Paul Kenny

Senior Lecturer

BEc(Adelaide), MTaxLaw (Deakin), SJD (Deakin), FTIA

Room: 3.60, Law & Commerce Building
Telephone: (08) 8201 2102
Fax: (08) 8201 2644
Email: Paul.Kenny@flinders.edu.au

Background

Paul is the Senior Lecturer of Taxation Law at Flinders University. His interests are in taxation policy, capital gains tax and the internet. Prior to joining Flinders University in 1995, Paul worked for the Australian Taxation Office as an Appeals and Advisings Officer, in London for a world top 100 corporation and with tax consulting firms in Adelaide.

Paul is a regular presenter at national and international tax conferences and has published a number of papers in Australian and international journals. He has also written texts on Australian income taxation and the goods and services tax. He acted as a member of the consultative committee on the rewrite of the capital gains tax legislation by the Taxation Law Improvement Project (1997-98). He provided a submission to Treasury on the Review of Business Taxation (Ralph Report). Paul has published a taxation ruling and represented the Commissioner at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. In 2000 Paul was awarded the teaching prize for the School of Commerce, and in 2001 the School's research prize.

The internet is a particular interest of Paul's having established Australia's first Australian taxation index on the internet in February 1996 with the support of the School of Commerce. He continues to manage this site as a free resource for the community, see the Australian Taxation Index, Oz Tax.

He also is a Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia and Vice President of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association.

Soccer is a particular interest of Paul's. In 1996 he founded the University Dodgers Soccer Club.

Current teaching

• Taxation law and practice

Research interests

• Tax policy and tax reform
• The 1999 review of business taxation
• The goods and services tax

Recent publications

• Kenny, P 2008. Australian Tax 2008. Lexis Nexis Butterworths. Sydney.
• Kenny, P 2007. Australian Tax 2007. Lexis Nexis Butterworths. Chatsworth, NSW. 
• Kenny, P 2007. A Partial Analysis of the 1999 Ralph Report: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 19th Australasian Tax Teachers Association National Conference, Brisbane, QLD 22/01/2007.
• Kenny, P 2007. Concise Tax Legislation 2007. Lexis Nexis. Sydney, NSW.
• Kenny, P 2006. Australian Tax 2006. LEXISNEXIS. Chatswood, NSW. 
• Kenny, P 2006. The non commercial loss restrictions: A very blunt instrument for micro business. Australian Tax Forum. 21:573-598
• Kenny, P 2006. Classifying Business Model Research According to a Business Model Research Schema. eValues: 19th Bled eConference, Bled, Slovenia 5/06/2006. 
• Kenny, P 2006. Editor. LexisNexis Concise Tax Legislation 2006. LEXISNEXIS. Chatswood, NSW.
• Kenny, P 2006. Division 35 ITAA 1997, The Small Business Non Commercial Loss Restrictions: Room for Further Reform. ATTA Conference Program. ATTA. 
• Kenny, P 2005. Australian Tax 2005. LEXISNEXIS. Sydney. 
• Kenny, P 2005. Accounting Principles and Taxation Rules for Small Business: The Impact of Ralph. Journal of The Australasian Tax Teachers Association. 1(1):79-94 
• Kenny, P 2005. Australia's Capital Gains Tax Discount: More Certain, Equitable and Durable? Journal of The Australasian Tax Teachers Association. 1(2):38-109 
• Kenny, P 2005. Capital Gains Tax Exemptions in Australia and New Zealand: Rationale and Reality. Australasian Tax Teachers Association National Conference, Wellington University 27/01/2005. 
• Kenny, P 2005. Australia's non commercial loss restrictions for small business. Society of Legal Scholars annual conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 6/09/2005. 
• Kenny, P 2005. Concise Tax Legislation 2005. [1st] Concise Tax Legislation 2005. LEXISNEXIS. Sydney.
• Kenny, P 2004. Montgomery: Implications for Eisner and Myer. Flinders Journal of Law Reform. 7(2):243-260 
• Kenny, P 2004. The Ralph Report and Capital Gains Tax Reform. 16th Australasian Tax Teachers Association Conference.