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ECU Tax Clinic acknowledged in Federal Parliament

Thursday, 23 March 2023

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  • Ian Goodenough MP at the ECU Tax Clinic

    Ian Goodenough MP (centre) during his 2022 visit to the ECU Tax Clinic to acknowledge a $180,000 Government grant. Pictured with Dhvani Thakkar, Professor Maryam Omari, ECU Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve Chapman CBE, Associate Professor Prafula Pearce and Associate Professor Joshua Aston.

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The valuable work the ECU Tax Clinic contributes to help people who can’t afford a tax agent, has been recognised with an acknowledgement in Parliament on Wednesday 22 March.

Member for Moore Ian Goodenough MP, who visited the Tax Clinic in 2022, told the House of Representatives:

‘Staff and students from the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University in my electorate have been operating a pro bono tax clinic which provides independent tax services to assist those who are deemed vulnerable in our community. Over the past three years, with the aid of a $180,000 federal grant, 80 volunteer students have provided more than 3,000 hours of service and lodged more than a thousand tax returns on behalf of more than 400 community members in Joondalup and Carnarvon. Members of the public have been assisted in completing their taxation returns, including seniors and pensioners; new immigrants, international students and those with language barriers; community members suffering from medical conditions; victims of domestic violence; Indigenous people; and those under financial hardship, including single parents, the unemployed and prisoners recently released into the community.

I would like to commend the staff from the School of Business and Law—executive dean Professor Maryam Omari, associate dean Associate Professor Joshua Aston and tax clinic supervisor Associate Professor Prafula Pearce—for their exemplary work in establishing the ECU Tax Clinic to serve our community.’

Associate Professor Joshua Aston expressed his thanks to Mr Goodenough saying ‘It is wonderful to receive this recognition of the work our student volunteers and staff, including our two tax agents Dhvani Thakkar from Nexus Tax & Accounting Solutions and Dr Lex Fullarton and student supervisor Emma Riley, contribute to the Tax Clinic’.

Visit the ECU Tax Clinic website for further information or to book an appointment.

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