Arthur Athanasiou

Arthur is a Principal at AGA Legal Pty Ltd, a boutique tax and trusts firm, where the focus is on getting cost-effective results. He has developed an enviable reputation for his strategic-thinking, decision-making, and negotiating positive outcomes for clients in dispute with government, and as a practitioner focused on dispute resolution.His main area of practice is taxation advisory, tax audits, dispute resolution and trusts. In more than 30 years of experience as a legal practitioner, and having qualified as a Chartered Accountant a decade earlier, Arthur has focused on the taxation of trusts and other SME entities, Division 7A and high wealth individuals and family groups.He is highly experienced in dispute resolution, tax audit negotiations and settlements, and tax litigation in the SME sector, with both the ATO and the SRO. He also practises in matters involving tax agents and inquiries by the Tax Practitioners Board, white-collar crime and other taxation offences. Arthur also has a Deceased Estates practice that is focused on estate disputes between aggrieved beneficiaries and executors, and regularly appears before the Federal and Supreme Courts, VCAT and the Administrative Review Tribunal.Arthur has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University Law School, and also serves on various academic boards.An Accredited Tax Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria, Arthur is a widely published writer on taxation issues, and he regularly appears in the mainstream media, and presents at tax seminars and discussion groups.‍ Arthur is a Principal at AGA Legal Pty Ltd, a boutique tax and trusts firm, where the focus is on getting cost-effective results. He has developed an enviable reputation for his strategic-thinking, decision-making, and negotiating positive outcomes for clients in dispute with government, and as a practitioner focused on dispute resolution.His main area of practice is taxation advisory, tax audits, dispute resolution and trusts. In more than 30 years of experience as a legal practitioner, and having qualified as a Chartered Accountant a decade earlier, Arthur has focused on the taxation of trusts and other SME entities, Division 7A and high wealth individuals and family groups.He is highly experienced in dispute resolution, tax audit negotiations and settlements, and tax litigation in the SME sector, with both the ATO and the SRO. He also practises in matters involving tax agents and inquiries by the Tax Practitioners Board, white-collar crime and other taxation offences. Arthur also has a Deceased Estates practice that is focused on estate disputes between aggrieved beneficiaries and executors, and regularly appears before the Federal and Supreme Courts, VCAT and the Administrative Review Tribunal.Arthur has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University Law School, and also serves on various academic boards.An Accredited Tax Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria, Arthur is a widely published writer on taxation issues, and he regularly appears in the mainstream media, and presents at tax seminars and discussion groups.‍ Arthur is a Principal at AGA Legal Pty Ltd, a boutique tax and trusts firm, where the focus is on getting cost-effective results. He has developed an enviable reputation for his strategic-thinking, decision-making, and negotiating positive outcomes for clients in dispute with government, and as a practitioner focused on dispute resolution. His main area of practice is taxation advisory, tax audits, dispute resolution and trusts. In more than 30 years of experience as a legal practitioner, and having qualified as a Chartered Accountant a decade earlier, Arthur has focused on the taxation of trusts and other SME entities, Division 7A and high wealth individuals and family groups. He is highly experienced in dispute resolution, tax audit negotiations and settlements, and tax litigation in the SME sector, with both the ATO and the SRO. He also practises in matters involving tax agents and inquiries by the Tax Practitioners Board, white-collar crime and other taxation offences. Arthur also has a Deceased Estates practice that is focused on estate disputes between aggrieved beneficiaries and executors, and regularly appears before the Federal and Supreme Courts, VCAT and the Administrative Review Tribunal. Arthur has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University Law School, and also serves on various academic boards. An Accredited Tax Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria, Arthur is a widely published writer on taxation issues, and he regularly appears in the mainstream media, and presents at tax seminars and discussion groups. ‍