Joanne has worked in the profession since 1997 and joined RSM in 1999. Joanne has facilitated the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand taxation module and has also lectured undergraduate and post graduate taxation units at Curtin University.
Solutions Joanne provides
Joanne provides taxation consulting and compliance services in the following areas:
- income tax
- capital gains tax
- international tax
- fringe benefits tax
- goods and services tax
- tax consolidation
Significant projects
- taxation advice concerning the viability of an international corporation establishing a holding company in Singapore for its operating companies situated in Australia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand
- taxation advice concerning the capital gains tax implications for partners of a partnership (a mix of companies and individuals) resulting from the disposal of their interests in a business (being a classified newspaper published on a weekly basis)
- the business was subsequently sold for approximately $14m
- scrip for scrip advice to a listed public company in relation to the proposed disposal of its IP for in excess of $30m
- tax structuring advice to various listed public companies in relation to investing in exploration projects in Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and the Ukraine
- provising Australian and international tax advice to an Australian mining company establishing a mine in the Philippines
Professional associations
- Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
- Fellow, The Tax Institute
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Law (Curtin University)
