International Tax Advice by Industry

International tax does not operate the same way in every industry. The relevant risks depend on where the business creates value, how it contracts, which assets and intellectual property it controls, how it is financed, where its people work and how regulated functions are performed. Extax applies the Australian tax analysis to the actual operating model rather than starting with a generic offshore structure.

Extax can advise a client who is already overseas, including a non-resident Australian, globally mobile founder or international group seeking to replace an adviser who has treated a cross-border matter as routine domestic compliance.

What usually triggers an industry-specific review

• Founder relocation — personal residence, CGT event I1, company residence, central management and control, founder equity and future exit.

• New overseas market — branch or subsidiary, permanent establishment, local contracting, employees, indirect tax and withholding taxes.

• IP or digital expansion — who develops and controls IP, transfer pricing, licences, data, remote teams and customer location.

• Funding, acquisition or exit — debt and equity flows, guarantees, valuation, withholding, repatriation, transaction structure and post-deal integration.

Financial capital and regulated businesses

• Insurance, Financial Services & Fintech

• Banking & Capital Markets

• Asset Management & Wealth Management

• Real Estate & Property

Projects, infrastructure and physical supply chains

• Oil & Gas, Mining & Resources

• Energy, Utilities & Renewables

• Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure

• Industrials & Manufacturing

• Agribusiness, Forestry, Paper & Packaging

• Automotive, Transport & Logistics

Technology, IP and digital markets

• Technology, Software & AI

• E-commerce & Digital Business

• Media, Advertising & Telecommunications

• Life Sciences, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

Consumer and service operating models

• Consumer, Retail & Franchising

• Hospitality, Hotels & Leisure

Founder, company and destination must be reviewed together

A personally attractive relocation can still produce a poor overall result if the Australian company remains resident, becomes dual resident, creates a foreign permanent establishment, moves value without appropriate pricing, or changes the treatment of founder shares. Extax therefore reviews the founder, company, IP, people, contracts, funding and exit plan as one system.

Destination-specific issues can be explored through the country and jurisdiction hub.

How an Extax review is structured

1. Map the founder, entities, jurisdictions, assets, people, contracts and cash flows.

2. Identify the decisions and evidence that become difficult to reconstruct later.

3. Test Australian residence, company-control, permanent-establishment, transfer-pricing and transaction consequences.

4. Coordinate appropriate local-country advice where required.

5. Produce a decision map and implementation sequence before the operating model changes.

Discuss your industry and cross-border operating model

A focused review can identify the Australian and foreign tax questions that need to be resolved before relocation, expansion, restructuring, funding or exit. The engagement can begin wherever the client is currently located.

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Ex Big 4 | International Tax

Published 28 July 2026. Technically updated 28 July 2026.

This page provides general information only. Industry facts, jurisdictions, entities, treaties and transaction steps must be reviewed before reliance.