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Comprehensive Financial Solutions Tailored to Your Needs

At MacMillan Cowan & Co, we offer a comprehensive range of accounting, financial services and speciality tax advisory services designed to support businesses and individuals at every stage of their journey.

Tailor-made Strategies

We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. Every solution our team provides is tailored to your unique business goals and challenges.

Quality Assurance

Precision is an integral part of our workflow, ensuring that all our financial reports, tax filings, and advisory services adhere to the highest standards of accuracy and compliance.

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Comprehensive guidance on cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and global tax compliance.

Tailored strategies for taxation of managed funds, property trusts, and investment vehicles.

Expert advice on tax consolidation regime, group structuring, and optimising tax efficiencies.

Navigating GST grouping provisions, compliance, and minimising GST liabilities for businesses.

Maximising capital gains tax concessions for eligible small businesses and restructures.

Strategic tax planning for corporate reorganisations, mergers, acquisitions, and entity restructuring.

Obtaining legally binding advice from tax authorities for complex transactions.

Comprehensive tax opinions and guidance tailored to specific business situations.

Developing well-reasoned tax positions to mitigate risks and defend tax treatments.

Comprehensive guidance on cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and global tax compliance.

Tailored strategies for taxation of managed funds, property trusts, and investment vehicles.

Expert advice on tax consolidation regime, group structuring, and optimising tax efficiencies.

Navigating GST grouping provisions, compliance, and minimising GST liabilities for businesses.

We offer specialist international tax advice to help individuals and businesses confidently manage cross-border tax obligations.   

Our services include:  

  • Understanding your tax residency status and managing changes of residency status. 
  • Managing dual tax obligations  
  • Structuring investments to minimise tax exposure  
  • Navigating Double Tax Agreements (DTAs)  
  • Assess if you have a permanent establishment overseas or in Australia 
  • Cross-border GST considerations  
  • Global tax compliance for businesses and individuals  
  • Advice for Australians earning income from foreign sources. 

Our team provides clear, practical international tax advice grounded in legislation and informed by experience. Whether you’re expanding your business globally or earning foreign income, we’ll help you stay compliant with our specialist tax advisory services.

Tailored strategies for taxation of managed funds, property trusts, and investment vehicles.

Forming a tax consolidated group allows a group of companies and/or trusts to be treated as a single entity for tax purposes, simplifying compliance and offering potential tax benefits. We provide specialist advice on group formation, eligibility, and structuring, as well as ongoing support to manage intra-group transactions and reporting obligations. Our team also assists with restructuring existing groups and resolving technical issues under the Australian tax consolidation regime. 

Specialist advice on GST Group arrangements is available to help related businesses simplify their obligations. 

Our services include: 

  • Assessing eligibility for GST grouping 
  • Advising on group structure and registration 
  • Review existing GST structures 
  • Managing GST implications during restructures or mergers 
  • Managing intra-group GST transactions 
  • Assisting with ATO compliance and lodgements 
     

Accessing Small Business Capital Gains Tax (CGT) Concessions can significantly reduce tax payable on the sale or restructuring of a business. We provide advice on eligibility assessments, the timing and structure of the sale, the application of the active asset and significant individual tests and planning for retirement exemptions or CGT rollovers to help you make the most of these valuable concessions.  

Choosing the right business structure is essential for supporting long-term growth, protecting assets, and achieving tax efficiency. Whether transitioning from a sole trader to a company, introducing a trust, demerging a company to two companies or planning for succession or sale, our team guides you through the options and implications to find the right structure for your needs. 

Applying for a Private Binding Ruling from the ATO can provide certainty in situations where the tax situation is unclear or open to interpretation. We offer specialist tax advisory support throughout the process. From assessing whether a ruling is appropriate, to drafting the application and managing communication with the ATO, our team ensures your submission is thorough, well-supported, and aligned with your broader tax strategy. 

We prepare formal written tax advice to help clients navigate complex decisions with confidence. Whether you’re restructuring a business, selling assets, or dealing with an uncertain area of tax law, our written tax advice outlines the applicable legislation, our interpretation, and the recommended course of action, giving you clarity and protection. 

Our team provide detailed written tax advice in the form of Reasonably Arguable Position Papers for clients navigating uncertain or high-risk tax issues. These papers are prepared to support your position under the law. They can be critical in avoiding penalties if the ATO challenges your approach, particularly in large transactions or the legislation’s unclear areas.