A variety of taxation advisory work, including appearing at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Small Business CGT concessions, Individual, Corporate, Trust, and International Taxation work, State and Federal Tax advice and controversies, Private Ruling applications and taxation objections.

ABLCORP’s mission is to build an ethical, efficient financial services business providing an outstanding service to customers and continuing superior returns to investors. It intends to achieve this goal by instituting an investment strategy of funding businesses, with strong growth prospects and an expanding client base, needing reliable cash flow to finance working capital. A revolving line of credit facility secured by the debtors, plant and equipment, inventory and other identifiable and tangible assets – business assets only.

My experience as an Associate Director for BDO (Qld) Ltd's Corporate and International Tax Division includes:• The provision of high level tax technical advice and compliance services to external clients (mainly CFOs and Tax Managers of Listed and Large Private corporations); • Managing a team of professional staff undertaking consulting and compliance services;• Providing in-house and external technical training and staff mentoring; • Occasional public speaking engagements; and • Collaborative divisional business development.More particularly, I provide international and domestic taxation structuring advice for a wide array of clients. Some examples are: • Comprehensive Tax Risk Review for Sojitz Corporation; • Two month secondment to the Canadian listed entity Peabody Energy Limited to undertake their Tax Consolidation program; • Advice for Virgin Airlines on Permanent Establishments; • Attributable Income calculations and advising work for Wagners Group; • International and domestic consulting and compliance services for JBS Australia Pty Limited (Swift) the domestic meat-processing arm of the Brazilan private group;• Employee Share & Option plan projects including for Linc Energy Ltd, Elementos Ltd, and presentation to the Board of Metallica Minerals on Employee Option design;• Taxation Due diligence work for various entities; • Collaborative problem-solving for Australian and International businesses such as Mphasis Ltd including labor-force remuneration (with an emphasis on LAFHAs and employee share and option plans) - Member of the National Expatriate Network;• Authoring and presenting BDO's breakfast seminar on the Carbon Tax when first introduced;• Presentation to Canadian business delegation on central aspects of the Australian taxation system; and• Drafting private binding rulings, and responding to Australian Taxation Office audit investigations.

Corporate and International Taxation advice

Corporate and International Taxation advice

Legal interpretation and advice for firm clients, usually smaller corporate and privately owned businesses.

Corporate and International Taxation advice, international business restructures, mergers and acquisitions, expatriate taxation services.

Strategic Intelligence and Analysis Division. Investigating the structures of, and designing solutions to "high-end" taxation avoidance schemes, with an international bias.