Sejla Kadric supports local and foreign owned businesses across a range of sectors, with particular focus on assisting property developers with all of their key requirements.

She brings a commercial pragmatism to all her client engagements, where she skilfully combines accounting and tax compliance advice with strategic and commercial consulting.

Sejla’s experience includes:

• advice and establishment of property ownership structures for private ownership, joint venture ownership, closely and widely held syndicated groups, development management agreements, development rights agreements, co-ownership agreements
• entity structuring for property acquisition, property development and disposal transactions
• GST advice on acquisition, development, leasing and disposal of property assets
• advice and reporting services during the application process for land acquisition and construction funding
• provision of tax advice in relation to all state and federal taxes including land tax, stamp duty, payroll tax and fringe benefits tax
• advice with respect to foreign owner property state and federal taxes and duties.

Sejla is also an active Committee member of the Property Council of Australia Academy for Property Developers. She is also a regular presenter in the SW flagship series, Emerging Property Developers that has been running for 8 years.

Sejla is a Partner of SW Audit and a Director of SW Accountants & Advisors Pty Ltd.

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We can support you with a range of services, including:

• accounting and taxation compliance
• business advisory
• business health check
• business and financial structures
• corporate governance
• international business advisory
• outsourced accounting solutions
• performance improvement
• process and system improvement
• strategic planning
• succession planning
• wealth management and estate planning.

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Managing tax detail and compliance can be overwhelming, especially for small and medium-sized and even larger private businesses. From cloud migration to strategice planning, international business to tax and accounting compliance, we offer comprehensive tax services that help you identify and manage potential tax risks before they become a problem, maximise tax opportunities and minimise exposure, take realistic tax positions, and ensure compliance with all ATO requirements.

This way, you can focus on what matters most to you: growing your business.

Our extensive involvement in the industry and deep understanding of legislative and administrative reforms means we are actively involved and up-to-date on all current tax issues that impact businesses. Our knowledgeable teams are dedicated to ensuring that your business is fully compliant with tax regulations and optimized for the best possible tax outcomes.

We believe in providing a personal touch, so our senior engagement leaders take the time to keep you informed and answer any questions you may have. Our goal is to provide you with peace of mind, knowing that your tax affairs are being managed by experienced professionals that are an extension of your team.

The range of our services to private and unlisted businesses is extensive and includes: 

• accounting and taxation compliance
• business advisory
• business and financial structures
• corporate governance
• international business advisory
• outsourced accounting solutions
• performance improvement
• strategic planning
• succession planning.

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Compliance obligations apply from a wide range of bodies at various times in the year, including:

• Australian Taxation Office
• income tax returns
• FBT returns
• GST returns
• superannuation payments and reporting
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
• Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
• financial Institutions
• industry bodies and regulators
• State Revenue Offices(s)
• Land Titles Offices(s)
• Australian Charities and Not For Profits Commission.

Our team has both the experience and adaptability to deal with your evolving needs as compliance becomes more complex.

We work with you to help you understand your requirements and establish lodgement deadlines. We then provide the accounting and taxation services to ensure you meet your reporting obligations.

Our compliance services are designed to work with you efficiently so that you can continue focusing on your business while we take care of the back office requirements.

We also utilise the latest technology where appropriate to make compiling your documents as pain free as possible. Our team provides advice to maximise your position while ensuring you meet your obligations.

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Navigating the detail of tax can be a daunting task for businesses and finance teams, particularly for companies with complex transactions, structures and workforces. We’ll help you identify and manage tax risks, maximise opportunities and minimise exposure, take realistic tax positions and ensure compliance with all ATO requirements. 

We have a highly skilled specialist tax teams working with multinational corporations and Australian subsidiaries of overseas companies, as well as Australian and Asia Pacific firms of all sizes.  

Our significant involvement in industry and a high level of involvement in reforms, both legislative and administrative, means we are actively involved and across all current tax issues that impact business.  

We are closely involved in consultative processes, making submissions to Treasury and/or the ATO and have extensive experience managing successful ATO reviews including Combined Assurance Reviews (CARs), Streamlined Assurance Reviews (STARs) and ATO top 20 and top 100 reviews.  

