Victorian state taxes and trusts paper

James Hamblin CTA

James Hamblin, CTA, is a Special Counsel in the MinterEllison Tax Group with over 13 years of tax experience. James advises on a variety of stamp duty and land tax matters and specialises in providing structuring, due diligence and general advisory services for both domestic and offshore clients across a range of sectors including commercial and residential property, infrastructure, hotels, student accommodation and aged care. He also assists clients in dealing with state and territory revenue authorities in various tax administration and compliance matters. James is the Chair of The Tax Institute’s Victorian State Taxes Committee and is actively involved in consulting with state and territory governments and revenue authorities on the implementation and administration of new tax laws. - Current at 15 June 2022

Rachel O'Donnell CTA

Rachel O’Donnell, CTA of of O'Donnell Tax Law, specialises in duties and land tax across all Australian states and territories, new state property taxes (such as the Victorian windfall gains tax and commercial and industrial property tax) and GST. Rachel has significant experience advising large listed and unlisted corporates, high net worth individuals and small to medium enterprises. With 20 years of experience advising on tax law, she has a broad range and depth of experiences and is very familiar with the operation and technicalities of the GST and various state and territory tax regimes, which are constantly evolving. Rachel’s clients have included major international and national companies / trusts / groups in the property development, property funds management, infrastructure, superannuation, and retirement living / aged care industries, as well as high net wealth family groups. - Current at 25 November 2024