Ya-Ping Ko

Experience

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  Australian Taxation Office

  Jan 2000 - Feb 2004

  Tax technical officer

  - Consulting and liaising with internal and external stakeholder including Gold Industry Representative, Treasury, Law firms- Assisting in policy and legislative development in new Tax Reform- Provision of technical advice and clearance on tax queries, dispute and appeal of tax decision- Drafting taxation rulings including private binding rulings, product rulings, class rulings and ATO interpretative decisions

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  EY

  Feb 2004 - Jul 2006

  Tax Manager

  Provision of tax advisory and compliance servicesAssist with China business practice

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  Barrick Gold Corporation

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2010

  Senior Tax Analyst

  - Managing the taxation aspect of M&A activities including:- Managing the tax compliance including Australia and PNG corporate tax, stamp duty, transfer pricing, PAYG, tax effect, tax forecasting, key tax liaising person with JV participants (eg. Super Pit and Yilgarn mines) and dealing with taxation authorities (eg. PNG and ATO) including ruling requests, risk reviews, dispute management, taxation reviews and audits and SOX compliance.- Being the principal tax advisor for tax planning opportunities, reviewing of contracts, provision of tax advice for other divisions including HR, Procurement, Legal, Finance and Exploration divisions. - Reviewing, designing and implementing new systems, protocols and procedures to achieve efficiency and improve accuracy for both Australia and PNG tax compliance and US Fin 48 compliance work. Show less

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  KPMG

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2018

  Tax Director

  - Provision of a broad range of taxation advice in the energy industry, particularly on transaction structuring for international and domestic acquisitions, disposals and bids, tax effective financing and tax risk governance for ASX listed companies.- Leading KPMG Perth’s Chinese Business Services Group for tax division.- Secondment to Newmont acting as regional tax director.

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  Deloitte Australia

  Dec 2018 - Jul 2020

  Tax Principal
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  WeConnect Business Advisory Pty Ltd

  Jul 2020 - now

  Director