SEARCH

CLEAR ADVICE IN A COMPLEX WORLD Since 1945 we’ve built a worldwide reputation for quality, excellence, dedication and care. Tell me more about your... Services Select Service Audit & Assurance Business Advisory Corporate Advisory High Net Worth Families Superannuation Tax Advisory Tax Compliance I'm looking for... People Select Person Stephen Austin Brendan Hughes Matthew Thorncraft Justin Fletcher Andrew Lam Chris Allen Stephen Viski Zoe Dyson Paul Gallagher Kelly McNeill John Leece AM Ian Levi AM Steve Wearne Alan Moffat

CONTACT US Rawlinson & Hunter Australia is a progressive, medium-sized Firm of Chartered Accountants situated in Sydney, Australia. Office Address Australia ​ Sydney Level 6, 77 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia DX 232, Sydney T +61 2 9930 7700 F +61 2 9930 7777 E webenquiry.australia@rawlinson-hunter.com

WHO WE ARE Rawlinson & Hunter Australia is a progressive, medium-sized Firm of Chartered Accountants, situated in Sydney, with a substantial corporate, business and high net worth client base. ​ The Firm was founded in 1945 and comprises 14 directors and approximately 80 staff. We recognise that in today’s complex business environment our clients need more from us as advisers than simple compliance support. As a ‘partner in business’, we focus on providing proactive advice and value-added services. CORE VALUES Quality. Excellence. Dedication. Care. MISSION STATEMENT We provide our clients with personalised director attention, ensuring quality, excellence, dedication and care. We ensure our directors are supported by selected high-calibre staff, with the motivation to provide first-class accountancy and taxation services, in the spheres in which we operate. We purposefully maintain a low profile, reflective of the anonymity desired by our clients’ operations in the Australian and international business environs. We implement our philosophy through extensive knowledge and experience, a supportive culture and excellent service for our clients ​ INTERNATIONAL NETWORK We are proud to be part of an international grouping of professional Firms, specialising in financial and taxation advice. Our skill lies in maximising the rewards that prosperity can bring. For the private client, we can take the strain, safeguarding their assets, leaving them to enjoy the benefits, not suffer the burdens, of wealth. The international structure of Rawlinson & Hunter is unique, both in the way that it operates and in the extensive scope of the financial services that it provides. Our structure gives the client the best of both worlds – an organisation that encourages a close working relationship between client and partner and one that gives immediate access to eleven international offices. This special relationship stems from the partners in the various offices throughout the globe, having worked very closely together over a considerable number of years. Each partner believing that their clients must be given the best possible service. This enables transactions involving more than one Rawlinson & Hunter office to be effected more quickly, efficiently and professionally than by many other, larger organisations. Our unique structure allows clients access to the individual advantages and specialist services available in eleven different international offices and every office can draw on the expertise and specialist resources available in the rest of the group. All our offices have excellent relationships with leading lawyers, bankers and investment managers in most of the world’s major financial centres

HIGH NET WORTH FAMILIES We understand that high net worth individuals and families need unique advice that is both personally tailored and structured to meet their diverse and complex needs. We can advise on succession strategies, the structuring of real estate assets and transactions and estate planning. Our aim is to provide you and your family with financial peace of mind. HOW WE ASSIST The expertise within our family office administration function includes the following services: Accounting function covering recording and reporting; Assistance with cloud accounting; Account management incorporating bill payment, domestic payroll, cash flow management, etc.; Taxation advice; Retirement, estate, succession planning and intergenerational wealth transfer; Family Philanthropy Our Specialists

OUR PEOPLE Search Our strength lies in our people whose expertise and commitment enable us to provide a top quality pro-active tailored service in every office. By forename... Select person... By surname... Select person... By expertise... Select expertise... Reset Filters

AUDIT & ASSURANCE Our audit and assurance services go well beyond helping clients meet their financial reporting obligations. Our audit method focuses on delivering a timely and efficient audit, with our Partners taking a hands-on approach with clients through all aspects of the engagement. There is a strong emphasis on adding value through identifying and communicating opportunities for strengthening internal controls, information systems, accounting and financial reporting with a consideration to practical and commercial applications. Our team discusses the performance of assurance engagement with directors, management and other stakeholders to tailor processes that address specific business risks. Our services act as a powerful tool to complement corporate governance structures, delivering robust assurance services that address clients’ regulatory and other compliance needs. At the same time, we aim to ensure a delivery of service that provides excellent value for money. HOW WE ASSIST ​ To help you with your compliance, statutory and non-statutory accounts, financial statements, auditing and other financial requirements, our audit & assurance expertise can provide the following services: Full audit in compliance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001; Preparation of statutory accounts to comply with statutory regulations, if required; Preparation of non-statutory accounts i.e. large-non-reporting, associations, etc.; Assurance engagements offering a similar level of confidence to a full audit for branches, divisions or companies not legally required to have a full audit; Preparation of, or reviews of, interim financial statements or other non-statutory reports (eg those to satisfy banking covenants, etc); Audit of systems and procedures and reporting thereon; Special audit, including solicitors and real estate agents trust accounts Audits of self-managed superannuation funds; Audits of foreign controlled Australian companies; GAAP analysis between Australia and controlling jurisdiction; Financial reporting of taxation compliance, particularly around thin capitalisation rules, transfer pricing and recoupment of tax losses Our Specialists

PRIVACY The only personal data that this website can collect is i f you choose to send us an email using one of the email addresses listed on the site. This email address will only be used to correspond with you. ​ ​ If you have any concerns or questions about the data that we collect and use for the client services we are providing then please contact the partner or director in the local office that provides the service to you. ​ Below are links to data protection privacy notices relating to the certain R&H offices: - R&H Cayman - R&H Zurich

