Dean Steer

Dean Steer is a Tax Partner at Bentleys Queensland.

Dean holds Masters of Taxation qualifications and is a Specialist Tax Partner with a unique background which includes a commercial role with a mining company, a tax consultant with the ATO and executive leadership positions in public practice and a ‘Big 4’ accounting firm.

Dean’s exposure to these different business environments has allowed him to develop a depth of knowledge in tax legislation, and extensive insight across a wide range of tax issues, particularly income tax, employment taxes and GST matters. Dean provides taxation advice and assistance to a broad range of clients, including Australian publicly listed companies, Australian subsidiaries and branches of foreign-owned companies, private family groups and non-profit and government organisations. Dean’s clients represent a range of industries including energy and natural resources, banking and finance, property and construction, manufacturing, agribusiness and retail.

With significant experience advising on corporate and SME tax matters, including out-bound and in-bound Australian investments, acquisitions and divestments, and tax effect accounting, Dean has worked with stakeholders across businesses to deliver solutions such as:

• Tax due diligence for significant corporate acquisitions
• Tax consolidation implementation for the acquisition of corporate groups
• Restructuring of large family groups
• FBT process and technical manuals for significant employer groups
• GST policy and processes review

Dean also specialises in providing professional advice and expertise across a broad range of property transactions and tax-related property issues across many industries.