Professional Qualifications

Bachelor of Business (Accounting) 
Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia 
Fellow of Taxation Institute of Australia

Professional Background

Stephen joined Moore Stephens in 1996 and has acted for a diverse range of clients including individuals, large private groups, government entities and public groups. He has considered a wide variety of issues, the main emphasis in recent years has been on providing taxation consulting services to the property and funds management industries, manufacturing and University sectors.

Stephen is a leading tax advisor to the property industry and is a member of the Property Councils' (Vic) Tax Committee.

The type of work that Stephen has performed for these organisations includes:

• Tax provision, tax distribution and tax return reviews.
• Taxation due diligences, reviews of product disclosure statements and information memorandums in these documents.
• Presenting on technical issues including international property investment structures, MIT regime, Bamford's Case, FBT, GST and Capital Gains Tax.
• Consideration of complex tax consolidations, CGT and tax loss recoupment issues including, issues arising on the sale or restructure of businesses and ensuring that appropriate roll-overs are utilised.
• Dealing with income tax, FBT and GST obligations and exemptions.
• International tax structuring.
• Advising on the taxation implications of the winding up of companies and trusts.
• GST Implementation and Reviews.
• Maximising R&D claims and grants.
• Dealing with the ATO and applying for rulings.