Energy and Resources Working Group

The Energy and Resources Working Group comprises representatives from tax professional bodies, resource industry associations and the ATO. The working group consults on issues relating to:

• income tax
• resource rent taxes (petroleum resource rent tax and the now-repealed minerals resource rent tax)
• other taxes as they directly impact on the energy and resources sector
• general administration issues affecting the mining and petroleum industries.

The meetings also provide an opportunity to identify, discuss and jointly resolve significant technical and administrative issues, including potential ways to reduce compliance costs prior to the lodgment of returns, or the commencement of review activity. This provides taxpayers with enhanced certainty regarding lodgments and positions adopted prior to transactions occurring.

Contact

The secretariat of the Energy and Resources Working Group can be contacted by email at E&RWorkingGroup@ato.gov.au

Members

Group membership details

Organisation	Members
ATO	Rebecca Saint (Chair), Public Groups
ATO	David Stevenson, Public Groups
ATO	Stan Spasojevic , Public Groups
ATO	Suzie Emery, Public Groups
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies	David Ocello
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies	Neil van Drunen
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies	Warren Pearce
Australian Energy Producers	Janelle O'Hare
Australian Energy Producers	Marc Lewis
Australian Energy Producers	Therese Stephenson
Australian Energy Producers	Wayne Calder
Deloitte	Jonathan Schneider
Department of Industry, Science and Resources	Joshua Reakes
DLA Piper	Jun Au
Energy and Resources Law	Nick Heggart
EY	Jaime Hayes
Institute of Public Accountants	Basil Mistilis
Institute of Public Accountants	Lance Cunningham
KPMG	Carlo Franchina
Law Council of Australia	Craig Bowie
Minerals Council of Australia	Domenic Smith
Minerals Council of Australia	Premila Roe
Minerals Council of Australia	Ross Lyons
PwC	Mark Crossman
The Tax Institute	Catherine Dean
Treasury	Simon Winckler

Others may be invited by the Chair to participate in meetings to discuss specific issues.

Key messages

Key messages from meetings held in the last 3 years are available below.

• 11 November 2022
• 27 April 2021

For prior key messages, email the secretariat and specify what you require.