Associate Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar

Associate Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar

Associate Professor

PhD (UNSW) | BCom (Distinction) / LLB (Honours) (UNSW) | FULT (UNSW) | GDLP (College of Law) | Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW, Federal Court & High Court of Australia (non-practising)

Business School
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Associate Professor Ann Kayis-Kumar's research conceptualises tax as a mechanism to achieve social justice across the taxpaying spectrum; ranging from improving the integrity of taxing multinationals to improving the wellbeing of financially vulnerable individuals and small businesses.

She is the Founding Director of UNSW Tax and Business Advisory Clinic, which bridges the gap between grassroots community support and empirical research by supporting people in serious hardship and in turn aggregating client data to identify systemic issues. Ann has presented her research team's findings at multiple Parliamentary hearings, and is also regularly involved in the media, with appearances on ABC's The Business, ABC Radio National and Channel 10's The Project. Notably, Ann's work on the weaponisation of the tax system by perpetrators of financial abuse has been cited by the Report of the Rapid Review of Prevention Approaches to End Gender-Based Violence. Ann also regularly presents her research at national and international conferences, including at Oxford University and the University of Cambridge.

Ann serves on industry-level committees including the ATO's Small Business and National Tax Clinic Stewardship Groups, the Law Council of Australia's Taxation Committee, and the Tax Institute’s NSW Technical and SME & Tax Practitioner Committees.

