Garry Angus brings 51 years of Australian taxation experience to ATO reviews, audits, objections, penalties and complex tax matters. As Founder and Principal of APG Forensics, he combines practical tax knowledge with forensic analysis and evidence-led dispute support.
His approach is straightforward: understand the facts, identify the real tax issue, assess the evidence and explain the practical options. Garry will tell you when the ATO is correct. He will also explain when there may be reasonable grounds to challenge a decision, seek remission or pursue another review pathway.
How Garry approaches an ATO matter
The first step is to read the complete ATO correspondence and identify the taxpayer, tax periods, decision or question, response date and supporting records. From there, Garry assesses what the evidence shows and explains the available response paths.
- Understand the facts. Build a clear chronology and reconcile the relevant figures to source records.
- Identify the real tax issue. Separate an information request from an assessment, penalty, debt issue or formal review right.
- Assess the evidence. Check both supporting and contrary material before recommending a position.
- Plan the next step. Explain whether a response, correction, remission request, objection or other pathway fits the circumstances.
Areas of experience
- ATO reviews, audits and objections
- Penalty and interest remission matters
- Complex and forensic tax analysis
ATO Fight Back is a specialist service within the Accountants Plus Group. Accountants Plus Pty Ltd owns this website and is identified in the footer with its tax agent registration number. ATO Fight Back is independent of the Australian Taxation Office.
Start with the correspondence
Bring every page of the ATO letter or notice, relevant returns and records, a short timeline, and any response deadline. The initial consultation costs $100 + GST. Further work is scoped and quoted separately.
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