This curriculum vitae summarizes the professional experience and qualifications of Debora De Amicis CPA. She has over 20 years of experience in accounting education and tax preparation. Her roles have included senior educator at Holmesglen Institute where she coordinates accounting courses, and previously worked as a lecturer, teacher, and acting course leader. She also operates her own tax agent business and has experience working for accounting firms. Debora holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Certified Practicing Accountant.

1. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
DEBORA DE AMICIS CPA

2. EDUCATION
Post Graduate: CPA Program Completed 1999
Practice Management Program completed 2011
Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training completed at
Holmesglen Institute , Chadstone Campus upgraded to Certificate
IV in TAE40110 in 2014
Diploma of Vocational Education and Training – NMIT –
completed 2009 ( supplemented with on going currency programs)
Tertiary: Bachelor of Commerce
La Trobe University
Major: Accounting
Sub-Major: Management Information Systems
Secondary: Higher School Certificate – 1989
Lowther Hall, Anglican Grammar School
Memberships : Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants – CPA
status
TAI PAL ( Taxpayer’s Australia Incorporated Practitioners and
Advisers Ltd. – adviser’s to the Tax Practitioner’s Board ) -
Fellow Membership
Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) – Educator member
Licences : CPA Limited Public Practice Certificate
Tax Agent Licence
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Holmesglen Vocational & Higher Education
Moorabbin & Chadstone Campus
Senior Educator January 2013 - present
Accounting, Bookkeeping , Project Management , International
Business , Mortgage Broking & Financial Planning
Duties Involved :
Seeing to and processing all student enrolments
Liaising with and dealing with all student issues/queries
Liaising with and dealing with academic staff

3. Course / academic staff timetables
Liaising with other co-ordinators / senior educators
Liaising with associations / societies in having our courses accredited / validated
Liaising with the Tax Practitioner’s Board regarding BAS Agent registrations
eg. Running BAS Agent Skill set to meet the needs of BAS Agents holding a transitional
licence
Commenced Bookkeeping and Project Management courses on line
Initiated the ‘Drop –In Finance’ model for Bookkeepers
Planning and negotiating with ICB , voluntary work placements for Holmesglen students
into Non – for Profit organisations
Communicating and liasing with the International Centre regarding the October Intake at
Moorabbin and the Asia Bound Tour for the Accounting & International Business
students
Liaising with Various Mortgage Broking Organisations to mentor and place our students
Business development projects with various external parties in the endeavor to deliver
Holmesglen courses in a flexible mode that suits industry clientele
Ensuring ASQA standards are met and hiring of staff that will do so.
I am currently teaching the following subjects:
Carry Out Business Activity and Instalment Activity Statement Tasks
Prepare Financial Reports
Prepare Financial Statements for Non Reporting Entities
Produce Job Costing Information
Accounting 1
Develop and Implement Policies and Procedures relevant to Bookkeeping activities
I am the subject co-ordinator for:
Carry Out Business Activity and Instalment Activity Statement Tasks
Prepare Financial Statements for Non Reporting Entities
Develop and Implement Policies and Procedures relevant to Bookkeeping activities
Therefore, I set the curriculum and all the assessment tasks.
Chadstone Campus
Acting Course Leader July 2012 – December 2012
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
I replaced the course leader as she was on long service leave.
Duties Involved :
Seeing to and processing all student enrolments
Liaising with and dealing with all student issues
Liaising with and dealing with academic staff

4. Course / academic staff timetables
Liaising with other co-ordinators / course leaders
Participation in the re-accreditation of the degree program and auditing of the degree ,
ensuring that materials met the educational standards set under TEQSA
Ensuring all assessments in particular final examinations are prepared in a timely manner
Planning and organizing the Moderation sessions and delivery of its associated meeting at
the end of the semester.
Involved in the preparation and organization of exams for MSIT.
Teacher/Lecturer at Holmesglen Institute
Chadstone Campus: November 2004 – December 2012
Description of Subjects taught through out my time at Holmesglen :
Taxation Law as part of the Bachelor of Business
(Accounting)
Teaching University level students in their second year of
their degree . It involves studying an overview of taxation
law which encompasses topics such as, residency , source
of income , medicare levy, assessable income , deductions,
small business concessions, tax offsets and types of taxable
entities such as partnerships, companies , trusts and
superannuation funds, as well as tax administration. In all
subject matter students focus largely on theoretical /
legislative aspects and it is essential for students to identify
relevant provisions of the Tax Act , including extensive use
of case law to analyse scenarios.
I was the subject co-ordinator and prepared all
assignments and final examinations .
Taxation Practice as part of the Bachelor of Business
(Accounting)
Teaching University level students in their second year of
their degree . It involves studying various taxes with the
emphasis more on the practicum rather than theory. Topics
covered are GST/BAS, FBT, Tax Planning , Avoidance and
Evasion , International Taxation , Child Support Agency.
The students are taught how to use MYOB Tax Software
and after being taught the concepts necessary to complete
Individual, Partnership, Company and Trust returns they
are given assignments which requires the preparation of
such returns in their electronic form using MYOB Tax
Software.

