Professor Stephen Barkoczy

Professor
BA, LLB, M Tax Law, PhD,

Professional Profile

Professor Stephen Barkoczy has lectured, published and practised widely in the areas of taxation law, superannuation law and venture capital law. From 1998 to 2010, he was a Consultant with the law firm Blake Dawson. In 2011, he was appointed for a three-year term to the Commonwealth Government's Venture Capital Committee of Innovation Australia.  
 
Stephen has held positions as Chairman of the Law Institute of Victoria's Tax and Revenue Committee and as Principal Examiner of its Tax Law Specialisation Program. He has also consulted to government (including the Australian Taxation Office, State Revenue Office and Treasury) and provided advice on various panels (including the Advisory Panel to the Board of Taxation). Stephen is also a member of the international teaching faculty of the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and will be teaching in its LLM Program in International Tax Law in 2013. He is a former editor of the Journal of Australian Taxation and is the author/co-author of the following books: Foundations of Taxation Law (1st - 3rd eds), Government Venture Capital Incentives - A Multi-Jurisdiction Comparative Analysis, Pooled Development Funds Handbook, Australian Taxation Law (6th - 21st eds), Core Tax Legislation and Study Guide (1st - 14th eds), Australian Tax Casebook (1st - 10th eds) and The Australian GST Guide (loose-leaf service).  
 
Stephen is a recipient of the Dean of Law's Award for Teaching Excellence and Monash University's Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence. He is also a recipient of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award for Teaching Excellence in Law. In 2008, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year.

 A selection of Professor Barkoczy's publications.

Areas of Expertise

Taxation law
Superannuation law
Venture capital law

Teaching Commitments

Principles of taxation (Sum/T1) (2011) (LAW7276)
Advanced taxation law 506 (Sum/T1) (2011) (LAW5153)
Taxation law 506 (Sem2/T3) 2011 (LAW5152)
Taxation law (Sem1/T2) 2011 (LAW5152)