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Let’s first understand what you are ultimately trying to achieve before launching into the details and issues.  Then we can move to solutioning and navigating the issues.
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David Early - CFO/COO & Founding Partner

email - david.early@nuwaru.com
mobile - +61 400 625 964
What David brings to clients
Clients benefit from David’s wealth of Australian and international tax experience, his ability to demystify complex tax issues, and his appreciation of commercial drivers and risks to deliver pragmatic and appropriately balanced solutions. David’s experience in tax audits and disputes also enables him to navigate his clients down the optimal pathway to resolution.

Corporate and Transaction Structuring
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Whilst assisting clients with day to day and complex deal related issues, David regularly draws on his structuring experience to work with clients in implementing the appropriate corporate structure for their business, especially as international aspects come into play.

Tax Audit and Dispute Management
Clients also benefit from David’s extensive experience in appropriately managing tax authorities, from initial enquiries to complex audits, through to dispute resolution and litigation.  With his experience and training as a mediator he is able to guide his clients on the pathways to resolution of disputes and the appropriate approach for resolving particular matters. 

Tax Function and Risk Management
David also draws on his extensive corporate experience in managing an in-house tax function of a large corporate to assist clients develop and implement workable tax risk management and governance frameworks, implement tax strategies and decision making that meet their commercial needs and risk appetites, and develop the appropriate set up or outsourcing of the tax function for their business.

History
David is a highly experienced international corporate tax specialist with over 30 years tax experience in both professional big 4 practice and as the Head of the Asia Pacific Tax Function for a major global Investment Bank.

In addition to his role at Nuwaru, David is currently a Director with Portoria, a boutique tax consulting practice. Prior to joining Portoria, David was a Managing Director and the Head of Group Tax - Asia Pacific and Australia/NZ at Deutsche Bank. There, he led a team of over 30 tax professionals and was responsible for managing the Bank’s tax affairs in over 17 countries, and a member of the Bank’s global tax management committee. Prior to Deutsche Bank, David was with Price Waterhouse (as it was then known).

Expertise
  • Corporate tax advisory
  • Tax compliance review (income tax, GST, FBT)
  • Corporate and transaction structuring
  • Tax function management
  • Tax risk management & governance frameworks
  • Tax audit and dispute management

Typical clients
David works with medium and large clients in a range of industries, including financial services, education, engineering, labour hire, technology, and several other general corporate areas.
 
David also work with a few high growth start-ups on structuring, government concessions (eg ESIC) and compliance.
 
Qualifications
David is a Chartered Accountant ANZ, and a Chartered Tax Adviser of the Tax Institute and a registered tax agent.

What I do when not in suit
In addition to spending time with his family and enjoying fine food and wine, David’s true passion is competitive sailing.  David races in the Laser class and has been a world champion in the masters.  David also enjoys skiing and golf

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