Tax Controversy
Maddocks' Tax Controversy group offers a focused tax advisory services, establishing preventative measures and solutions to ensure clients obtain greater tax certainty.
Selected team members have in excess of 25 years' combined experience acting on behalf of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) nationally.
Specialising in the management of relations with the ATO and in major tax litigation, the Group has delivered successful results in many high profile matters.
In particular, they offer expertise in conducting litigation and dispute resolutions relating to the ATO's application of the Tax Avoidance provision under Part IVA of the Income Tax Assessment Act. Members of the Group have been involved in most of the significant Part IVA cases that have been before the courts including and since the Spotless case.
Maddocks Tax Controversy group also assists taxpayers to manage and minimise risks in relation to risk reviews and audits conducted within the ATO's co-operative compliance framework.
Specialist tax legal services
We provide advice and assistance with:
- Managing the relationship with the ATO
- Managing Compliance Risk Reviews
- GST reviews and record keeping
- Audits
- Response to exercise by the Commissioner of powers under 263 and 264 of the Income Tax Assessment Act
- Debt management and the ATO Receivables policy
- Legal professional privilege and accounting adviser's privilege
- Making FOI applications
- Responding to ATO position papers
- Commissioner's conduct under Taxpayer's Charter
- Mediation of disputes with ATO
- Applications for judicial review of Commissioner's decision-making powers in audit action, assessments and determinations and recovery actions
- Conduct of tax appeals litigation in all jurisdictions, applying case management principles
Leading edge litigation services
In addition to tax expertise, the Group has extensive experience in conducting a diverse range of litigation matters including:
- Extensive experience in all jurisdictions, particularly in Federal Court matters
- Comprehensive debt recovery service
- Advanced computerised litigation support and document management systems
- Case management plans to plot courses of action and manage costs of litigation
- Unrivalled revenue law expertise gained through extensive experience in acting on behalf of the ATO