Workshop 2 - CGT small business concessions and trust audit issues paper

Mark Northeast CTA

Mark is a consultant to Pitcher Partners Melbourne. Mark specialises in advising privately owned businesses, and has been an active participant for over 10 years in various ATO forums concerning professional practices. He is currently an external participant member of the ATO’s Professional Firms Working Group. Mark is a regular presenter for The Tax Institute, CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Law Institute of Victorian on professional practice matters. - Current at 30 June 2015

Chris Wookey CTA-Life

Chris Wookey, CTA (Life) operates his own specialist tax consulting practice after previously having been a principal in the tax consulting division of Deloitte Private in Melbourne. A finalist in The Tax Institute’s Tax Adviser of the Year Awards for 2020 and 2022 and made a life member of The Tax Institute in September 2023, he has over 30 years’ experience in the chartered accounting profession and is a member of The Tax Institute’s national SME Technical Committee and had been its representative on the ATO’s Private Groups Stewardship Group from 2021 to 2022. Chris was also a member of the Board of Taxation’s Reference Group for its Review of Small Business Tax Concessions. His experience, centred on issues encountered by private groups, includes providing input to Treasury in relation to the proposed targeted amendments to the Div 7A integrity rules and participating in confidential consultations with the ATO in relation to the 2022 and 2023 developments in relation to section 100A. - Current at 29 January 2026