Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association
- Member, Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners
- Bachelor of Commence, Accounting, Macquaire University