Former Senior Director at ATO joins H&R Block Australia in tax policy role

Mark Chapman has joined H&R Block in Australia. His role will involve the development of the Firm’s green paper which detailing H&R Block’s perspectives on the future of the Australian tax system.

He will also be responsible for building  HRB Australia Tax Institute whilst developing, maintaining and executing the HRB regulator engagement strategy.

Mr Chapman trained in tax in the UK with Grant Thornton before moving onto Baker Tilly, where he was a Senior Tax Manager. He moved to Melbourne in 2007 to join the ATO and was a Senior Director when he left in 2013. He was Head of Tax Products and Services at Taxpayer Australia until 2015, when he started his own practice as a freelance tax consultant, writer and lecturer.