Taxation law

Tax is not easy to get excited about.  That is, until you have to pay it.

Then you may get excited about discovering you could have paid less, had you got the right advice before you acted. 

Or you may get really existed about discovering you have a tax obligation you did not know about, or anticipate or plan for. You may have made a different commercial decision had you fully understood the tax implications.  Even worse, you may end up with a tax obligation you simply can not afford to pay.

The focus of our tax practice is about providing you with a high level of certainty around your tax issues.  This is a challenge in a world where Governments are deliberately making our tax laws unclear and uncertain, and increasingly delegating the interpretation of our laws to sometimes inadequately trained bureaucrats.  But this is a challenge worth facing.  We believe tax is something you can tolerate when you understand how it works, and when you have a high degree of certainty that you have obtained the correct advice, and are paying no more than is legally (and defensibly) necessary.  That is the service we offer you in this area.

This approach distinguishes us from a number of other practitioners.  Aggressive - or even "clever" - tax planning may - and we mean MAY, save some tax.  However, this comes with an incredible jump in uncertainty. We have seen very few practitioners with the mental and strategic capacity necessary to play this game successfully over the longer term.

We are not new to this area.  We hold the appropriate qualifications and experience to provide you with the right advice in a timely and efficient manner.   Our staff have published widely and are well recognised as experts across the full spectrum of taxes.

Areas in which we have relatively rare and proven experience include:

• Effective business and investment structures;

• The structuring of in-bound and out-bound investments;

• Businesses dealing across borders;

• Corporate restructures;

• The tax aspects of succession planning; and

• The tax and accounting aspects of structured finance.

Learn more about our International Tax experience, or our expertise in Superannuation Law.

Please call us on 1300 654 590 with your tax queries.