{"id":44584,"date":"2024-10-04T06:35:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=44584"},"modified":"2024-10-04T06:36:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T06:36:19","slug":"aptum-welcomes-new-tax-disputes-practice-lead","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/aptum-welcomes-new-tax-disputes-practice-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Aptum welcomes new tax disputes practice lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aptumlegal.com.au\/team\/michael-buscema\/\">Michael Buscema<\/a> , recently the acting assistant commissioner of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), has joined Aptum as practice lead, tax disputes.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael\u2019s unique taxation experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael has an extensive career in technical taxation policy and complex dispute resolution. Michael worked for the ATO and Commonwealth Treasury for 11 years prior to joining Aptum, holding several senior and director level positions in policy and dispute resolution.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Michael has played a key role in steering the ATO\u2019s post COVID-19 debt recovery strategy, leading a team responsible for the ATO\u2019s most strategic tax disputes, both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his new role, Michael said: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be guiding the continued development of a different approach to tax disputes with Aptum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael\u2019s appointment brings a rare and unique insight into the ATO\u2019s latest recovery priorities and approach to Aptum,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aptumlegal.com.au\/team\/nigel-evans\/\">Nigel Evans<\/a>\u00a0said. \u201cWe expect this will strengthen our capability in both Federal and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aptumlegal.com.au\/services\/state-tax-disputes-land-tax-stamp-duty\/\">State tax disputes<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Navigating the ATO\u2019s latest approach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the challenge of helping clients navigate the ATO\u2019s latest approach, Michael emphasised: \u201cIt\u2019s important to take into consideration a client\u2019s full experience with the ATO, not just their audit or objection, but how a variety of risk and circumstantial factors affect how taxpayers are treated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, it\u2019s about understanding a client\u2019s objectives and packaging the essential information that gets outcomes in disputes, and stripping away the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will be facilitating opportunities for our network to get to know Michael over coming months, and we are excited to introduce new initiatives and strategies for helping clients facing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aptumlegal.com.au\/overview-tax-disputes\/\">tax disputes<\/a>\u00a0with Michael\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-44584","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/44584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}