Stephen has over twenty years experience in the accounting profession including stints as a Tax Manager at Ernst & Young and Principal at an accounting firm listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Since 1994 Stephen has concentrated on tax consulting and provided high end tax advice to his portfolio of clients. Stephen not only provides tax advice to the firm’s clients but he is also a resource for other accounting firms on technical or complex tax matters.
Stephen has a particular focus on capital gains tax, employee share schemes, tax consolidation and international tax matters. He has assisted clients to legitimately reduce their overall tax burden by innovative structuring and detailed planning. He also has extensive experience in managing tax objections and disputes with the Australian Taxation Office.
Stephen is also a regular speaker for the Taxation Institute of Australia and has delivered well received papers on the CGT small business concessions and using tax losses within a tax consolidated group. He presented a paper on Top-Hatting for SME’s at the 2020 Tax Summit for the Taxation Institute of Australia.