Whether you are in a business or another professional adviser, times will come where a GST issue crosses your desk and you need to make the decision whether to try to use internal resources to resolve it, or engage an external adviser. Alternatively you or your client may be entering into a new project or transaction, and you do not know whether there will be any GST issues.

The complexity and ongoing changes in the GST law can make it difficult for non-specialists to firstly identify where there are issues (and opportunities), and then resolve them.

On the other hand, specialist external advice can be expensive and you may pay for many layers of staff of the consulting firm and need to wait for the advice to travel through those layers of staff.

Those entrusted with managing their business’ (or their client’s) resources and tax obligations need to strike a balance.

Using Damian Welshe & Associates is a happy medium between the two and a smart solution.

Damian Welshe is the principal consultant at Damian Welshe & Associates and has specialised in GST consulting for more than a decade. At Damian Welshe & Associates, we work with you or your team to manage your GST issues or GST risks either on an ad hoc basis, or more closely as a quasi in-house resource. Importantly, you will deal directly with a senior experienced practitioner with a hands-on approach.

Due to the specialised nature of the firm’s practice, the firm can (and does) work with or alongside other external advisers to provide optimal solutions for clients.

The success of the practice as an alternative to the large consulting firms for Australian GST advice is demonstrated by the practice’s current client list, which includes:

• ASX 200 companies
• Queensland Government bodies
• non-resident companies conducting business in Australia
• large private companies, and
• a network of accounting and legal firms which request specialist GST assistance for their clients.