IAN YOUNG
Contact
Telephone
(02) 9236 8675Address
Level 6169 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Areas of Practice
Income tax
Capital Gains Tax
Goods and Services Tax
State Taxes including – Payroll Tax, Land Tax, and Stamp Duty
Equity
Corporations and Insolvency
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Economics, University of Queensland, 1978
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), University of Queensland, 1982
Masters of Laws, University of Sydney, 1987
Admissions
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, 1983
Admitted to the NSW Bar 1998
BACKGROUND
Ian Young has particular expertise in all areas of revenue law involving both Commonwealth and State taxes. Ian was admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 1983. Prior to coming to the Bar, he held senior positions in the Australian Taxation Office as Assistant Commissioner (Banking and Finance) and as Acting Senior Government Solicitor, Revenue Branch, Attorney Generals Department, Canberra.
Ian regularly appears in all Courts and Tribunals in revenue matters. Since coming to the Bar he has appeared in the leading decisions of Commercial Nominees (led by Dyson Heydon QC), HP Mercantile (led by Stephen Gageler SC), and Bamford (led by Tony Slater QC) and unled in decisions such as Smeaton Grange Holdings, Kafataris and Leppington Pastoral Co. On account of his breadth and range of experience, both before and after coming to the Bar, his advice is frequently sought in complex commercial and taxation matters.
SIGNIFICANT CASES
MacDonald v Commissioner of Taxation [2018] 2 Qd R 276
Zappia v Commissioner of Taxation [2017] FCAFC 185
Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2017] NSWCA 184 v Smeaton Grange Holdings Pty Ltd
Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Metricon Qld Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 11
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Frangieh (No. 3) [2017] NSWSC 252
Leppington Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2017] NSWSC 9
Qantas Airways Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2015] NSWSC 826
Kafataris v Commissioner of Taxation (2015) 243 FCR 291
Windoval Pty Ltd v Donnelly (2014) 226 FCR 89
SCCASP Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2013) 211 FCR 332
Commissioner of Taxation v Bamford (2010) 240 CLR 481
HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2006) 143 FCR 553 and [2006] HCATrans 320
Commissioner of Taxation v Commercial Nominees of Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 167 ALR 147