IAN YOUNG

Contact

Telephone

(02) 9236 8675

Email

iyoung@stjames.net.au

Address

Level 6
169 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.