Brightstone Legal offers specialist tax law services to individuals, businesses, trusts, and multinational entities facing taxation issues in Australia. Our tax lawyers combine technical precision with commercial understanding to help clients achieve clarity, compliance, and strategic outcomes in all areas of tax.
Whether you are dealing with complex structuring, under review by the ATO, or require urgent representation in a tax dispute, our team provides clear legal guidance and effective solutions.
Comprehensive Tax Law Advice
Our tax lawyers provide legal advice across the full spectrum of Australian tax law, supporting clients with both day-to-day tax matters and complex tax planning. We advise on:
- Income tax planning and compliance
- Capital gains tax (CGT) implications for asset sales, investments, and property
- Division 7A issues involving private company loans and deemed dividends
- Goods and Services Tax (GST) treatment in property, business, and international transactions
- Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exposure and exemptions
- State taxes including land tax, payroll tax and stamp duty
- Corporate tax planning, restructuring, and transaction advisory
- Taxation of trusts, self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and deceased estates
- Tax residency status and international tax structuring
We work closely with accountants, financial advisers, and in-house teams to ensure our clients receive coordinated and practical tax strategies tailored to their specific legal and commercial needs.
Resolving Disputes with the ATO
If you are facing a dispute with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), expert legal representation is essential. We assist clients from the initial stages of ATO contact through to final resolution, including:
- Responding to ATO audits, reviews and investigations
- Challenging default assessments and amended tax notices
- Defending against director penalty notices, garnishee orders, and enforcement action
- Preparing voluntary disclosures and negotiating remission of penalties and interest
- Lodging and managing objections to tax decisions
- Representing clients in Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) proceedings
- Handling Federal Court tax litigation in complex or high-stakes matters
- Advising on tax debt management, payment plans and hardship relief applications
Our team brings a strategic, outcome-driven approach to each matter, combining technical tax knowledge with litigation and negotiation experience to reduce client exposure and reach resolution as efficiently as possible.
Our Focus Areas: GST and High-Net-Wealth ATO Disputes
GST Advisory and Disputes
We offer deep, transaction-focused expertise in all aspects of GST, including:
- Property and development – margin scheme, going concern sales, mixed-use apportionment
- Financial services – reduced credit acquisitions, financial supply apportionment and ruling engagement
- Inbound and outbound cross-border transactions – reverse charge, import/export, non-resident registration and treatment
- Governance and compliance frameworks – system design, reviews, voluntary disclosures, and ATO engagement
- Private rulings, objections and audit defence on complex GST positions
High-Net-Wealth Tax Disputes
We support private clients and family offices in matters involving:
- Disputed tax assessments and default bills issued by the ATO
- Tax audit defence and engagement strategy
- Adverse outcomes from non-lodgment or non-compliance
- Tax residency and overseas identity issues
- Complex trust and superannuation tax positions
- Voluntary disclosures and negotiated dispute resolutions
- Objections, AAT appeals and Federal Court litigation
- Tax debt disputes, payment plans, and remission of penalties and interest
At Brightstone Legal, our multi-disciplinary legal team works with clients across a broad area of legal practice.
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