Location
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation (incorporating Atax) Room 3105, Level 3, Quadrangle Building (E15) UNSW Sydney 2052
  • Books | 2019
    Evans C; Kayis-Kumar A; Russell T, 2019, Australian CGT Handbook 2019-20, Thomson Reuters, Pyrmont NSW
    Books | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2019, Taxing Multinationals: Preventing tax base erosion through the reform of cross-border intercompany deductions, Oxford University Press, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/taxing-multinationals-9780190319311?cc=ua&lang=en
    Books | 2018
    Evans C; Kayis-Kumar A; Russell T, 2018, Australian CGT Handbook 2018-19, Thomson Reuter, Sydney
    Books | 2017
    Cooper G ; Evans C; Kayis-Kumar A, 2017, Australian CGT Handbook 2017-18, 9th, Thomson Reuters, Sydney
    Books | 2017
    Cooper GS; Evans C; Kayis-Kumar A, 2017, Australian CGT Handbook 2017-18, 8th edition (online update), Thomson Reuters, Sydney
  • Book Chapters | 2023
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2023, 'Tax and the poverty interface', in International Handbook on Clinical Tax Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.14296/grch4849
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Kayis-Kumar A; Taylor J; Walpole M, 2021, 'The Australian Experience of GAAR - Not a Silver Bullet, But a Bullet Nonetheless', in Butani M; Jain T (ed.), General Anti-Avoidance Rules: The Final Tax Frontier?, Thomson Reuters, pp. 1059 - 1088
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Kayis-Kumar A; Lim Y; Noone J; Walpole M; Breckenridge J; Book L, 2023, 'Identifying and supporting financially vulnerable women experiencing economic abuse: a grounded theory approach', eJournal of Tax Research, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/unsw-adobe-websites/business-school/faculty/research/ejournal-of-tax-research/2023-V21-N2-Identifying-and-supporting-finally-vulnerable.pdf
    Journal articles | 2023
    Morgan A; Freudenberg B; Kayis-Kumar A; Le V; Whait R; Cull M; Castelyn D; Vitale C, 2023, 'Pro Bono Tax Clinics: Aiding Australia's Tax Administration and Developing Students’ Self-Efficacy', Journal of Australian Taxation, 24, pp. 76 - 111
    Journal articles | 2022
    Cull M; McLaren J; Freudenberg B; Vitale C; Castelyn D; Whait R; Kayis-Kumar A; Le V; Morgan A, 2022, 'WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: DEVELOPING SELF-EFFICACY THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TAX CLINIC PROGRAM', Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association, 17, pp. 22 - 56
    Journal articles | 2022
    Kayis-Kumar A; Noone J; Lim Y; Walpole M; Mackenzie G, 2022, 'Tax Accounting for Financial Wellbeing: Quantifying the Unmet need for Pro Bono Tax Advice', Australian Tax Review, 51, pp. 228 - 257, https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agispt.20230105081319
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lim Y; Evans C; Kayis-Kumar A, 2022, 'The exploitation of tax professional expenses for tax minimisation: Evidence from Australia', Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform, 37, pp. 295 - 318, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.20220804071765
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Tax Accounting for Financial Wellbeing: Quantifying the Unmet need for Pro Bono Tax Advice', Australian Tax Review, 51, pp. 228 - 257, https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/australian-tax-review-parts/productdetail/50604
    Journal articles | 2021
    O'Rourke K; Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M, 2021, 'Serious Hardship Relief: In Need of a Serious Rethink?', The Sydney Law Review, 43, pp. 1 - 42, http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/journals/SydLawRw/
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, '„Pro Bono Tax Clinics: An International Comparison and Framework for Evidence-based Evaluation“', Steuer und Wirtschaft - StuW, 98, pp. 287 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.9785/stuw-2021-980314
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Evans C; Lim Y, 2020, 'To cap or not to cap? Policy options for dealing with the costs of managing tax affairs deduction in Australia', Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform, 35, pp. 143 - 170, https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/informit.255532586461407
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Mackenzie G; Walpole M, 2020, 'Interprofessional Collaborative Practice In Pro Bono Tax Clinics: A Case Study Approach', Journal of Australian Taxation, 22, pp. 49 - 49, https://www.jausttax.com.au/Articles_Free/JAT%20Volume%2022%20Issue%202%20-%20UNSW%20Tax%20Clinic.pdf
    Journal articles | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Noone J; Martin F; Walpole M, 2020, 'Pro Bono Tax Clinics: An international comparison and framework for evidence-based evaluation', Australian Tax Review, 49, pp. 110 - 132, https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/blob?blobguid=I9a8f8d87f1c211ea99dafba9e329f6c2&file=LAWREP-049-ATREV-JL-0110.pdf
    Journal articles | 2020
    Oguttu A; Kayis-Kumar A, 2020, 'Curtailing aggressive tax planning: The case for introducing mandatory disclosure rules in Australia – Cues from the United Kingdom and South Africa for effective Design Features (Part 2)', eJournal of Tax Research, 17, pp. 233 - 257, https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/research-site/publications-site/ejournaloftaxresearch-site/Documents/Curtailing-aggressive-tax-planning.pdf
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Evans C; Mellor P, 2019, 'The Deductibility of Tax-related Expenses: Historical and Comparative Perspectives', Australian Tax Review, 48, pp. 100 - 116, https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I21724460c4cc11e98d34858489f4be61&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&startChunk=1&endChunk=1
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Oguttu A, 2019, 'Curtailing aggressive tax planning: The case for introducing mandatory disclosure rules in Australia (Part 1)', eJournal of Tax Research, 17, pp. 83 - 104, https://search.proquest.com/docview/2383801984/fulltextPDF/59B0A76CB2D441E1PQ/1?accountid=12763
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2019, 'Doing the BEPS we can? Addressing distortions in the cross-border intercompany setting', Australian Tax Review, 48, pp. 117 - 138
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2019, 'Simulating Tax-Minimization Strategies of Multinationals: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Changes in the United Kingdom’s Corporate Interest Deductibility Rule', World Tax Journal, 11, pp. 121 - 155
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2019, 'The importance of lawyers in international tax policy design and development: An exploration and extension of the legal-economic literature', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 42
    Journal articles | 2018
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2018, 'Implementing corporate tax cuts at the expense of neutrality? A legal and optimisation analysis of fundamental reform in practice', eJournal of Tax Research, 16, pp. 201 - 235
    Journal articles | 2018
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2018, 'Implementing corporate tax cuts at the expense of neutrality? A legal and optimisation analysis of fundamental reform in practice', eJournal of Tax Research, 16, pp. 201 - 235
    Journal articles | 2017
    Taylor JJ; Kayis-Kumar A; Bain K, 2017, 'PlayTax: 'Gamifying' International Tax Teaching', Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association, 12, pp. 110 - 135, https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/About-Site/Schools-Site/Taxation-Business-Law-Site/jattavolumes/JATTA-No-12-Dec-2017.pdf
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'International tax planning by multinationals: Simulating a tax-minimising intercompany response to the OECD’s recommendation on BEPS Action 4', Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform, 31, pp. 363 - 394, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2805805
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'Navigating BEPS – OECD's Action 4', Thomson Reuters ASEAN Tax Bulletin, pp. 18 - 18
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'OECD's Fixed Ratio Rule more effective than thin cap?', Thomson Reuters Weekly Tax Bulletin, pp. 1193 - 1193
    Journal articles | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'What’s BEPS got to do with it? Exploring the effectiveness of thin capitalisation rules', eJournal of Tax Research, 14, pp. 359 - 386, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1858088109?accountid=12763
    Journal articles | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, 'Taxing cross-border intercompany transactions: Are financing activities fungible?', Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform, 30, pp. 627 - 661, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2666323
    Journal articles | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, 'Thin capitalisation rules: A second-best solution to the cross-border debt bias?', Australian Tax Forum: a journal of taxation policy, law and reform, 30, pp. 299 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2636645
  • Working Papers | 2022
    Kayis-Kumar A; Rose T; Breunig R, 2022, Design considerations for an Allowance for Corporate Equity (ACE) for Australia, 3, http://dx.doi.org, https://taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/publication/ttpi-working-papers/20076/design-considerations-allowance-corporate-equity-ace-australia
    Working Papers | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, Taxing multinationals' cross-border intercompany activities: Political challenges to improving the efficiency of reforms, http://dx.doi.org
  • Conference Presentations | 2024
    Kayis-Kumar A; Noone J; Lim Y; Walpole M; Breckenridge J; Book L, 2024, 'Identifying and supporting financially vulnerable women experiencing economic abuse: A grounded theory approach', presented at 35th Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference, Melbourne, 18 January 2024 - 19 January 2024
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    Kayis-Kumar A; Lim Y; Noone J; Walpole M; Breckenridge J, 2023, 'Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse as part of domestic and family violence: An exploratory study', presented at 15th International Conference Tax Administration, Sydney, 04 April 2023 - 05 April 2023, https://www.unsw.edu.au/business/our-schools/accounting-auditing-taxation/news-events/15th-international-atax-tax-administration-conference
