Greater Sydney Area
A lawyer by profession, Manisha is a tax expert with extensive experience in tax advisory in both government and professional practice. Manisha is currently working at Wolters Kluwer as a Senior Content Management Specialist. She writes and edits research material for CCH iKnowConnect for the Income Tax, Superannuation and Tax Administration practice areas. She also writes for other Wolters Kluwer publications, including the CCH Australian Master Tax Guide and CCH Australian Tax Week. Manisha has also been involved in providing regular in-house tax technical training. Manisha has been a regular contributor to the National Accountant Magazine, the official magazine of the Taxation Institute of Australia and has contributed a number of technical taxation articles to the Tax Institute and Big Four publications. In 2015, Manisha was selected as a "Young Professional of the Year" Finalist at the India Australia Business & Community Awards.Professional qualifications and memberships: - Master of Laws (Taxation) - Bachelor of Laws - Bachelor of Business - Lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales - Cert IV in Government Investigations
Manisha writes and edits content for Wolter Kluwer's numerous publications, including CCH iKnowConnect, Australian Tax Week, Australian Tax Cases and Expert Insights, with a focus on income tax and tax administration. Manisha is also one of the writers for the Australian Master Tax Guide, which is Australia's leading tax handbook.
Manisha worked as a tax specialist/civil investigator in the Promoters and Tax Exploitation Team at the Australian Taxation Office.
• Advising individuals and families on tax effective restructure and sale transactions • Setting up family structures for business and investment, including family trusts • Taxation and asset protection planning • Capital gains tax, including small business capital gains tax concessions • Pre-sale restructuring to position businesses for sale • Development of operating and passive investment structures • Managing the tax and commercial aspects of business and asset divestments • Managing the aggregation of multiple businesses as a precursor to trade sale and initial public offerings • Tax Due Diligence work Industry specialisation: - High-net worth individuals and families - Family Office Services - Asia Pacific Region - Small business - Property and construction
The majority of my role was tax advisory based, which involved numerous tax technical recommendation and advices to various clients, with a particular focus on: • Capital gains tax, and in particular, small business CGT concessions • Division 7A • Trusts and family trust elections • Determination of tax residency • Employee share schemes • Restructuring and rollovers • Stamp duty corporate reconstruction relief I was involved in numerous voluntary disclosures and (successful) private ruling applications. Co-ordinate and facilitate monthly training sessions for the Tax Team regarding various technical tax topics, as well as coaching and mentoring junior staff on technical tax issues. In my role, I wrote numerous technical tax articles for a publication called “Tax Telegraph”, which was the official monthly tax publication for Deloitte Private. From 2012 onwards I took on a senior editorial role for the publication and oversaw junior staff writing these articles and manage the editorial, review and risk compliance. I also wrote and co-wrote various tax technical articles for “Public Accountant” (previously known as “National Accountant”), which was the official magazine for the National Institute of Accountants. I have co-written a number of articles on Division 7A for the Taxation Institute of Australia along with the top tax consulting partner in Deloitte Private.