Workshop one: consolidations - cost base allocations

Paul Abbey

Paul is a Partner in the Corporate Tax group of PwC in Melbourne and has over 30 years experience advising local and international clients on income tax issues. - Current at 29 May 2019

Garry Bourke ATI

Garry is a Corporate Tax Partner with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and is a member of the firm's national tax consolidation team. Garry is currently providing extensive tax consolidation structuring and planning advice to a number of large domestic and multinational corporate groups. - Current at 18 July 2005

Andrew HUTCHINSON

Peter Murray CTA-Life

Peter is the leader of the firm’s Tax Division. Peter was previously a Senior Tax Partner at KPMG, with 30 years’ service. Peter specialises in tax issues impacting listed and privately owned corporate groups and managing tax disputes. His specific areas of specialisation include corporate group reorganisations, mergers and acquisition, including domestic, inbound and outbound investment, thin captalisation and debt/equity, capital/revenue characterisation, tax consolidation, repatriation of profits, trusts, application of the general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR), and tax risk management and dispute resolution. More recently Peter has been advising on the tax implications of investing in cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings. Peter has been listed in The Best Lawyers in Australia in tax law every year since 2013. He is also a recommended tax lawyer in Australia and a leading tax lawyer in Victoria in Doyle's Guide to the Legal Profession. He is a Life Member (CTA) of The Tax Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Peter is currently a member of the ATO General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) Panel and a past President of The Tax Institute. (Kathy updated for Tax and Innovation Day) - Current at 24 August 2018

David Romans

David works for PricewaterhouseCoopers. - Current at 05 July 2009

Trevor Hughes

Trevor is an Ernst and Young Tax Partner with 20 years corporate and international tax experience. Trevor's experience includes assisting multinational companies in structuring their investments into and out of Australia in a tax efficient manner, from both an Australian and foreign company location perspective. Trevor has also been heavily involved in assisting his clients with understanding and implementing the many tax reform changes introduced over the last five years, including planning for, and implementing the tax consolidations regime. - Current at 29 March 2005