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2022, 'Tax Across the Continents – a 5-year Forecast for Australia', Dublin Castle, Ireland, presented at Harvard Kennedy School Global Tax Policy Webinars 2022, Dublin Castle, Ireland, 17 May 2022
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Kayis-Kumar A; Noone J; Lim Y; Walpole M; Breckenridge J, 2021, 'Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse', Durham University, presented at 112th Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars Conference, Durham University, 31 August 2021
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Kayis-Kumar A; Noone J; Lim Y; Walpole M; Breckenridge J, 2021, 'Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse', Monash Law School, presented at The Critical Tax Symposium, Monash Law School, 15 July 2021
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Deady M; Noone J; Walpole M; Harvey S; Mackenzie G; Lim Y, 2020, 'Can free tax clinics improve mental health in rural/regional NSW?', presented at Australian Rural & Remote Mental Health Symposium, 26 October 2020
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Evans C; Lim Y, 2020, 'To cap or not to cap? Policy options for dealing with the costs of managing tax affairs deduction in Australia', Hobart, presented at 32nd Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference, Hobart, 22 January 2020 - 24 January 2020
    Conference Posters | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M; Mackenzie G, 2020, 'UNSW Tax Clinic - ATTA Poster', Hobart, presented at 32nd Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference, Hobart, 22 January 2020
    Other | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M; Mackenzie G, 2020, UNSW Tax Clinic – Submission on Insolvency Practices Inquiry Discussion Paper
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M; Noone J; Lim Y; Mackenzie G, 2020, 'Up hardship creek without a paddle? Quantifying the nation-wide unmet need for tax advice', presented at 14th International Tax Administration Conference, 07 April 2020
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M; Noone J; Mackenzie G; Lim Y, 2020, 'The tax advice gap – A nation-wide survey of financial counsellors', Sydney, presented at 4th Financial Inclusion Conference - Roads to Resilience, Sydney, 18 March 2020 - 19 March 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2020, 'Where do we go from here? Taxing ‘super-profits’ in a post-COVID world', presented at Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation Research Symposium, UNSW Sydney, 06 July 2020 - 10 July 2020
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Mellor P; Evans C, 2019, 'Tax deductions in a changing world: Policy options for dealing with the costs of tax advice', Curtin Law School, Perth, presented at 31st Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference 2019, Curtin Law School, Perth, 16 January 2019 - 18 January 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Mortimore A, 2019, 'Tax teaching implications of the 10-Second Tax Return: Educating and equipping the next generation of tax professionals', Curtin Law School, Perth, presented at 31st Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference 2019, Curtin Law School, Perth, 16 January 2019 - 18 January 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Mortimore A, 2019, 'Taxation, innovation and education: Is the tax profession ready for the digital revolution', Griffith University, Brisbane, presented at Professional Futures Conference: Challenges and opportunities for 21st Century professions, Griffith University, Brisbane, 05 February 2019 - 08 February 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Taylor J, 2019, 'The application of capital gains tax to trusts: Conceptual, technical and practical issues, and a proposal for reform', Curtin Law School, Perth, presented at 31st Australasian Tax Teachers’ Association Conference 2019, Curtin Law School, Perth, 16 January 2019 - 18 January 2019
    Other | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M; Mackenzie G, 2019, UNSW Tax Clinic Submission – Review of the Tax Practitioners Board
    Other | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A; Walpole M; Mackenzie G, 2019, UNSW Tax Clinic – Submission on Corporate Plan for the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2019, 'ATAD too late? An optimisation modelling approach to designing and evaluating cross-border anti-avoidance rules', University of Central Lancashire, presented at 28th Tax Research Network Conference, University of Central Lancashire, 09 September 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2019, 'The Importance of Lawyers in International Tax Policy Design and Development: An Exploration and Extension of the Legal-Economic Literature', University of Oxford, presented at 8th Annual Centre for Business Taxation Doctoral Conference, University of Oxford, 19 September 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Manwaring K; Bain K; Connor M; Kayis-Kumar A; Martin F; Murray W, 2019, 'Legal education in a Business School: taking law beyond the lawyers', presented at UNSW Law Legal Education Research Conference, UNSW Kensington, 27 November 2019 - 28 November 2019
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2017, 'Socio-political challenges to taxing multinationals: Do corporate tax cuts benefit the home jurisdiction?', Masterton, New Zealand, presented at 29th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Masterton, New Zealand, 18 January 2017 - 20 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26135
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2017, 'The importance of legal practitioners and scholars in tax policy design and development: An exploration and extension of the legal-economic literature', Centre for Tax Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, presented at 2017 Tax Policy Conference, Centre for Tax Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 11 April 2017 - 11 April 2017, https://www.ctl.law.cam.ac.uk/tax-policy-conference
    Theses / Dissertations | 2017
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2017, Taxing multinationals: preventing tax base erosion through the reform of cross-border intercompany deductions, http://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=UNSWORKS&docId=unsworks_43449
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Taylor JJ; Kayis-Kumar A; Bain K, 2017, 'Gamifying the tax system: International tax teaching with the Play Tax simulation', in Papers presented at 29th Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference, Masterton, New Zealand, 18th to 20th January 2017, AUSTRALASIAN TAX TEACHERS ASSOC, Masterton, New Zealand, presented at 29th Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference, Masterton, New Zealand, 18 January 2017 - 20 January 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26136
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'A multinational multiverse: Simulating tax-optimal intercompany funding structures', in A multinational multiverse: Simulating tax-optimal intercompany funding structures, 28th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Sydney, Australia, presented at 28th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Sydney, Australia, 20 January 2016 - 22 January 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'Making the invisible visible: Simulating MNEs' behavioural responses to the UK's interest limitation rules in the post-BEPS era', in Making the invisible visible: Simulating MNEs' behavioural responses to the UK's interest limitation rules in the post-BEPS era, Tax Research Network Conference, Roehampton University, London, presented at Tax Research Network Conference, Roehampton University, London, 31 August 2016 - 02 September 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2016, 'What’s BEPS got to do with it? Exploring the effectiveness of thin capitalisation rules', in eJournal of Tax Research, Sydney, Australia, pp. 359 - 386, presented at 12th International Conference on Tax Administration, Sydney, Australia, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, 'Do thin capitalisation rules address the cross-border debt bias?', in Tretola J; Carbone D (ed.), Do thin capitalisation rules address the cross-border debt bias?, 27th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Adelaide, presented at 27th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Adelaide, 19 January 2015 - 21 January 2015
    Conference Presentations | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, 'My 3MT Journey', presented at UNSW Business School's 2015 HDR Retreat, Sydney, 13 March 2015 - 13 March 2015
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, 'Taxing Multinationals: Preventing tax base erosion through the reform of cross-border intercompany deductions', in Taxing Multinationals: Preventing tax base erosion through the reform of cross-border intercompany deductions, East Meets West Research Workshop, UNSW Business School, UNSW Australia, presented at East Meets West Research Workshop, UNSW Business School, UNSW Australia, 21 October 2015 - 21 October 2015
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2015, 'Taxing cross-border intercompany rents: An alternative to the arm's length standard', in Taxing cross-border intercompany rents: An alternative to the arm's length standard, Tax Research Network Conference, Hull, East Yorkshire, presented at Tax Research Network Conference, Hull, East Yorkshire, 08 September 2015 - 10 September 2015
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Kayis-Kumar A, 2014, 'Political Challenges to Implementing and Sustaining Fundamental Reform: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of ACE in Practice', in Political Challenges to Implementing and Sustaining Fundamental Reform: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of ACE in Practice, 26th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Brisbane, presented at 26th Australasian Tax Teachers' Association Conference, Brisbane, 20 January 2014 - 22 January 2014
    Preprints |
    Kayis-Kumar A, Taxing Multinationals: Political Challenges to Improving the Efficiency of Reforms, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2618946

