Darren Shone
"I am passionate about tax and ensuring that our clients get the practical and cost effective tax advice they require. The never ending changes in tax, and the need to constantly keep up to date, are challenges I willingly accept.
I strive to ensure that our tax knowledge as a firm is up to date and at the cutting edge, enabling us to provide the best quality and value for money tax services for our clients." |
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Darren is a Partner at Lawler Partners where he leads the specialist Taxation Team and has over 20 years experience in public practice, with the last 10 years in a full time tax advisory role. He has an extensive knowledge of GST, Capital Gains Tax, Income Tax and NSW State Taxes. His role also includes the continuing focus and development of the firm’s dedicated and experienced taxation team and its services.
Darren provides specialist tax advisory services across the full spectrum of the clients of Lawler Partners, from closely held family business clients right through to the taxation issues faced by our large corporate and international clients.
Darren has worked across a wide range of industry sectors including manufacturing, engineering, financial services, health, professional services, primary production, property development, wholesale, retail and hospitality and gaming.
In addition to providing a value for money and highly practical service to our clients, Darren also writes technical articles for taxation reference materials and journals used by other professional tax advisers. He also teaches and examines in all the levels of courses provided by the Taxation Institute of Australia, currently sits on the NSW Education Committee of the Taxation Institute of Australia and frequently presents for the Taxation Institute of Australia.
Some of Darren's key assignments have included:
- Advising clients in relation to the tax consolidation regime
- Advising in relation to international tax matters and structuring
- Advising in respect of acquisitions and mergers
- Advising in relation to the tax consequences and structuring of business sales
- Advising in relation to the tax aspects of succession strategies for family owned businesses
- Advising in relation to the tax aspects of estate planning
- Advising in relation to the tax aspects of property developments
- Undertaking tax compliance reviews for clients in the areas of Income Tax, GST, FBT and CGT
Darren's professional qualifications include:
- Masters In Taxation
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Member of CPA Australia (holding a Specialist in Taxation designation)
- Member of the National Tax and Accountants Association
- Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia.
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