5. I was the subject co-ordinator and prepared all
assignments and final examinations . I also wrote the
module course notes when the subject was first taught in
2008.
Principles Of Accounting as part of the Bachelor of
Business (Executive Administration)
Teaching University level students in the Second year of
their degree introductory accounting, such as debits and
credits, general journal entries, posting to the ledger,
preparation of the income statement and balance sheet as
well as cashflow statements. The students are also taught
MYOB v 15.
I was subject co-ordinator and prepared all assignments
and final examinations.
Prepare Financial Reports to Meet Statutory
Requirements as part of Diploma of Financial Services
(Banking)
Looks at preparing the company accounts according to the
ASIC requirements and involves teaching of Company
Balance Day adjustments. Tax Effect Accounting,
Preparing the Income Statement and Notes , Preparing the
Balance sheet and notes, Ratio Analyses , Cash flow
statements and Accounting for Leases
I was the subject co-ordinator and therefore prepared all
assessments materials.
Implement Tax Plans & Evaluate Tax Compliance part
of the Advanced Diploma in Accounting.
Initially deals with tax agent registrations, ATO penalties,
ATO Assessment, Objections & Appeals made to the ATO,
Tax Avoidance & Planning &the PSI Regime. The second
part of this subject involves training the students to use
MYOB tax software to prepare Individual, Partnership,
Company & Trust Returns in their electronic form.
I was the subject co-ordinator and prepared all
assessment materials .
Process Business Tax Requirements part of the Cert IV
in Financial Services

6. looks at indirect taxes such as GST,(students are shown
how to complete a BAS) FBT,PAYG withholding &
instalment ., land tax, payroll tax, superannuation, stamp
duty etc
Prepare Income Tax Returns part of the Accounting
Diploma
looks at direct taxes at the personal level students are taught
to calculate tax payable , how to calculate ETPs, CGT, tax
offsets etc.
Prepare Financial Reports part of the Accounting
Diploma and Cert IV in Financial Services
looks at collation of Income Statements and Balance
Sheets, Balance Day Adjustments, Closing entries,
accounting for Fixed assets etc, it is introductory
accounting.
Provide Management Accounting Information part of
the Accounting Diploma
Looks at job costing issues, collating budgets , cost-bebefit
analysis , breakeven analysis , payroll
CPA AUSTRALIA I commenced marking CPA exam papers in November
2005 in Corporate Governance and Accountability.
Since 2010 have been marking exam papers in Strategic
Management Accounting .
Accounting & Tax Agent Business - August 1998 – Present
Obtained Tax Agent License in August 1998 and since have prepared tax returns for
family / friends operating from home mainly preparing individual returns for sole traders,
share/property investors and salary and wage earners , partnerships, companies and some
family trusts. I use MYOB Tax & general ledger software to complete & lodge all tax
returns. I also prepare and lodge Business Activity Statements, as well as dealing with
incorporations , TFN,ABN,PAYG applications and calculations of wages and income
splitting for family groups and other of avenues of tax planning.
Hamilton Morello, CPA - August 2000 to July 2002
• Worked in a team environment

7. • On completion of work, reported to Manager/Partner involved
• Prepared jobs, usually extracting Trial balance, Bank reconciliation, General
ledgers from computer discs received from clients using Cash Flow, MYOB and
Quicken.
• Code up Trial balance and input information onto the Firm’s Solution6 software
package
• Prepare depreciation schedules
• Reconcile any other accounts including loans
• Pick up Hire Purchase adjustments
• Pass Debtors, Creditors, Stock, Accruals
• GST Reconciliations
• Do analysis of comparative figures
• Contact clients for any further information
• As job reviewed by partner, prepare tax return as required. Distribute any profits
as feasible, or calculate company tax etc.
• The same procedure was followed for Superannuation funds – largely for Share
investors
• Also prepared Business Activity Statements for a variety of businesses
• Types of clients:
Farmers
Share investors
Property Investors
Retailers
Caripis & Co. – January 1999 – July 1999 and April 2000 – August 2000
• Software used – Handitax and Handiledger
• Code up from source documents, prepare Bank Reconciliation, Depreciation,
Schedules, Balance Day Adjustments
• Prepare Share investment schedules. Work out Capital gains/Loss on shares
• Liaise with clients
• Finalise accounts by comparing previous years figures, work out distributions
where necessary/company tax
• Prepare Tax Returns
• Client Types: Builders, Share Investors , Retailers
February 1998 – December 1999
• Completed CPA program and commenced subcontracting to various accounting
firms.
Paul Van Gend & Associates – February 1998 – December 1999
• Solution 6 Ledger and Tax software used

