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Our Team

Kent George Karro

Director

B.Com (Hons)(Tax), CA(SA), MTA (SA), CPA(ISR), TEP
Director
Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd
Chartac Investment Trust (Pty) Ltd
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27 21 481 7090
Mobile: +27 83 286 8746
kent@chartac.co.za


Experience and expertise
Kent qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1968 and thereafter obtained a post graduate degree in taxation from the University of Cape Town. He is an honorary life member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and former Chairman of its National Tax Committee.


Kent specialises in the South African tax system including Income Tax, VAT, Capital Gains Tax, Estate Duty and Donations Tax – in particular how these taxes affect both South African residents and non-residents receiving or paying amounts subject to such taxes and the legal planning for their minimisation. He also deals with South African Exchange Control Regulations as they apply to residents, non-residents, emigrants and immigrants and advises on estate planning including advice in regard to Wills and Deceased Estate administration.


Kent is the immediate past Chairman of the editorial panel of Integritax which published a monthly tax journal for the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and is also a member of the local tax committee of the Institute.


Kent is also a regular lecturer on tax matters and a former University lecturer.


Professional Background

  • B.Com (Hons)(Tax), CA(SA), MTA (SA), CPA(ISR), TEP

  • Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and member of its local tax

       committee (SAICA)

  • Master Tax Practitioner (SA) of the South African Institute of Tax Professionals (SAIT)

  • Member of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA)

  • Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

  • Consultant at Crowe HZK, Chartered Accountants (SA)

  • Managing Director of Crowe Taxation Cape (Pty) Ltd

Ronald George Glass

Director

CA(SA)
Director
Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd
Chartac Investment Trust (Pty) Ltd
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27 21 481 7000
Mobile: +27 83 441 6170
ronnie@chartac.co.za


Experience, expertise and clients
Ronnie's main areas of expertise and enjoyment are in assisting private clients and in particular family and owner managed businesses.


With effect from March 2026, Ronnie retired from Practice and now serves as a consultant giving accounting, management, income tax and estate planning advice, as well as advising in regard to exchange controls and acting as a commercial and general financial advisor. 

Charles Ellis Gurland

Director

B.Com, CA(SA), CFP
Director

Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd 

Chartac Acorn Financial Services (Pty) Ltd

Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: +27 21 481 7090
Mobile: +27 82 783 3689
charles@chartac.co.za


Experience and expertise

Charles is a Director of Chartac Acorn Financial Services (Pty) Ltd and Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd . He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976. In 1993 he became a partner in a local firm of Chartered Accountants and in November 2007, Charles became a partner in Crowe HZK and thereafter opened his own accountancy practice - Gurland & Associates.  In 2026, Gurland & Associates merged with Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd and Charles became a Director of Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd.


Charles is a Certified Financial Planner and assists clients with their retirement planning, life and
disability assurance. He also assists companies with their employee benefit requirements.


Charles is responsible for providing accountancy services to small and medium size business. He also has a large number of clients in the medical and dental fields.


He has contributed numerous articles to the national journals of the South African Medical Association as well as the South African Dental Association. He has also delivered lectures on practice management and related tax planning tips.


Professional Background

  • BCom, CA(SA), CFP

  • Director of Chartac Acorn Financial Services (Pty) Ltd (registered as the key individual with the
    Financial Services Board)

  • Director of Chartac Advisory Services (Pty) Ltd

  • Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)

  • Member of the Financial Planning Institute (CFP)

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