ATO investigations, tax debts and Commonwealth prosecutions.

Tax matters escalate quietly. An audit becomes an assessment, an assessment becomes a debt, and in the more serious cases the matter is referred for prosecution as a Commonwealth criminal offence. The earlier a lawyer is involved, the more of that path can be diverted.

City Group Legal acts in tax disputes and defends tax-related criminal charges, working alongside the firm's accounting and financial advisory arm so the numbers and the law are handled together rather than in separate rooms.

Most of this is criminal law

Tax fraud, tax evasion and dishonestly causing a loss to the Commonwealth are criminal offences prosecuted in the same courts as any other serious charge. They are defended the same way: by testing what the prosecution can actually prove about intent and knowledge, rather than assuming the assessment is the last word.