Dr John Mclaren
Senior Lecturer
Business School
Charles Darwin University
Australia
Biography
Dr John McLaren has previously held positions as a Barrister and Solicitor in private practice in the ACT and NSW, Australia. The legal practice handled a wide range of commercial law and litigation matters for small to medium corporations. John then held a senior management position with the ANZ Bank Limited in their Tax-Effective Finance area involved with investment by the bank in leveraged leases. He also worked as a financial planner with an accounting and financial planning practice in Melbourne being an authorised representative of IOOF. Prior to joining RMIT in 2003 as a tenured lecturer, he was engaged in taxation consulting in his own Company for medium to large corporations and high net worth individuals. John is the co-author of a number of texts in taxation law, law of investments, cyber law and commercial law. John has been the co-editor of the Journal of Australian Taxation, a 'B' ranked journal with Keith Kendal from La Trobe University and is now on the editorial board.
Research Interest
Taxation reform, Taxation of Mining, Taxation of Land, Foreign Investment in Australia, Taxation of International Retirement income.
Publications
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John McLaren and Pierre Chabal, ‘Given the fact that Australia has had a “Petroleum Resource Rent Tax†since 1987, why should there be any opposition to a “Mineral Resource Rent Tax�’ (2011) 6(1) Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association 20.
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John McLaren and John Passant, ‘Tax Havens: Do they have a future providing banking and financial services?’ (2010) 1Canberra Law Review.
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John McLaren, ‘Exchange of Information Agreements with Tax Havens: How Will this Affect the Rights of Non-Resident Taxpayers and Investors? ’ (2010) 5(1) Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association 117.