  • Australian Government’s Australian Taxation Office National Tax Clinic Program 2022-24 – Chief Investigator on project entitled "UNSW Tax and Business Advisory Clinic"
  • Ecstra Foundation Grant 2022-24 – Chief Investigator on the project entitled "UNSW Tax Clinic – Overcoming serious financial hardship"
  • NSW Department of Communities & Justice's Investing in Women Funding Program 2022-23 – Chief Investigator on project entitled "From economic abuse to economic empowerment: Identifying and supporting financially vulnerable Indigenous women in small business"
  • Australian Human Rights Institute Seed Funds Grant 2021 – Lead Investigator on the project entitled “Let’s talk about tax – Identifying and supporting women experiencing economic abuse”
  • NSW Government’s NSW Women’s Week Grant 2021 – Chief Investigator on the project entitled “Improving financial wellbeing, financial literacy, and mental health outcomes for financially vulnerable women in NSW”
  • Australian Government’s Australian Taxation Office National Tax Clinic Program 2021 – Chief Investigator on project entitled "UNSW Tax Clinic"
  • Australian Government’s Australian Taxation Office National Tax Clinic Program 2020 – Chief Investigator on project entitled "UNSW Tax Clinic"
  • Health@Business and UNSW Medicine Collaboration Seed Funds Grant 2020 – Chief Investigator on the project entitled "Improving mental health outcomes for small businesses in financial distress"
  • CSI Business School Research Grant 2019 – Chief Investigator on the project entitled “UNSW Tax Clinic and Beyond”
  • UNSW Business School Linkage Research Seed Funding 2019 – Co-Chief Investigator on the project entitled “Counting the costs of tax advice: Value added or added burden?”
  • Australian Government’s Australian Taxation Office National Tax Clinic Pilot 2019 – Co-Chief Investigator 1 on project entitled "UNSW Tax Clinic"
  • UNSW Business School Breakthrough Research Grant 2019 – Co-Chief Investigator 1 on the project entitled “Tax Clinic”
  • UNSW Business School Special Research Grant 2018 – Chief Investigator on a SRG entitled “Reforming the Cost of Managing Tax Affairs Deduction: A Framework for Balancing Equity, Efficiency and Integrity”

