Tax Compliance & Litigation Support

Tax notices and assessments rarely arrive at a convenient time, and how they're handled in the first response often shapes the outcome. Our tax compliance and litigation team prepares responses to notices, represents clients before assessing and appellate authorities, and manages documentation through the full life of a dispute.

We also help businesses reduce future litigation risk — reviewing positions taken in prior filings, flagging recurring issues raised by tax authorities, and tightening the documentation trail so the next assessment is less exposed.

How a typical engagement runs

When a notice arrives, the first step is triage — understanding the deadline, the exposure and the strength of the underlying position before drafting a single word of response. From there we prepare submissions, represent the business before the relevant authority, and keep a running record of positions taken so the same issue isn't argued inconsistently in a later year.

What this covers

• Response drafting for tax notices and assessments
• Representation before assessing and appellate authorities
• Litigation strategy and risk-based prioritisation
• Documentation review to reduce recurring exposure
• Settlement and alternative dispute resolution support