Management of payroll tax audit for one of Australia’s largest insurance agencies, including liaising with Queensland Commissioner of State Revenue with respect to the technical application of the ‘relevant contract’ provisions to broker commissions. Our engagement has involved the identification of potential flaw in the regulator’s analysis which may result favourably in $20 million+ being excluded from taxable wages calculations.

Payroll tax review of complex national corporate structure comprising more than 20 separate businesses and non-trading trusts, initiated by Revenue NSW. Our early engagement involved detailed analysis and review of the broader structure and business operations, the prompt preparation and submission of voluntary disclosures in respect of identified historical payroll tax shortfalls resulting from technical deemed grouping, coupled with multi-jurisdictional applications for the Commissioner’s discretion to exclude smaller payroll tax group from the larger, identified group. The applications’ success would result in each business not meeting the payroll tax threshold in each of the relevant years, reducing payroll tax, interest and potential penalties in excess of $600,000 to nil.

To facilitate the exit of an existing partner, including liaising with Queensland State Revenue for the purpose of obtaining corporate reconstruction duty exemption.