8. • Code up Cash books, input onto system, Bank reconciliation, Depreciation
schedules, Balance day adjustments
• Liaise with Partner
• Finalise accounts by resolving queries/discrepancies
• Prepare tax returns
Mill Partners – Express Tax Office – February 1998 – December 1999
• Prepare Tax returns “on the spot” for clients, mainly salary and wage earners,
pensioners, sole traders.
• Trained accounting graduates to prepare personal tax returns.
McLean Delmo & Partners - August 1996 - February 1998
Financial Accounting
• Receive source documents, allocate to account, post to computer journals using
Solution 6
• Prepare bank reconciliations, wage reconciliations, loan reconciliations etc
• Update depreciation, schedules and reconcile assets
• Pass other entries such as FBT adjustments and Balance Day Adjustments in
order to extract a trial balance.
• Liaise directly with clients to finalise accounts
• Prepare spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel
Taxation
• Prepare individual tax returns (generally for high net worth individuals) including
handling of share portfolios, rental property income involving negative gearing
and capital gains on sale of assets
• Prepare partnership returns including investments, contractors, food businesses
• Prepare company and trust returns for retailers, property investors, construction
industry, wholesalers
• Preparation of FBT Returns
• Prepare provisional tax variations
Auditing
• An interim and final audit of Real Estate Agent
Superannuation
• Prepare financial accounts for in-house Superannuation funds (excluded funds)
which are involved in shares, Life Office policies, term deposits
• Prepare income tax returns and ISC Returns for the respective funds.
• Prepare surcharge/contributions tax forms

9. Corporate Affairs
• Prepare accounts for De-registration of Companies
• Company Annual Returns
• Section 19
• General preparation of minutes of meetings
• General dealings with the Australian Securities Commission
Computing & Consultancy
• Assist clients with MYOB and Quicken Accounting Packages
Paoli Trotta Partners - CPA - March 1994 - August 1996
Financial Accounting
• Receive source documents, sought and allocate to appropriate accounts.
• Post information to computer journals using Acpac Products, doubtful items
posted to suspense account and queried with client
• Do bank reconciliation, wage reconciliation, including PAYE tax reconciliation,
loan reconciliation etc
• Depreciation schedules
• Pass other adjustments eg private portion of expenses, Fringe Benefit Tax
• Extract final Trial Balance and analyse figures
• Draw conclusions as to why discrepancies exist,
• Liaise with clients, informal/formally
• Preparation of Section 19
• FBT Returns and relevant documents to substantiate figures.
Taxation
• Prepare individual returns including basic salary, wage earners, including
franked/unfranked dividends, ETP, Capital Gains, Undeducted Purchase Price –
Italian Pensions
• Partnership Returns, including investment, properties, retail businesses, fruit shop,
confectionary importers etc
• Trust Returns
• Company Returns
• Payroll, tax, Prescribed Payment Tax, Capital Gains Tax
Auditing
• On a yearly basis, audit two Real Estate Agents, involving tracing items through
from receipts to journals to ledgers, checking bank reconciliations prepared by
clients.

10. • Spot counting of money on premises
• Prepare work papers and assist in preparing audit report
Superannuation
• Incorporate in-house superannuation funds, Tax File Number application,
Insurance and Superannuation Commission application
• Prepare accounts and income tax returns (F Form) for in-house funds to be lodged
with the Australian Tax Office.
Administration
• Tax File Number applications for Companies, Trusts, Partnership, Prescribed
Payment System Variations, Sales Tax Application, Provisional Tax Applications,
Group Employer Registration, Work Cover Registration.
Corporate Law
• Incorporation of company, organize stamping, signing etc
• Lodge relevant forms with Australian Securities Commission
• Prepare minutes of meeting regarding changes in company matters.
• Transfer and allotment of Share Certificates
• Preparation and lodgement of Annual Returns and Accounts with the Australian
Securities Commission.
• Deregistration of Company
• Liaise with clients
• Report directly to partners.

11. REFEREES
Employment:
Helen Wilson
Accounting Degree Course Leader
Holmesglen Institute,
Chadstone Campus
Ph : (03) 9564 1996
Mr Frank Trotta
F Trotta and Co
Ph: (03) 9347 7250
Colleen Stavrakis
Concise Accounts
Ph: 0404 808 453