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12+

speakers

2

streams

12

CPD hours

2

days

 

Event Details

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$ 1,695 (member)

$ 1,695 (new member*)

$ 1,995 (non-member)

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  • When29-May-2025 - 30-May-2025
  • FormatFace-to-Face
  • CPD Hours12

Technical program out now!

Technical, practical, relevant

Consider the QLD Tax Forum your one-stop shop for tax technical updates, practical learnings and expert insights into the many and varied issues facing practitioners and advisers across Queensland. 

The two-day event format includes plenaries, breakout streams, panels and workshops. With a format designed to offer flexibility and choice, delegates can attend a mix of plenary and concurrent sessions that are relevant for both SME and corporate tax professionals.

Flexible ticket options are available to ensure you and your team can all attend, by tailoring the content to suit your CPD needs and areas of interest.  

Keynote address – The walking tour or the motorcycle ride through the terrain
Speaker: Mark Robertson KC, CTA, QLD Bar

Session 2A: Family Trust Elections – The complexities in making and managing an FTE
Speaker: Linda Tapiolas, CTA, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers

Session 2B: Navigating the new Thin Capitalisation rules and DDCR
Speakers: James Bryan, KPMG, John Salvaris, KPMG

Session 3A: What is a reasonably arguable position?
Speakers: Madison Rose, BDO, Eileen Tsai, BDO

Session 3B: Legislative update
Speakers: Greig Hubbard, ATI, Deloitte, Stephanie Zuvich, Deloitte

Session 4A: Don’t do this at home – Review, audits and disputes with the ATO
Speaker: To be announced, QLD Bar

Session 4B: Payroll and superannuation war stories – how tax and finance can help avert payroll catastrophes
Speaker: Nathan Hamilton, CTA, Alvarez & Marsal

Session 5A: Part IVA state of play analysis
Speaker: Sarah Lancaster, HLS Tax Law

Session 5B: GST update
Speaker: John Ryan, BHP

Session 6: What regulators want
Panelists: David Stevenson, Australian Taxation Office
Facilitator: John Ioannou, CTA, Macpherson Kelley

Tax insights & community engagement – Leadership & technical update
Speakers: Kim Reynolds, CTA, Chair, QLD State Council, Tim Sandow, CTA, President, The Tax Institute, Scott Treatt, CTA, CEO, The Tax Institute

Session 7: Key takeaways from corporate tax practices – Shaping the future of SME’s
Speaker: Steve Healey, CTA (Life), RSM

Session 8A: Small business CGT concessions – When you think you’re eligible and why are you not
Speaker: Stephen Holmes, CTA, WMS

Session 8B: Challenging issues in-house tax functions may need to deal with
Panelists: Charlene Baldock, Bechtel, Jasmine Leonard, ATI, RioTinto Facilitator: Tim Lynch, ATI, MinterEllison

Session 9A: Market value in tax cases – Where evidence, opinions and expertise intersect
Speakers: Fletch Heineman, CTA, HLS Tax Law, Tom Walrut, FTI, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers

Session 9B: Hot topics in M&A
Speaker: Michael Chang, CTA, EY

Session 10A: Filling the gaps – Information required to raise an assessment
Speaker: Sally Preston, CTA, Smart Solutions

Session 10B: Staying ahead – Transfer Pricing and the latest ATO guidance "
Speaker: Dritton Jemmalay, TP Benchmark

Session 11A: Stamp Duty and Payroll Tax cases
Speaker: Justin Byrne, CTA, QLD Bar

Session 11B: Case update
Speaker: Paul Mills, PBM Tax

Session 12A: ATO hot topics
Speaker: Kasey Macfarlane, Australian Taxation Office

Session 12B: Pillar Two implementation
Speaker: Chris Stewart, ATI, PwC