Trust resolutions - problems that arise with standard practice precedent resolutions for trust distributions paper

Keith James CTA

Keith is a Consultant at Hall and Wilcox within the Taxation group. He has been a key figure in the tax advisory profession for many years. Keith was a member of the original Breakfast Club organising committee, and was actively involved in its development for many years. From 2004, Keith was a member of the Board of Taxation for 10 years and during the last four he was the Deputy Chair of the Board. His involvement has also extended to Chairman of the Public Accountants Committee, Victorian President, National Councillor, Chairman of the Taxation Centre of Excellence and member of the National Tax Advisory Committee for CPA Australia. For many years Keith was a member of The Tax Institutes Victorian and National Education Committees. In October 2008, he was awarded a Meritorious Service Award by the Institute. Keith has had extensive experience in the construction and development fields, and he is also a director of Dennis Family Holdings. - Current at 16 November 2016

Christopher Wallis CTA

Chris commenced practice as a Barrister in 1991 and 27 years later has a strong no nonsense reputation throughout Australia in the fields of equity and revenue law. Chris’ focus is on keeping clients out of the AAT and Court using attention to detail and negotiation to secure certainty for clients at the earliest opportunity, a focus which has involved him in numerous in-house facilitation sessions. Chris is a regularly published author and a member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Tax Law Bulletin and also of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA). Chris presents regularly throughout Australia for the professional bodies and ATTA and has completed studies in international tax at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at Wirtschafts Universitat in Vienna and the IBFD in Amsterdam. Two of Chris' recently published articles have addressed issues arising under the ATO's in-house facilitation process. Subsequent changes to the process reflected observations in the articles. - Current at 08 October 2019

Neil Earle CTA-Life

Neil is a Director of Earle and Company Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants, Camberwell, Victoria. Neil has over 30 years experience advising a wide range of businesses and individuals on taxation and business matters, particularly in the SME tax and accounting area of public practice. Neil was the National President of the Taxation Institute from March 2004 to March 2005. - Current at 01 October 2008