Specialises in PAYG withholding, superannuation and fringe benefits tax (FBT)
Expert in payroll tax, including payments to employees, contractors and directors
Sydney
@alvarezmarsal
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Amanda Spinks is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax in Sydney. She specializes in Australian employment taxes. Her primary areas of concentration are Pay As You Go (PAYG) withholding, superannuation, fringe benefits tax (FBT), and payroll tax, including payments to employees, contractors and directors.
With nearly twenty years of tax experience, Ms. Spinks has extensive experience advising all types of clients across all aspects of Australian employment taxes. Bringing a considered and practical approach to her engagements, she minimises liabilities while ensuring compliance obligations are met.
Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Spinks spent nearly three years with Microsoft, where she was responsible for the overall management and leadership of Australian statutory and tax compliance. In addition to meeting internal and external regulatory obligations across employment taxes, income tax, SOX & IFRS, Ms. Spinks regularly presented to the Executive Committee on issues including global pricing adjustments and foreign currency implications.
Previously, Ms. Spinks spent 15 years at EY. As a Director in the Employment Taxes practice, she worked with a range of international, domestic, commercial, government and not-for-profit clients on their people strategies, focusing on taxation.
Ms. Spinks earned a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of New South Wales. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia & New Zealand, a Fellow of the Tax Institute, and a former member of the Australian Taxation Office’s FBT Working Group and Not-for-profit Stewardship Group. Ms. Spinks regularly speaks at technical forums and has been instrumental in key legislative reforms in consultation with the Australian Taxation Office.
The recent announcement of the Australian Federal Budget has revealed notable changes to the taxation system, impacting multiple facets of tax in private equity. Explore A&M's comprehensive analysis covering the latest private equity tax developments in Australia and what professionals can do to address these changes.
In March this year, the Full Federal Court handed down its decision in Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2024] FCAFC 33 (“Bechtel appeal”). This case concerned itself with whether certain costs incurred by the employer to transport fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers were subject to Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT).
Recently, the increased focus on wage underpayments in the Australian media and political landscape has started to encroach into the mergers and acquisition (M&A) space.
Please join us in recapping this virtual event where we presented a review of the latest tax developments in Australia including legislative updates on thin capitalisation and Pillar 2, recent case updates, public CBC, employment taxes and FBT.
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