Jim Koutsokostas
Jim is a Chartered Tax Adviser with over 15 years’ experience. He provides tax advice on a broad range of corporate and trust tax matters, having advised a number of publicly-listed, international, and large private clients on highly technical and complex matters, with a focus on the finance, government, and property and construction sectors. Jim’s expertise extends to most areas of taxation law, covering Federal taxes (income tax, GST and FBT) and State taxes (duties, land tax and payroll tax). His experience includes advising on the tax aspects of securitisation structures, development and lease agreements, property sale contracts, structured retail financial products and collective investment vehicles (CIVs), including managed investment trusts. In addition, Jim has advised on the tax aspects of a number of cross-border transactions, onshore and offshore fund establishment, as well as property and infrastructure projects. He has also advised domestic and foreign financiers on the direct and indirect tax aspects of transactions with respect to distressed entities. · Hall & Wilcox
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Chartered Tax Adviser with over 15 years’ experience providing tax advice on a broad range of corporate and trust tax matters to publicly-listed, international and large private clients, with a focus on the finance, government and property and construction sectors. Advises on federal taxes (income tax, GST and FBT), state taxes (duties, land tax and payroll tax), securitisation, structured retail financial products, collective investment vehicles (including managed investment trusts), cross-border transactions, fund establishment and tax aspects of property, infrastructure and distressed-entity financings.