Tax in M&A: Questions to ask your business and deal team

By:

Avinesh Naidu,

Daniel Kave,

Tim Hands

27 Jun 20221 min read

While Australia has shown strong acquirer appetite and businesses from all industries are finding great success and outstanding returns with their acquisition and divestment strategies, M&A activity now faces an uncertain future.

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Grant Thornton’s Dealtracker – our analysis of the Australian M&A and private equity markets – has demonstrated that despite COVID-19 trading conditions in the past 18 months, M&A deal volumes are up in Australia. In fact, this period has seen the highest level of deal volumes in the Australian market since 2010.

But what can be common in M&A deals are missed opportunities to optimise your tax, unnecessary tax leakage, not to mention identifying key tax risks to be mitigated. The more work you do at outset of a deal – while taking a long-term view of the transaction – can result in significant saved dollars.

Our Tax in M&A team regularly produces content on the latest developments and trends in M&A transactions. You can read in more detail below.