Neal has over 40 years’ experience in the Chartered Accounting environment both in Australia, and overseas (Europe and PNG). Initially he worked for major chartered accounting firms as Tax Manager, before commencing his own practice in Far North Queensland (1995 – 2021).

During this period, he worked on the full spectrum of taxpayers, from public companies through to small business enterprises (private companies, self-managed superannuation funds, family discretionary trusts, partnerships) and (high wealth) individuals. In his practice, he concentrated on the small business enterprise sector with significant emphasis on tax structuring and advice, through to compliance related work including compilation of annual reports for clients. The specialisation in his practice was on franchise operations particularly for a number of licencees in a major franchise operation in Australia (Queensland and New South Wales).