Joel Brown

Executive summary

Joel is a partner in BDO’s Tax team in Sydney, specialising in indirect taxes.

He specialises in providing advice on federal and state indirect taxes. Joel has extensive experience providing indirect tax advice to medium to large multinationals across a broad range of sectors.

He has helped a range of clients involved in real estate and construction, information technology, retail, and manufacturing and wholesale, as well as international clients needing cross-border support. Joel also has extensive experience working on business mergers, acquisitions, and initial public offerings.

His understanding of relevant legislation enables him to help his clients by advising on transactions, making recommendations to reduce risk, and supporting their dealings with the ATO and state tax authorities.

Joel has extensive Research & Development (R&D) Tax Incentive program and Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) program experience.

Expertise

• GST advisory and compliance
• Stamp duty advisory and compliance
• Tax due diligence
• Payroll tax advisory and compliance
• R&D Tax Incentive and EMDG programs
• ATO audits/disputes

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business
• Master of Commerce (Accounting)
• Member, CA ANZ