Summary
I established Mathews Tax Lawyers to provide a personal and tailored experience for clients where they get to deal with the Principal one on one. Our clients include accounting firms, law firms, large private groups, small business and individuals.
Mathews Tax Lawyers can help you with:
• tax effective structuring, tax advice and opinions
• seeking a private ruling from the ATO
• ATO review and audit representation
• objecting to ATO decisions
• resolving tax disputes and negotiating settlements
• tax litigation – appealing ATO decisions and assessments to the AAT or Federal Court
• tax payment arrangements and proposals
• obtaining remission of tax penalties and interest
I have over 30 years’ experience in tax, including complex tax advice, rulings, objections, negotiating the resolution of complex tax disputes and running tax litigation in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and the Federal Court of Australia.
My previous roles include:
• Special Counsel, CMN Lawyers: national responsibility for running their Part IVC tax litigation practice.
• Tax Director, Toohey Reid: providing high level tax and structuring advice for SME's and HWI and management of tax audits.
• Director, EY Tax Controversy: running complex tax litigation, managing client strategy, responses to ATO audits and settling complex tax disputes.
• Principal Lawyer, Moore Stephens Tax Lawyers
• Principal, Moore Stephens Tax Consulting: providing advice on complex tax issues, representing clients in negotiations with the ATO, and ran AAT and Federal Court appeals.
• Barrister specialising in revenue law.
• Tax Counsel, ATO: determining the ATO view on a range of complex tax issues. My extensive experience at the ATO, spanning over 13 years in policy, technical and litigation areas, has given me a unique insight into the ATO's approach to interpretation, administration and dispute resolution.
Practice Areas
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Income tax
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Capital gains tax
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Fringe benefits
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Stamp duty
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GST
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Freedom of Information
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Disputing decision of Government Agency
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Legal structures
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Tax
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Company reporting and disclosure obligations
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Trust
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Trust deed
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Advocacy
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Formation and dissolution
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Experience
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Mathews Tax Lawyers Pty Ltd
Legal Practitioner Director
June, 2017 - Present
Tax advice and dispute resolution: advising on all aspects and management of ATO reviews and audits, objections, appeals and reviews; resolution of disputes via negotiated settlement, ADR or litigation in the AAT or Federal Court; management of revenue authority relationships; tax corporate governance and tax risk management; tax advice under legal professional privilege; legal tax effective structuring
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Craddock Murray Neumann Lawyers
Special Counsel
September, 2016 - May, 2017
National responsibility for running the tax litigation practice
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Toohey Reid
Tax Director
May, 2016 - September, 2016
Providing high level tax and structuring advice for SME's and high wealth individuals and large private groups; management of complex tax audits
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EY
Director, Tax Controversy & Policy
February, 2012 - November, 2015
Running complex tax litigation, managing client strategy, responses to ATO audits and settling complex tax disputes; tax advice, opinions, objections, private rulings, tax corporate governance
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Moore Stephens GC Tax Lawyers Pty Ltd
Principal Lawyer
July, 2011 - January, 2012
Tax Lawyer
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Moore Stephens (Gold Coast) Pty Ltd
Principal
August, 2006 - June, 2011
Tax consultant & litigator
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Barrister at Law
Barrister
February, 2004 - July, 2006
Tax Barrister
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Australian Taxation Office
Tax Counsel
January, 1991 - January, 2004
Tax Counsel
Education
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Australian National University
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Distinction)
2000 - 2001
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James Cook University
LLB (Hons)
1990 - 1997
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James Cook University
B Comm
1985 - 1987
Location
Level 10, 239 George Street, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia
Virtual Practice
Practising Certificate
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Queensland, Australia
14 years held
Pages
Languages
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English
Proficient
Certifications
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Chartered Tax Advisor
Australia, The Tax Institute
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Registered Tax Agent
Australia, Tax Practitioners' Board