Case study: Income tax issues for resources projects

Lynette Purcell CTA

Lynette is the Taxation Manager of Japan Australia LNG (MIMI), an oil and gas company based in Perth. Prior to her current corporate role, Lynette was a Tax Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers, advising mining and oil and gas companies on resources taxation matters during her extensive time in the profession. - Current at 16 June 2010

Andrew Nelson CTA

Andrew Nelson, CTA, has been a partner with EY since 2008 and has 23 years experience providing international and corporate taxation advisory services to Australian outbound and multinational clients investing into Australia. Commencing his early career with a resource industry and US inbound focus, Andrew now specialises in providing international tax support for cross border transactions across a broad industry base. Recent transactions include cross border M&A and financing projects in the asset management, private equity, consumer products, technology, media and entertainment and oil and gas and mining industries. From 2014 to 2017 Andrew was based in New York as the leader of the Australian team in the Global Tax Desk network, a role that involved immersion in the OECD BEPS developments impacting on global corporate M&A and financing. Now based back in Perth Australia, Andrew holds a Masters of International Taxation from the University of Melbourne and holds a senior leadership role within the EY Oceania international Tax practice. - Current at 23 February 2023

Jason Mulgat

Jason is an Executive Director in Ernst & Young’s Perth tax practice with more than 14 years’ experience in tax consulting. Jason is a specialist advisor to companies in the oil and gas industry, with particular expertise in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax and gas-to-liquids transfer pricing. - Current at 16 June 2010

Basil Mistilis

Basil is a Partner with Ernst & Young and is the leader of Ernst & Young’s tax practice in Perth. A qualified chartered accountant with more than 20 years experience, Basil specialises in providing tax advice to companies in the resources industry. Basil has participated in government liaison on key tax policies affecting the resources industry (including resource rent taxes) and has worked on submissions for various industry bodies. - Current at 17 October 2102