About Us
Cusack Garvey is a dynamic firm of Chartered Certified Accountants and Chartered Tax Advisers that offers both traditional accounting services and value added solutions to local and international companies, individuals, self-employed persons and company directors.
Cathal is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and a member of the Irish Tax Institute. He has represented ACCA on the CRO’s Accountants Forum, the CCABI’s Technical Co-ordinating Committee, and the forum on anti-money laundering, and also received the Accountant of the Year award from ACCA Ireland.
He has been a Regulatory Assessor for ACCA, a member of the Government High Level Group on Business Regulation, has lectured on a variety of accountancy topics, and has contributed to ACCA publications.
He established Cusack Garvey to focus on providing “big firm advice in a small firm environment”, and is the Irish accounting representative of MSI Global Alliance of Independent Legal & Accounting Firms.
With over 30 years’ experience in practice in both Ireland and the UK, his range of expertise includes advising individuals and business owners on the tax impact of decisions, tax planning for non-resident individuals, the financial and exit plans of businesses, acquisitions, disposals, succession, and retirement planning.
Cathal is a registered auditor and is the designated auditor for commercial businesses and charities.
He is interested in a wide range of music and is a director of Music Network. While accountancy was a second choice to playing guitar for a living, it was the better decision.
Ken is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a member of the Irish Tax Institute (AITI CTA) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He is a Registered Auditor and holds a Degree (BA Law and Accounting) from the University of Limerick.
He currently holds the following appointments: ACCA Global Forum for Taxation in London, Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Ireland (CCAB-I) – Taxation Committee, Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC) – Direct and Capital Taxes Committee, Chairman of the MSI Global Alliance – International Tax Committee.
Ken has over 25 years experience in Practice in the areas of taxation, business advisory, forensic accountancy, dispute resolution, and crypto-currencies. He previously worked in the agri-food, transportation and logistics sectors.
His specialist areas are private clients and family offices, shareholder and family dispute resolution. He also works extensively with healthcare, medical and dental professionals and is regarded as an expert in this field.
Ken’s goals are the shared objectives of ensuring his Private and Business clients absolutely minimise their exposure to taxation in a fair and equitable manner, while safeguarding their interests by keeping them fully tax compliant.
He was the lead tax adviser on the landmark Capital Acquisitions Tax case Deane v The Revenue Commissioners [2018] IEHC 519. Revenue denied a claim for the Dwelling House Exemption from Inheritance Tax. He took the case to the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) where he was successful but Revenue appealed the TAC decision to the High Court. He was ultimately successful in The High Court where Costello, J ruled in favour of the Plaintiff.
He previously sat on the Irish Tax Institute Branch Network – Large Cases Division and the CCAB-I Business Law Committee. He previously lectured in taxation and worked for a time in the legal profession.
Ken is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a member of the Irish Tax Institute (AITI CTA) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He is a Registered Auditor and holds a Degree (BA Law and Accounting) from the University of Limerick.
He currently holds the following appointments: ACCA Global Forum for Taxation in London, Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies in Ireland (CCAB-I) – Taxation Committee, Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC) – Direct and Capital Taxes Committee, Chairman of the MSI Global Alliance – International Tax Committee.
Ken has over 25 years experience in Practice in the areas of taxation, business advisory, forensic accountancy, dispute resolution, and crypto-currencies. He previously worked in the agri-food, transportation and logistics sectors.
His specialist areas are private clients and family offices, shareholder and family dispute resolution. He also works extensively with healthcare, medical and dental professionals and is regarded as an expert in this field.
Ken’s goals are the shared objectives of ensuring his Private and Business clients absolutely minimise their exposure to taxation in a fair and equitable manner, while safeguarding their interests by keeping them fully tax compliant.
He was the lead tax adviser on the landmark Capital Acquisitions Tax case Deane v The Revenue Commissioners [2018] IEHC 519. Revenue denied a claim for the Dwelling House Exemption from Inheritance Tax. He took the case to the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) where he was successful but Revenue appealed the TAC decision to the High Court. He was ultimately successful in The High Court where Costello, J ruled in favour of the Plaintiff.
He previously sat on the Irish Tax Institute Branch Network – Large Cases Division and the CCAB-I Business Law Committee. He previously lectured in taxation and worked for a time in the legal profession.
Our Team
We are proud of our talented and experienced team. Our high calibre professionals have a proven track record with many awards and achievements to their credit. Our trainees have been consistent prizewinners in the ACCA examinations.
Testimonials
“We would like to thank you for your recent contribution to our continuing education programme by speaking at our meeting in Beaufield Mews on 12/10/2010. We received excellent feedback on your talk, which certainly provided a lot of food for thought for the attending GPs. No doubt you will be seeing some of them for further advice.”
“Ken, I am deeply grateful to you for your considerable advice and knowledge on my affairs. You have a wonderful – but a very scarce – capacity to make the complex simple. Your ability to communicate is exceptional and I feel privileged to have met you.”
“In relation to the forensic accounting review, Cathal did very good work and clearly identified glitches in the other side’s armour”
“Tax is such a necessary topic for GPs and Practice Managers, and yet all so often we avoid it or approach it with great trepidation. The best way to dispel this anxiety is to listen to advice you can trust, so you know what to do and when to do it. Ken’s experience with General Practice means he knows exactly which areas of taxation are relevant to General Practices and as a Chartered Tax Adviser he knows exactly what needs to be done to save tax. Ken’s presentation at the PracticeManager.ie Annual National Meeting explained in a no-nonsense manner how to ensure you are maximising your profits and minimising your tax. His practical approach and question and answer style made the session engaging and memorable. The feedback from the day was that Ken’s advice would deliver a real benefit to GP Practices”.
"I have been a client of Cusack Garvey on a personal and business level since the early 1990’s. A break in the middle of this which saw us work with a much larger firm for four years, resulted in us beating a hasty retreat back to Cusack Garvey, underlining the key reasons that we continue to work with them. Firstly, they take a personal interest in what they are doing for us, we’re not simply a file on someone’s desk, we are a personal client. Secondly, our contact point at the firm is consistent and they continually go that extra mile to ensure they get the right solution for us. In my experience, they are well regarded by the institutions they interact with on my behalf. They do things of value for us and can connect at all levels, be it basic personal finance up to higher levels of corporate support. I can recommend the firm for any person from sole trader up to the largest of SME’s and beyond. Ken’s presentation at the PracticeManager.ie Annual National Meeting explained in a no-nonsense manner how to ensure you are maximising your profits and minimising your tax. His practical approach and question and answer style made the session engaging and memorable. The feedback from the day was that Ken’s advice would deliver a real benefit to GP Practices”.
“Cusack Garvey have been the accountants for The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) for many years. During this time, apart from assistance with preparation and submission of annual accounts, they have also assisted us in obtaining charitable status and with the budget negotiations for ICEM 2012, the world conference in Emergency Medicine. They demonstrate a personal interest in us as clients and are always available to provide sound advice”.
“Almost everyone is happy with their new accountant after two weeks but when they’re happy after two years you know the accountant is doing something right. I have referred a number of people to Cusack Garvey and they have been very happy with the service. Ken’s presentation at the PracticeManager.ie Annual National Meeting explained in a no-nonsense manner how to ensure you are maximising your profits and minimising your tax. His practical approach and question and answer style made the session engaging and memorable. The feedback from the day was that Ken’s advice would deliver a real benefit to GP Practices”.
"Thank you and your team for your wisdom and counsel throughout this process vis a vis the Revenue and Charities Regulator. I am so grateful for your easy availability."