Archana Manapakkam

Archana acts for privately owned businesses, high net worth individual and family groups with interests in a wide range of sectors. In addition to broad experience in tax advisory and disputes (spanning both Federal and State taxes), Archana has niche expertise in the tax aspects of estate planning/estate administration, complex international tax and the tax avoidance rules.

Archana is an active member of The Tax Institute (‘TTI’) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (‘STEP’). Her articles have been published in TTI’s two flagship journals, ‘Taxation in Australia’ and ‘The Tax Specialist’, and she has presented at conferences and seminars held by TTI, STEP and CPA Australia (among others). Archana is also a member of the STEP Australia Advocacy and Policy Committee.

Archana holds a combined Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degree from Monash University. Archana was awarded the Frank Pinkerton Scholarship as part of her Master of Laws at the University of Melbourne.

• Advising legal personal representatives and beneficiaries on the tax aspects of deceased estates, including CGT aspects, transfer duty and land tax.
• Advising on international tax matters, including residency, source, the controlled foreign company (‘CFC’) rules, the transferor trust rules, foreign trusts, the thin cap rules and entity classification.
• Assisting with the restructure of business and investment structures in view of commercial, asset protection and succession planning objectives, including advising on the use of CGT roll-overs and the small business CGT concessions.
• Managing uncertainties in the law, errors, audits and disputes with the ATO, the SRO and the revenue offices of other States/Territories.
• Making applications for exemptions and concessions from State taxes and duties, including stamp duty exemption applications and payroll tax de-grouping applications.