Our team can provide end-to-end solutions across: 

• corporate & International tax advisory 
• Country by Country reporting 
• employment taxes (PAYG, FBT, superannuation and payroll) 
• expatriate taxes 
• FATCA / CRS 
• fuel tax credits 
• fund tax advisory 
• Government grant assistance 
• global workforce mobility services 
• GST and indirect taxes 
• tax due diligence 
• transfer pricing 
• tax structuring 
• tax effect accounting  
• tax governance implementation and review 
• tax controversy, dispute, review and audits 
• tax compliance automation 
• research and development tax incentive 
• remuneration and benefits (share schemes) 
• State taxes (Stamp Duty, Land Tax, GAIC).

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He primarily acts for large, complex private groups and ASX listed entities and is recognised as a leading expert on Division 7A and the taxation of trusts.

Ian has served on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) National Tax Liaison Group and also on the NTLG Trust Sub-Group. He actively participates in consultation processes with the Department of Treasury in relation to new or proposed tax legislation which may affect the Firm’s clients.

Ian’s experience includes:

• Providing strategic tax advice in relation to M&A transactions, including significant domestic and international property transactions
• Advising on tax implications of corporate restructures

Successfully dealing and negotiating with the ATO in relation to technical issues, private ruling requests, management of complex tax audits and reviews of clients’ affairs.

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Matt has acted for a broad range of clients over that time including local developers and construction groups, property trusts and investors, financial institutions, pension and sovereign funds, State and Federal governments and not for profit organisations.

Matt is also an M&A and transaction specialist who has extensive experience advising on complex mergers, acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and fundraisings, as well as extensive capital markets experience, including for initial public offerings.

He has also been the host of our JobKeeper update webinars throughout COVID-19.

Matt’s experience includes:

• Delivering international tax structuring solutions for inbound and outbound investors
• Providing strategic tax advice and due diligence for Australian and international acquisitions
• Advising Australian companies investing in Asia on optimal structures, profit repatriation and exit strategies
• Assisting clients with Australian Tax Office (ATO) Risk Reviews and Audits
• Applying for Private Binding Rulings from the ATO on complex matters
• Advising clients on complex tax consolidation, anti-avoidance and tax loss recuperation measures.

Matt is a Partner of SW Audit and a Director of SW Accountants & Advisors Pty Ltd.

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Leo has extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, tax structuring, consolidation and cross border financing etc. across a number of industries including natural resources, property and agriculture.

He has acted for a wide range of clients including State owned Entities (SOE), publicly listed groups and Privately owned Entities (POE).

He is fluent in both English and Mandarin.

Leo’s experience includes:

• Providing strategic tax advice and solutions for Australian local and international business;
• International tax structuring and tax due diligence on inbound and outbound acquisitions;
• Providing tax advice and dealing with the ATO in respect of complex tax matters such as tax consolidation, thin capitalisation, tax losses recoupment, capital gains tax, withholding taxes.
• Australian tax compliance & tax effect accounting.
• Presenting regularly on Australian/International tax updates.

Leo is a Partner of SW Audit and a Director of SW Accountants & Advisors Pty Ltd.

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She has strong technical and practical skills advising and assisting clients across a range of industries, but with particular emphasis on funds management and property. Abi’s clients include a number of ASX listed and wholesale property funds, equity funds, corporate entities and large complex private groups.

Abi has been actively involved in submissions to the ATO and the State Revenue Office on numerous land tax, stamp duty and Division 7A issues. She also advises a number of other accounting firms in a specialist capacity on issues affecting their clients.

Abi’s experience includes:

• Advising Funds on the appropriate structure to achieve optimal tax outcomes for investors including consideration of income tax, withholding tax and AMIT regime.
• Providing strategic tax advice for foreign multinationals looking to acquire businesses and properties in Australia.
• Providing income tax, GST and stamp duty advice on M&A transactions.
• Advising large private groups on various complex tax issues such as Division 7A, section 100A, income distributions, tax loss recoupment and management of tax audits.

In addition to her technical skills, Abi has outstanding client management and communication skills.

Abi is a Partner of SW Audit and a Director of SW Accountants & Advisors Pty Ltd.

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