Most accountants understand business from the outside. Terry Kuhn understands it from the inside. Before building over 25 years of public accounting expertise, Terry spent his early career managing restaurants — and that ground-level experience shapes everything about how he advises clients today. As Senior Director at HBK CPAs & Consultants, formerly Brimmer, Burek & Keelan, LLP, he knows the real challenges business owners face:
- A growing construction or manufacturing business with tax exposure that hasn’t kept pace with its success
- Partnership structures that have become complicated — and costly — without the right planning in place
- Health care facilities and property management companies navigating compliance obligations that shift constantly
- High net worth individuals who need a proactive tax strategy, not just a reactive one at year-end
Terry has helped clients across industries work through situations just like these for over two decades.
His practice covers construction contractors, specialty manufacturing, health care facilities, property management, and not-for-profit organizations, with technical depth in business tax services, employee benefit strategies, startup planning, partnership allocations, and tax controversy representation. Terry’s real-world business background gives him an ability to connect with clients not just as their advisor, but as someone who genuinely understands what it takes to run something.
- Master in Accountancy, University of South Florida
- BS in Accounting, University of Tampa
- Certified Public Accountant
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Member, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA)
- Past Ambassador, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