REGISTERED OFFICES Australia ​ Sydney Level 6, 77 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia ​ DX 232, Sydney

TAXATION ADVISORY SERVICES Our specialist tax personnel can provide a wide range of taxation services to public and private companies, individuals and trusts. We have particularly strong skills in the areas of international taxation and corporate tax planning. We offer our clients a wide range of taxation advisory services to ensure they are receiving the highest quality and most up-to-date information for their businesses. HOW WE ASSIST The broad ranging taxation advisory services include: Corporate tax planning and advice International taxation advice Business structures Capital gains tax Goods and Services Tax Income tax return review Advice on fringe benefits tax, payroll tax and land tax Salary packaging and employee benefit planning Tax consolidations Our Specialists

INDUSTRIES We assist enterprises across a diverse range of industry segments in all aspects of financial and operational matters. The Firm is built around the protection of wealth for our clients. We understand that entrepreneurial business owners have very particular circumstances and needs. Our client base is extremely diverse and covers many industries. Below are just some of the industries in which our clients are involved. AGRIBUSINESS We have experience with providing assurance, corporate advisory and taxation services to large and medium-sized organisations involved in all facets of the agricultural sector, including: ​ Pastoral, Grazing and Farming Cotton Industry Wine Industry Horse Breeding ​ CHARITABLE | NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS Many of our private clients engage in charitable giving. This will often be through donations directly to individual charities, but some of our clients seek our help and guidance in forming and using their own charities and charitable trusts. We have experience providing assurance, corporate advisory and taxation services to charitable and/or not-for-profit organisations including: ​ Charities Professional Associations Private Foundations Our service goes beyond the traditional audit and general advice. We not only provide specialist support to help these organisations meet the requirements of the regulatory regimes within which they operate, but by working with our clients we also look to solve their current problems and anticipate those which may lie ahead. ​ CONSUMER & INDUSTRY PRODUCTS We assist small to large sized enterprises across a diverse range of industry segments in all aspects of financial and operational matters. Our clients are involved in the following sectors: ​ Retail and Wholesale Fashion and Textiles Pharmaceuticals Consumer Products Manufacturing Industrial Machinery Industrial Instruments ​ HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES We have experience providing assurance, corporate advisory and taxation services to local and international organisations in the hospitality industry including: ​ Hotels Entertainment Industry Leisure Industry Tourism Industry ​ PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT Experience with property services, including infrastructure, building and engineering, is key to devising solutions to this dynamic and complex field. Knowledge gained from ‘hands on’ involvement in: ​ Infrastructure projects Master planning inner city precinct projects Housing and land developments Major city buildings Home unit development in mutual cooperation with our clients, comprising prominent Australian property development groups, provides us with leading edge capabilities in structuring planning, taxation and the associated complex financing requirements ​ SERVICE INDUSTRIES We have experience providing accountancy, assurance, audit & taxation services, along with business structures & strategies to businesses involved in the service industry, including: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES The professional services sector is a significant portion of our client base. Law, medicine, and recruitment are well represented in a range of entities from the sole practitioner to multinational consultancies. In addition to the normal services of audit, accountancy and taxation we advise on the very special problems which arise when the income earning potential of the business is dependent upon individuals each with their own set of personal circumstances. Such advice may focus on a structure which allows expansion and wealth creation for current and future principals or it may simply be a retirement strategy for the business founder. We have a natural affinity with these clients and often advise based on our own experiences of a successful professional practice. Consulting Engineers We have experience providing taxation advice and assurance services to medium and large organisations involved in engineering, design, planning of large-scale projects in Australia and abroad. Residential Aged Care We have experience providing taxation advice and assurance services to the Australian Private Health Care industry including Residential Aged Care Facilities ​ SPORTING PERSONALITIES, TEAMS & ASSOCIATIONS We have experience providing assurance, corporate advisory and taxation services to local and international sporting organisations and individuals in the sports industry including: ​ Rugby League AFL Rugby Union Motor Sports Tennis ​ TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS & INNOVATION We have experience providing assurance, corporate advisory and taxation services to medium and large international and local companies, involved in the technology, communications & innovations sectors including: ​ Tech Start-ups Advertising Media Production and Buying Outsourcing and Facilities Management Applications Development and Support Software and Hardware Sales Energy Production

CAREERS Our reputation is based upon the collective strengths of the directors and staff, providing the distinguished edge by which we compete and succeed. We recognise the importance of recruiting and retaining staff of the highest calibre and we are fully dedicated to the professional and personal development of our staff. Our recruitment strategy is aimed at three key categories: Cadets – school leavers and undergraduates Graduates Experienced professionals ​ ​ To attract and retain the right professional staff we provide: A supportive and inclusive culture Challenging client assignments Ongoing training and personal development An allocated mentor A flexible career path International opportunities Professional membership Paid study leave and support Subsidised full time/part time study opportunities Regular performance appraisals

SUPERANNUATION SERVICES We provide advice on general areas of superannuation and estate planning, such as accounting, taxation, pensions and in-house asset rules. We are also able to provide specialised advice with a range of other services. We operate under our own Limited Australian Financial Services Licence. We are not tied to any Financial Planning Group and are always able to provide independent advice that is in the best interest of our client. HOW WE ASSIST The experienced superannuation team is able to provide expert advice including: Advice on contribution limits and tax implications; Advice on the taxation implication of superannuation income streams including transition to retirement pensions; Estate planning to ensure maximum wealth is transferred from one generation to the next; Advice on the treatment of superannuation in the event of a fund member getting divorced; Corporate fund administration and advice; Superannuation fund audits. Our Specialists