Thomas Howker

Executive summary

Tom is a Tax Partner with BDO in Brisbane, specialising in corporate and international tax. He has a range of experience on both domestic and international assignments.

Tom brings practical and commercial solutions to complex problems for both publicly listed and large private clients across a range of industries.

Expertise

• Tax structuring
• International tax planning
• Inbound and outbound investment
• Cross border financing, including thin capitalisation
• Tax due diligence
• Early stage innovation companies (ESIC)
• Tax compliance

Experience

• Assisted a large retail company with a public to private takeover, tax consolidation, and loss utilisation
• Advised a listed energy sector group on their structure and ongoing international investments
• Helped a large agribusiness navigate a takeover, including tax consolidation and loss utilisation
• Obtained various rulings for companies to confirm their ESIC status
• Various tax due diligence projects, including preparing and reviewing publicly available documents
• Adviser to a variety of publicly listed and large private clients, ensuring all tax compliance matters are appropriately handled, and risks and opportunities managed.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Science (Accountancy)
• Associate, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Member, Chartered Institute of Taxation (UK)

Professional engagements and activities

• Presented So my client wants to go offshore – now what?, The Tax Summit, 2022