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Mark Chapman

Mark Chapman has over 25 years experience as a tax professional in both the UK and Australia, specialising in tax for individuals and SMEs. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and CPA Australia and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He holds a Masters of Taxation Law with the University of New South Wales. Since 2015, Mark has been Director of Tax Communications with H&R Block Australia. He writes regularly on tax issues for numerous media outlets and presents on topical tax topics at seminars and other events. He broadcasts frequently on radio and television and writes a regular column for Money Magazine and Yahoo7 Finance. As a tax practitioner in the UK, he occupied a number of senior positions before moving to Australia in 2007 to join the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as a senior director. He is also the author of Life and Taxes: A Look at Life Through Tax (Wolters Kluwer CCH, 2017) and the second, third and fourth editions of Australian Practical Tax Examples (Wolters Kluwer CCH, 2019, 2020 and 2021).

From the author

How to stay out of trouble with the taxman this festive season

A guide to the FBT rules when entertaining and rewarding both your employees and your clients at Christmas.

It’s time to do a health check on your tax

A quarter of the way through the financial year is a good time to do a tax health check and ensure you're on the right s...

Top tax tips for small business

Some handy tax tips to help you navigate the accounting and tax responsibilities that come with running a business.

The most common small-business tax misconceptions

In this article we help debunk common tax misconceptions for SMEs so they can focus on growing their business.

Benefits in investing in third-party bookkeeping

With third-party bookkeeping, you’ll get real time visibility into your business financial performance and streamlining ...

Proposed changes to ATO for SME penalties welcome

As the mistakes are typically not deliberate in the first place, such SME penalties do nothing to change taxpayer behavi...
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Taxing time for small business in 2016 – Part 2

Good record-keeping is crucial to efficient business management and will make a taxing time for small business easier if...
Taxing Times, tax time

Taxing time for small business in 2016

Instant asset write-offs are one of the traps to watch out for in these testing times for small business as they prepare...