Previous Positions
Joined Atax in 1992 as a Visiting Fellow, on extended leave from the London Metropolitan University where he had been teaching since 1987 in the areas of taxation, financial accounting and finance at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Director of Atax 2001 - 2006.

Prior to joining the London Metropolitan University, Chris was an Associate Director of the largest independent taxation consultancy in the UK. There he provided taxation advice to a range of national and international blue chip clients. He had joined that company after several years in the UK Inland Revenue, where he was an Inspector of Taxes (Principal).

Awards and Achievements

• Member of HMRC Comparative Tax Administration Panel (UK), 2008 onwards

• Senior Fellow, Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute, Monash University, 2008 onwards

• International Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK, 2007 onwards

• Chairman, Australasian Branch of the Chartered Institute of Tax (UK) 2007 onwards

• Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA) Medal January 2007 for “outstanding contribution to the teaching of taxation law and policy”.

• International Research Fellow, Oxford University (Centre for Business Taxation) 2006 onwards.

• Rapporteur and advisor to UK Mirrlees Committee 2006-2008, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London.

• UNSW Staff Development Award 2004 for “an outstanding contribution in staff development”.

• CPA Australia National President’s Award 2004 for "significant contribution to the tax profession".

• Member of Board of Taxation Standing Advisory Panel April 2003 onwards.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, CPA Australia

• Fellow, Taxation Institute of Australia

• Member, Australasian Law Teachers' Association

• Member, Australasian Tax Teachers' Association

• Member, The Board of Taxation, Tax Value Method Working Group

• Member, CGT Sub-committee, ATO National Tax Liaison Group

• Member, Australian Tax Research Foundation

• Chartered Tax Adviser, UK Chartered Institute of Tax

• Member, Institute of Fiscal Studies, UK

• Member, Taxation Research Network, UK

Summary of Publications
Chris has written many of articles and papers published in Australian and international journals, and authored and edited several texts and chapters. He is joint author of CCH's Australian Taxation Law, and was formerly Consulting Editor of CCH's Australian Capital Gains Tax Planner. His doctorate examining the compliance and administrative costs of taxing capital gains in Australia and the UK, was published in 2003..

For a list of Chris Evans' publications please click here.

For a list of Chris Evans' conference presentations please click here.

Other
General Editor Australian Tax Review; Editorial Board eJournal of Tax Research (UNSW); Editorial Board Legal Issues in Business (Curtin).