  • Finalist, The Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Awards (2023)
  • Finalist, The Australian Financial Review (AFR) Higher Education Awards (2022)
  • Cedric Sandford Medal for Best Paper at the 14th International ATAX Tax Administration Conference (2021)
  • AACSB International's Innovations That Inspire Award (2021)
  • UNSW Business School's Social Engagement: UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Award (2020) 
  • UNSW Business School Dean's Emerging Leadership Award (2019)
  • UNSW Business School's John Prescott Award for Outstanding Teaching Innovation (2018)
  • Best Teaching Paper, Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference (2017)
  • Graham Hill IFA Research Prize (Fully paid participation in the IFA Congress and Poster Program in Seoul, Korea) (2017)
  • UNSW Learning and Teaching Forum: Favourite Forum Poster (2016)
  • UNSW Business School Dean’s Award for Service (2016)
  • UNSW Business School Student Research Fair: Best Higher Degree Research Poster (2015)
  • UNSW Business School 3MT Faculty Heat: Winner; and, UNSW Interfaculty 3MT Final: Highly Commended (2014)
  • University of Sydney Business School Dean’s Citation for Tutoring (2013, 2014)

  • Detailed Assessor, Australian Research Council (ARC)
  • Vice President (elect), Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA)
  • BLS Taxation Committee Member, Law Council of Australia
  • Committee Member, The Tax Institute's SME Technical Committee
  • Committee Member, UNSW Business School Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Committee
  • Appointed Member, Westminster Tax Discussion Group
  • Member, International Fiscal Association (IFA)
  • Member, Taxation Research Network (TRN) UK
  • Research Affiliate, ANU's Tax and Transfer Policy Institute
  • Institute Associate, Australian Human Rights Institute