Stephen Clayton

GST Specialist

Stephen has over 35 years’ experience in providing domestic and international indirect tax services to banks, superannuation funds, wealth entities, insurers, multinational companies, retirement village operators, retailers and private businesses.

In his role as an in-house specialist GST adviser, Stephen has advised on complex indirect tax matters, including: advising in relation to mergers and acquisitions (including due diligence reviews), GST apportionment and entitlement to Reduced Input Tax Credits; providing specific transactional advice; undertaking compliance reviews; preparing voluntary disclosures, as well as private rulings and GST refund requests.

Stephen also assists clients with Australian Taxation Office reviews and negotiating on their behalf; and more generally assists with indirect tax governance and risk management, including documenting and improving policies and procedures.

Stephen has strong systems skills and has delivered solutions using data visualisation tools and Power Query. He is well known for working collaboratively with clients and for providing commercial solutions.

Peter Dimech

Corporate Tax Specialist

Peter has over 40 years’ experience in providing high quality tax leadership as a Head of Tax in “Top 100” Australian taxpayers, Australia Post, Newcrest Mining and Western Mining Corporation.

In these roles he has led the development of Tax Governance, Risk Management and Controls frameworks to deliver exceptional tax compliance, reporting and ATO audit outcomes. The framework anticipates and exceeds ATO and other revenue authority requirements, including achieving high ratings in recent ATO Justified Trust reviews.

Peter has utilised cross functional engagement to ensure that Tax is at the forefront of all key management decisions. In addition, internal processes are designed and delivered to ensure that all information relied on for tax compliance and reporting is fit for purpose, thereby reducing the reliance on Tax resources.

Peter’s experience spans all Australian taxes and the management of global tax exposures using a balance of internal and external resources.

Peter has a passion for the use of data analytics and tax automation to streamline and optimise tax processes, to achieve significant tax savings and mitigate tax risks. He is an early adopter of technology to manage resource requirements and to maximise the output of his teams.

Nicole Hornsby

Indirect Tax Specialist

Nicole is an experienced and highly effective indirect tax specialist well regarded within the indirect tax industry. Nicole has extensive knowledge and experience in financial services, retail and manufacturing industries with a proven track record of delivering commercial solutions in a business transaction advisory and project management environment. Nicole has strong technical and practical knowledge of GST and all round experience in FBT, employment taxes and transfer pricing.

Nicole has spent many years working in top level and mid tier tax advisory firms. In addition to her corporate advisory experience, she is a valued advisor to accounting practices and family owned businesses. Nicole assists clients with a diverse range of technical issues on property transactions, business acquisitions and disposals, GST registration matters, Australian Taxation Office reviews and negotiating on their behalf; and more general indirect tax issues.