Taxation
The current and emerging taxation environment continues to be complex and challenging, but it is also dynamic and fertile with opportunities.
DLA Phillips Fox works closely with your business to help you anticipate and adapt to changes in tax laws and regulations. We provide practical and commercially focused advice that deliver demonstrable outcomes.
We deliver:
- Broad Australasian taxation experience – we have extensive tax experience across Australia and New Zealand and proven expertise in trans-Tasman tax matters.
- International expertise – as part of our global alliance with DLA Piper we bring a genuine international insight to our tax practice. Our extensive network of lawyers works with local businesses with offshore operations, as well as global conglomerates with operations in the Asia-Pacific.
- Industry coverage – we provide taxation advice to industries as diverse as financial services, funds management, property, health, insurance, utilities, major infrastructure projects and government. We offer a highly specialised tax service to banks, fund managers, superannuation funds and other financial institutions.
We advise on:
- Debt and equity structuring.
- International tax, including thin capitalisation and transfer pricing.
- Tax consolidation.
- Funds management.
- Mergers and acquisitions tax issues.
- Entity tax issues including collective investment vehicles.
- Structured finance including tax based financing.
- Financial arrangements including capital markets/derivatives.
- Employee share and option plans.
- Tax audits and tax litigation.
- Tax risk management.
- Private rulings.
- GST - New Zealand and Australia.
- Estate planning.
- Stamp duty and other state taxes.
- New Zealand duties and local taxes.
- Trans-Tasman tax issues.