Arthur Athanasiou

Arthur is a Partner in Thomson Geer's tax practice and his focus is on getting cost-effective results. He has developed an enviable reputation for his strategic-thinking, decision-making, and negotiating positive outcomes for clients in dispute with government, and as a practitioner focused on dispute resolution.

His main area of practice is taxation advisory, tax audits, dispute resolution and litigation. In more than 25 years’ of experience as a legal practitioner, Arthur has focused on the taxation of trusts and other SME entities, Division 7A and high wealth individuals and family groups.

He is highly experienced in complex tax litigation, dispute resolution, tax audit negotiations and settlements, particularly in the SME sector, with both the ATO and the SRO. He also practises in matters involving tax agents and inquiries by the Tax Practitioners Board, white-collar crime and other taxation offences. Arthur also has a Deceased Estates practice that is focused on estate disputes between aggrieved beneficiaries and executors, and regularly appears before the Federal and Supreme Courts, VCAT and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

An Accredited Tax Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria, Arthur is a widely published writer on taxation issues, and he regularly appears in the mainstream media, and presents at tax seminars and discussion groups.

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