Key tax considerations for Australian oil and gas independents

Rod Henderson is a KPMG tax partner with extensive oil and gas industry experience servicing both Australian and global petroleum groups. He regularly supports the petroleum industry, having presented at a number of APPEA conferences on topical tax issues. Rod is the NSW Chairman of KPMG’s Energy and Natural Resources group and leads KPMG’s Energy and Natural Resources Tax group in Australia. He has a BEc and LLM (Hons) from the University of Sydney. He is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW. Member: Institute of the Public Administration Australia. Fellow: Tax Institute of Australia.

rbhenderson@kpmg.com.au

Carlo Franchina is the partner in charge of KPMG’s Perth tax practice with extensive oil and gas industry experience servicing both Australian and international oil and gas companies. He presented at APPEA at the last conference in Perth in 2005. Carlo has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of WA. He is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Fellow: Tax Institute of Australia.

cfranchina@kpmg.com.au