Acting for taxpayers and advisers across Australia
Experience is what puts a taxpayer back in control of a tax dispute. Every dispute is shaped by evidence, procedure and judgment, and the way each is handled can materially affect the outcome.
Wolfe Kershaw Law is a dedicated tax disputes and litigation practice, providing taxpayers and their advisers with experienced representation at every stage of a dispute.
Our Approach
A tax dispute is rarely about a single issue. Most bring together technical tax questions, procedural requirements, statutory time limits and a genuine choice of pathways to resolution, each with its own risks and consequences.
We help you navigate all of this, taking account of the evidence, the strength of the technical position, where the matter sits in the dispute process and the pathway ahead of it.
That allows us to build the strongest position available, whether the right outcome is resolving the matter during audit, negotiating a settlement, succeeding at objection or taking the matter further.
Every matter is led by a senior tax disputes lawyer.
Our Services
We act from the first notification, structuring responses to information requests, position papers and draft reasons for decision. Evidence assembled properly now can resolve a matter early or strengthen your position later.
Explore our ATO review and audit servicesWe establish what the Commissioner's position rests on and answer it with the correct technical position, properly substantiated. The aim is to resolve the matter at objection, on grounds strong enough to carry it further if needed.
Explore our objection servicesPart of running a case is judging whether negotiation, dispute resolution or settlement offers the best outcome, and when. That may mean dealing directly with the ATO, in-house facilitation, mediation or conciliation.
Explore our settlement and resolution servicesAn adverse objection decision may be reviewed in the Administrative Review Tribunal or appealed to the Federal Court. Decisions outside Part IVC may be challenged by judicial review. We advise on the appropriate course and conduct the litigation end to end, including any appeal.
Explore our litigation servicesA private ruling settles how the law applies to your arrangement, for you and the ATO alike. It is an exacting instrument, and the drafting decides the protection you get. We work the issues through with the ATO and object to or litigate an adverse ruling decision.
Explore our private ruling servicesA director penalty notice creates a parallel liability owed by the directors personally for the company's debt. The options available to directors are limited and the time to act is short. We examine both the notice and the underlying liability to find the best outcome.
Explore our director penalty notice servicesAbout the firm
Wolfe Kershaw Law is a national tax disputes and litigation practice based in Brisbane. We act for individuals, businesses, private groups and their advisers in disputes with the ATO, from the first request for information through to appeals in the Tribunal and Federal Courts.
We bring an in-depth understanding of how the ATO approaches a dispute at every stage, and experience in matters of every scale, from individuals and family groups to large business and multinationals. That experience shapes how we set strategy, test the ATO’s position and prepare each case.
Whatever stage your dispute has reached, we act for you through to its resolution.
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