Stephanie Kanellis

Principal - Sydney

Stephanie is a Principal in the Tax Services division in Sydney and has worked at RSM Australia for over 10 years.

She has undertaken multiple secondment arrangements, relieving the role of group tax manager for multinational retail groups. Stephanie is a qualified chartered accountant and has a Masters of Tax.

SOLUTIONS STEPHANIE PROVIDES

Stephanie's expertise covers both compliance and consulting in the following areas:

•    Income tax, capital gains tax and GST
•    Tax effect accounting and statutory reporting
•    FBT and other employment taxes, including review of employee equity award plans
•    Tax structuring including consolidations, demergers, divestments and associated due diligence
•    International tax advice
•    Advising on expatriate tax programs of multinational corporations
•    Tax registration
•    Tax Services in Sydney

SIGNIFICANT PROJECT

•    Performed due diligence for various acquisitions in the leisure, tourism, and software industries
•    Managed expatriate tax programs for a number of multinational corporations
•    Reviewed and advised on various employee equity award plans
•    Assisted with multiple restructures of private business groups prior to their IPOs
•    Represented various clients with respect to their dealings with domestic tax authorities
•    Prepared various applications for ATO private rulings, class rulings and ATO objections

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

•    Member of the Taxation Institute
•    Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand

QUALIFICATIONS

•    Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Accounting) – Western Sydney University
•    Masters of Taxation – University of Sydney