Shannon Smit is the Founder and Director of Transfer Pricing Solutions Australia, which she established in 2007 to provide practical, specialist transfer pricing advice to businesses and their accountants. Before founding the firm, Shannon spent 11 years with EY, working in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Prague and New York. She has lectured in international tax and transfer pricing in Melbourne Law School’s Masters program since 2008 and served on the Board of Taxation Advisory Panel from 2016 to 2023. Through Transfer Pricing Solutions, Shannon works closely with businesses and accounting firms to navigate international related party dealings, manage transfer pricing risks and meet their compliance obligations. She brings a commercial perspective to technical issues, helping advisers understand what matters for each client and when specialist support is needed. Shannon is known for making complex transfer pricing issues easy to understand, using practical examples and clear guidance that accountants can apply in their everyday client work. You can learn more about Shannon and her story here https://youtu.be/aTTCMql9vnw?si=bP9mlbTvL-2nOSlW
Transfer pricing isn't just for big multinationals. If your client has an overseas parent, subsidiary, related supplier or shareholder loan, you may already have a transfer pricing obligation sitting in your client base. This practical session covers what triggers an International Dealings Schedule (IDS), the $2 million threshold and other lodgement requirements, and the ATO's simplified record keeping options for smaller taxpayers. It also covers the steps that protect your practice: what to ask at year end, how to document that you raised the issue, how to protect yourself when a client chooses not to act, and how to recognise when a client needs the bigger conversation about global group reporting.
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