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Go Global With the Right Strategy.

We help Australian businesses assess foreign markets, structure overseas operations correctly, and enter international markets with the timing and confidence needed for long-term success.

Foreign Business Planning Services

International expansion opens significant opportunities, but without the right planning the risks can quickly outweigh the rewards. Our advisors combine accounting, legal, and strategic expertise to get your global expansion right from the start.

Market entry strategy: evaluation of target markets and structured plans for successful entry.

Offshore structuring: tax-effective and legally sound structures for overseas operations.

Cross-border tax compliance: withholding taxes, foreign tax credits, and double tax agreement navigation.

Transfer pricing: intercompany arrangement design and documentation for international groups.

Regulatory compliance: assessment of local regulatory requirements in target markets.

Risk assessment: objective analysis of commercial, regulatory, and financial risks before entry.

Strategy Before You Commit

Every international market has its own regulatory environment, tax rules, and commercial risks. We assess them thoroughly before you commit, giving you the intelligence and strategic framework needed to enter with confidence and timing on your side.

Accounting, Legal and Advisory in One Place

Expanding internationally requires accounting, legal, and strategic expertise working together. Our team covers all three, ensuring your overseas operations are structured correctly and your compliance obligations are understood from day one.

Making Complex Operations Simple for ASX-Listed Companies

Experience That Makes a Difference

Our foreign business planning advisors bring international experience and deep technical expertise, combining strategic insight with practical, connected guidance.

Award-winning, internationally experienced and genuinely one of a kind, Melvyn leads Fortuna's Perth metro accounting operations with deep expertise, a sharp strategic mind and a sense of humour that keeps everyone guessing.

Melvyn Gilbert

Managing Director - Accounting

A Chartered Accountant with close to 40 years of regional WA experience, Steve is the trusted adviser of choice for farming, fishing and rural business communities from Geraldton to the Mid-West.

Steve Cross

Managing Director - Accounting Geraldton

With more than 35 years of accounting experience and deep roots across the Southwest, Mark is the trusted adviser of choice for individuals and family businesses from Mandurah to Denmark.

Mark Polglase

Managing Director - Accounting Southwest