David Wright

Executive summary

Dave is a Director in the Corporate & International Tax team with BDO based in Brisbane, with extensive experience supporting the tax requirements of inbound multinational groups and expanding Australian businesses. He combines his previous commercial accounting experience with technical tax expertise to navigate complex tax environments for medium to large businesses, with a particular focus on multinational groups in the construction and industrials sectors.

Dave specialises in transactional tax requirements, including acquisitions, restructures and cross-border tax in addition to tax compliance requirements. Through his combined experience, Dave focusses on understanding the business requirements to overlay technical tax expertise and communicate the current and future considerations in assessing business alternatives. He works closely with CFOs, tax managers and finance leaders to align tax outcomes with broader commercial objectives.

Dave ensures that clients understand the rapidly changing tax requirements throughout the full business cycle to provide end to end tax compliance and advisory services.

Expertise

• International tax
• Transaction tax advisory
• Corporate tax compliance
• Construction and industrial sectors
• Foreign-owned Australian subsidiaries
• Outbound expansion from Australia

Experience

Corporate and international tax advisory

• Assessment and implementation of business transactions including tax due-diligence procedures, global and domestic structuring and ongoing post-transaction requirements
• Advised on corporate tax matters including income tax and multiple entry consolidation, tax loss analysis and commercial debt forgiveness
• Comprehensive assessment and monitoring of international tax issues including cross-border financing arrangements, debt deductibility, controlled foreign companies, withholding taxes and permanent establishments

Tax management and ATO engagement

• Full-service tax management including compliance, advisory and governance across medium to large commercial corporations, ASX-listed and multinational groups
• Managed ATO engagement including Combined Assurance Reviews, voluntary disclosures and private binding ruling applications

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Accounting & Finance)
• Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting, CA ANZ
• Member, CA ANZ