GST, FBT and Salary Packaging

Dr Mark Pizzacalla CTA

Dr Mark Pizzacalla, CTA is Partner-in-Charge of the Business Services practice of BDO in Melbourne, and is integrally involved in the firm’s Tax and Advisory practice. Dr Pizzacalla’s business experience, including acting as Managing Partner of his predecessor firm, gives him a strong appreciation of both the strategic and operational issues facing business and provides relevance to the technical tax advice he delivers. Dr Pizzacalla completed his PhD in relation to the taxation of SMEs in Australia and is one of the few tax practitioners whose work has been cited in Australia’s Parliament. Dr Pizzacalla is a member of The Tax Institute’s Victorian Technical Committee, and is a former Chair of The Tax Institute’s National SME Sub-Committee, as well as being a former Victorian State Councillor. Dr Pizzacalla was appointed to the Board of Taxation in January 2015 and was reappointed for a further three-year term commencing 1 January 2018. - Current at 04 July 2023

Herbert Purdon

Andrew is the Partner responsible for the firm's Employment Tax Solutions Group in KPMG's Melbourne office. This group specialises in fringe benefits tax, salary packaging, WorkCover, Payroll Tax, Pay As You Go, group certificate reporting and the Superannuation Guarantee Charge. Andrew has wide experience in the provision of Employment Taxes advice to many of Australia's largest corporates, Victorian Government Departments and Victorian Government Enterprises. - Current at 29 May 2007