Sarah Lander

Sarah is a highly experienced R&D consultant who has worked in innovation funding and the R&D tax space since 2001. She is a registered tax agent and has helped companies access the R&D tax program across all industries.

Her expertise spans the entire R&D Tax Incentive landscape. She excels in managing annualised claims, navigating reviews and audits, delivering insightful training sessions, and developing robust R&D processes within businesses. She has a deep understanding of complex R&D tax issues and drafts tax ruling applications, reasonably arguable position papers, and Overseas Finding applications

Sarah works closely on MJA’s lobbying effort, and has drafted submissions to the government on behalf of MJA, prepared presentations for Senate Economic Legislation Committee hearings and represented MJA via various Federal government consultative groups. She also leads our ongoing contact with policy makers and administrators in the ATO, AusIndustry and Innovation Australia to ensure that we are always up to date regarding developments in the field, and can advocate for more effective, workable programs.

Sarah holds degrees in Arts and Law (Honours) from the University of Queensland and is an Associate of the Tax Institute.