Investments by SMSFs

Noel Beharis CTA

Noel is the Tax Technical Director for Dominion Private Clients. Noel commenced in the legal profession as an articled clerk at Phillips Fox Solicitors and worked there until 1992 as a litigator in their insurance litigation division. For the last 14 years since leaving Phillips Fox he has worked at Pitcher Partners, William Buck, MGI Meyrick Webster and his current employer in varying tax technical roles. Areas of expertise include corporate and international taxation, taxation of large private enterprises, high wealth individuals and defending tax audits. - Current at 15 September 2011

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