Webinar On Demand - When the ATO Come Knocking

1 CPD Unit – Professional Skills

Dealing with the ATO and other government regulators is an integral part of accountants, lawyers and other professional advisers practice when representing their clients. With the ATO currently pursuing over 35 billion dollars in unpaid taxes from small business, professional advisers can expect some of their clients to receive the metaphorical “knock on the door” from the ATO.

As every situation is different, this Webinar is not about timelines and types of information to provide. Rather, this webinar focuses on the best strategies to follow when interacting with the ATO on behalf of your client.

In this presentation, Martin McCoy draws on his experience both as an ATO Officer, and as a lawyer in private practice, to provide some tips on how to make the experience of dealing with the ATO more productive and the best approach to get a favourable outcome when the ATO want a closer look at your client’s affairs.

In this Webinar, Martin will cover:

• First steps to take upon your client hearing from the ATO
• When to pre-emptively engage with the ATO
• Understanding internal processes at the ATO
• What not to do when engaging with an ATO Officer
• Devising a plan of attack to deal with a ’large’ tax problem

This webinar is suitable for lawyers, accountants and other professional advisers and is pitched at an intermediate level. It is ideal for all professionals and business owners.

Continuing Professional Development

Legal CPD:

WA legal practitioners (QA Provider ID 29250)

1 CPD Unit, CPD Obligation Field 2 – Professional Skills. To ensure you receive your CPD Units for this event, please provide us with your Legal Practice Board Practitioner ID during registration. Note: CPD Units are only uploaded to the Legal Practice Board after the Webinar On Demand is viewed. This is not an interactive activity.


Legal practitioners outside of WA

If you consider that this webinar satisfies your individual requirement, or is relevant to your immediate or long-term professional development needs, you may claim 0.5 CPD Units for every 30 minutes of attendance and participation.

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Presenter: Martin McCoy
Consultant, Ryan & Co Solicitors

Martin McCoy is a Consultant at Ryan & Co Solicitors and has over 25 years of legal experience. He is highly experienced in taxation law, having been a Principal Litigator at the Australian Taxation Office. However, he also practices in Commercial Law, Estate Planning, Trust Law, and Commercial Litigation.