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Tax compliance

Tax compliance

Getting it right. Being able to show it.

Tax compliance is not the boring cousin of tax advice it is the point of it. Obligations met accurately and on time, positions supported by records, and a relationship with the ATO conducted on the front foot: that is what keeps tax from ever becoming the biggest problem a business or family has.

Tax compliance is not the boring cousin of tax advice it is the point of it. Obligations met accurately and on time, positions supported by records, and a relationship with the ATO conducted on the front foot: that is what keeps tax from ever becoming the biggest problem a business or family has.

We assist with

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Compliance frameworks

Compliance frameworks

Understanding which obligations apply to your entities and arrangements including income tax, GST, employer obligations, trust obligations and ensuring the systems and documents behind them are in order.

Understanding which obligations apply to your entities and arrangements including income tax, GST, employer obligations, trust obligations and ensuring the systems and documents behind them are in order.

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Positions and documentation

Positions and documentation

Ensuring significant tax positions are supported by proper legal analysis and contemporaneous records, so the answer to “why did you treat it that way?” already exists in writing.

Ensuring significant tax positions are supported by proper legal analysis and contemporaneous records, so the answer to “why did you treat it that way?” already exists in writing.

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ATO reviews and audits

ATO reviews and audits

Managing information requests, reviews and audits: what must be provided, how to engage, and how privilege and professional advice operate in the process.

Managing information requests, reviews and audits: what must be provided, how to engage, and how privilege and professional advice operate in the process.

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Objections and disputes

Objections and disputes

Where an assessment or decision is wrong, we prepare and run objections and, where warranted, further review — on the merits and the evidence.

Where an assessment or decision is wrong, we prepare and run objections and, where warranted, further review — on the merits and the evidence.

Well suited to

Businesses and trustees wanting their compliance position genuinely solid; taxpayers facing ATO review or audit; anyone who suspects something in past years needs advice and wants it handled properly.

Enquiries

Talk to us before the question becomes a problem.

Initial consultations are confidential, and you’ll leave with our preliminary view — not a brochure.