TAX
With strengths in: goods
and services tax, tax investigation and review,
and tax liability.
Our national tax practice provides a full range
of legal services, across Australia, to the Commissioner
of Taxation concerning the general administration
of tax legislation. These services include:
- advice on liability to all types of tax, for
example income tax, goods and services tax, fringe
benefits tax, superannuation charges and surcharges,
and pay-as-you-go remittance and instalment liabilities
- tax appeals in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal,
the Federal Court and the High Court
- recovery of all types of tax debts, including:
litigation in the state, local or magistrates courts,
District or County Courts and Supreme Courts; striking
out defences; setting aside default judgments;
settling statements of claim; obtaining Mareva
injunctions and the appointment of receivers; advising
on statutory garnishee notices, for example section
260–5 notices; advising on and defending
claims by liquidators to recover alleged unfair
preference payments; advising on and initiating
claims against directors to recover indemnities
in respect of unfair preferences; recovery of incorrect
refunds; advising on director penalty matters and
preference matters; and advising on the enforcement
of judgments generally
- administrative law challenges under the Administrative
Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 and
other jurisdictions, involving, for example,
access and evidence gathering, the Taxation Relief
Board,
departure prohibition orders, extensions of time,
commencement of recoveries, declaratory proceedings
and statutory garnishee notices
- tax investigations, for example access and evidence
gathering under sections 263 and 264 of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1936, privilege questions,
searches and expert opinions
- secrecy and privacy issues, complaints to the
Ombudsman and matters under the Freedom of Information
Act 1982.
AGS
also provides tax law services to a range of Commonwealth agencies, particularly
in relation to compliance issues.
See Legal
briefing No.
70 ‘GST – still
on your corporate radar?’ 31 March 2004,
Litigation
notes No.
13 ‘Validity of the Mirror
Taxes Act’ 29 November 2005.
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National contact
David
Durack
T 07 3360 5661
F 07 3360 5799
Canberra
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
Darwin
Hobart
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