Jim Killaly PSM holds B.Juris, LLB degrees from Monash University and completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard. A former Deputy Commissioner he has been in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for over 46 years, 33 years as a Senior Executive. He is noted for both his technical and strategic leadership.

Through his extensive work with the ATO, the OECD and his published work Jim is internationally recognised for his expertise in major policy development, tax treaties, compliance systems design and major audit and litigation casework. He is also recognised as a leader in building organisational technical and strategic leadership capabilities in a way that links formal training to case based learning, workplace behaviours and business outcomes.

Jim has been heavily involved in tax reform initiatives since the 1980s, including the recent rewrite of Australia’s transfer pricing rules. His leadership in renegotiating Australia’s tax treaties with the US and the UK reshaped treaty practice.

He has successfully implemented major organisational change, strengthening strategic leadership capability.

He established the ATO’s International Tax program and later merged that business with the ATO’s large business program. He developed the Corporate Consultative Committee and Cooperative Compliance Model as foundations for ATO interactions with large businesses.

He has been a frequent speaker on compliance and tax technical subjects at OECD events and at professional conferences he has several publications. Jim is currently researching systemic approaches to public policy issues. His recent publications are: The role of economic analysis in resolving uncertainties in the source concept and the arm's length principle, July 2023, ANU Crawford School TTPI Working Paper 8/2023; Transfer Pricing: The Glencore Appeal. To hedge or not to hedge? That is the question. December 2020, ANU Crawford School TTPI Working Paper 17/2020; The Chevron Australian Holdings Case and the reach of the arm's length principle, 30 October 2018, ANU Crawford School TTPI Working Paper 17/2018; and, Fair Game: Is Australia Vulnerable or Getting its Fair Share?, 13 November 2017, Journal of Australian Taxation Vol 19 No 3.

Jim is a visiting fellow at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy.