Statement of Purpose

The Corporate Tax Association was established to:

  • Provide an Australia-wide forum for identification and review of taxation issues having relevance to public companies in Australia;

  • Assist Members through the interchange of advice and experience in relation to taxation matters affecting public companies;

  • Promote education and professional development for members in both technical and administrative areas;

  • Communicate with governments, taxation administrations, industry groups and associations and the public on taxation matters affecting public companies;

  • Provide relevant corporate taxation research;

  • Review and recommend professional standards of compliance and conduct and to promote efficiency in corporate tax management.


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How does the CTA achieve these objectives?
  • Through regular contact with Government, Treasury Officials, the Commissioner of Taxation and senior executive officers throughout the Australian Taxation Office;

  • Regular contact between members and the Secretariat;

  • Discussion group meetings between members on general tax issues and specific interest groups (sales tax, GST, mining & petroleum and banking & finance);

  • Structured Committees to address specific issues, e.g. International Tax Committee;

  • Publication and distribution to members of materials relevant to managing a tax function in a large corporation.

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Administrative Structure

The Corporate Tax Association is funded by member subscriptions and is managed by an elected Executive Committee. The current Committee comprises:

Executive Committee
President Emanuel Hiou NAB
Vice President Peter Filipovic Foster's Group
Treasurer Chris Vanderkley GE Capital Finance
 
Committee Members
  Peter Anthonsen Tabcorp
  Mark Bradford Qantas
  Harry Bernfield Brambles
  John Condon BP Australia
  Michael Fenner Chevron
  Sonya Furey Futuris
  Michael Griffith Linfox
  Ross Lyons Rio Tinto
  Peter McGuigan CSR
 
Secretariat
Executive Director Frank Drenth
Assistant Director Michelle de Niese
Research Officer Michelle Browne
Executive Secretary Joy Lambert
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Membership

Corporate membership of the Association is at two levels. The annual fee schedule is as follows:
    Larger members $9,900
    All other members $6,600

Those amounts are GST-inclusive. The cut-off between larger members and all other members has been set at the Top 50 listed public companies, as well as non-listed members with an annual turn-over in excess of $3 billion. The fees are payable on a calendar year basis, pro-rated for new members depending on when they join.

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Current List of Corporate Members

ABB Grain AGL Alcan South Pacific
Alcoa Alinta Limited Allco Finance Group
Allianz Australia Amcor AMP
Anglo Coal Ansell ANZ Bank
APA Group Apache Energy Aristocrat Technologies Australia
Asciano Australand Holdings Australian Postal Corp
Australian Unity AWB Limited AXA Australia
Babcock and Brown BAE Systems BankWest
Barrick Gold Baulderstone BHP Billiton
BlueScope Steel BOC Gases Boral
BP Brambles British American Tobacco
Burns Philp Cadbury Schweppes Caltex
Cemex Australia Centennial Coal Centro Properties Group
Chevron Australia Coca-Cola Amatil Coles Group
Commonwealth Bank Computershare Limited ConocoPhillips Australia
Crane Group Limited Credit Suisse Crown Limited
CSC Australia CSR D P World Holdings
Deutsche Bank EDS Australia Energy Australia
Ergon Energy ETSA Utilities ExxonMobil
Fletcher Building Australia Ford Foster's Group
Futuris Corporation Ltd GE Capital George Weston Foods
Goodman Fielder Goodman International Hanson Australia
Holden HSBC Bank Australia Iluka Resources Limited
ING Insurance Australia Group James Hardie
Japan Australia Jemena John Fairfax Holdings
Kimberly-Clark Leighton Holdings Lend Lease
Linfox Lion-Nathan Macquarie Bank
McDonalds Australia Mercedes Benz Australia Pacific National Australia Bank
National Foods Nestle Newcrest
Newmont Australia News Limited Norske Skog
Nufarm Ltd Nylex Limited Nyrstar Australia
OneSteel Limited Orica Origin Energy
OZ Minerals P and O Australia PaperlinX
Papuan Oil Search Peabody Pacific Philip Morris
Powercor Qantas QBE Insurance
Rio Tinto Santos Shell
Sigma SingTel Optus Pty Limited Stockland
Suncorp Group Swift Australia Symbion Health
Tabcorp Telstra Tenix
Thales Australia TNT Toll Holdings
Toyota Transfield TRUenergy
Unilever Village Roadshow Vodafone
Wesfarmers Westfield Limited Westpac
With IT WMC Resources Ltd Woodside Energy
Woolworths Xstrata Zurich Financial Services
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