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Andrea Laing has been re-appointed as a part-time member of the Board of Taxation for a three-year term.
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Government announces reappointment for Board of Taxation
22 January 2025
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The government has announced the reappointment of Andrea Laing as a part-time member of the Board of Taxation (BoT) for a three-year term set to end on 20 October 2027.
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Laing has been a part-time member of the board since October 2021.
Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones said Laing was reappointed based on her many years of experience in taxation working for the ATO and in the private sector.
“She spent more than two decades specialising in indirect tax, employment tax and tax policy,” Minister Jones said.
“Ms Laing was head of tax for Shell Australia for five years and led a global project on the tax ramifications of energy transition and climate change.”
In the past, Laing was also a member of an OECD tax task team, spent four years on the Corporate Tax Association and was a member of Certified Practicing Accountants Australia.
“The government thanks Ms Laing for her contributions to the Board to date and looks forward to her important contribution over her next term,” Minister Jones said.
The Board of Taxation is a non-statutory advisory body that provides the government with consistent and expert advice on tax policy issues.
Minister Jones said the board contributed a business and tax community perspective to improving the design and operation of taxation laws.
“The Board undertakes in-depth reviews as and when requested by Government, and provides input on tax policy and law design matters in real-time, as decisions are being made,” he said.
“During the course of the Board’s work, it works closely with business and the community. The contributions of stakeholders inform the Board’s advice to the Government – the Board regularly relays feedback it receives directly to the Ministers.”
With the reappointment of Laing to the board, it currently has nine members. Six of the members were appointed from the non-government sector and three were ex-officio members.
In addition to Laing, the members of the Board of Taxation are Rosheen Garnon, Julianne Jaques, Ian Kellock, Andrew Mills, Judy O’Connell, Rob Heferen, Steven Kennedy and Meredith Leigh.
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