Goods & Services Tax
Overview
Our team is well placed to handle the challenges the goods and services tax (GST) may present to your business.
Members of our GST team were involved with preparation for GST during the 1991–93 period in relation to the 'Hewson Fightback!' proposal. The team provided detailed advice to clients on the operation and potential impact of a GST on their businesses, as well as conducting seminars, internal training and preparing client newsletters.
Our GST team also incorporates international experience (Europe and New Zealand) from the ground up in relation to value added tax / GST systems.
Our multi-skilling across tax areas (including substantial sales tax expertise and experience), a mixture of legal, economic and accounting qualifications, as well as our practical exposure to legal drafting, means we can address the issues you might face through GST transition and beyond.
Our experience in this area includes:
Our team is well placed to handle the challenges the goods and services tax (GST) may present to your business.
Members of our GST team were involved with preparation for GST during the 1991–93 period in relation to the 'Hewson Fightback!' proposal. The team provided detailed advice to clients on the operation and potential impact of a GST on their businesses, as well as conducting seminars, internal training and preparing client newsletters.
Our GST team also incorporates international experience (Europe and New Zealand) from the ground up in relation to value added tax / GST systems.
Our multi-skilling across tax areas (including substantial sales tax expertise and experience), a mixture of legal, economic and accounting qualifications, as well as our practical exposure to legal drafting, means we can address the issues you might face through GST transition and beyond.
Our experience in this area includes:
- providing detailed advice to corporate clients on the impact of GST on their business generally and on specific transactions
- drafting contracts to deal with GST, including the redraft of the Law Institute of Victoria standard form commercial contracts
- giving general, industry-specific and client-specific seminars
- preparing submissions to the Senate Committee
- developing an internet-based product designed to assess the implications of the GST on contracts.