She qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1982 and qualified as a solicitor with the Law Society of England and Wales in 1991. She became an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute in 1987, a Fellow of the Irish Tax Institute in 1999, and was also appointed a member of the Council of the Institute.
Julie is uniquely qualified to provide solutions to resolve tax disputes involving Irish taxpayers (both corporates and individuals) with the Irish and UK Revenue authorities. Her work has included both Appeal Commissioner and High Court matters.
Julie is the Editor of the Irish Tax Review and also contributes articles frequently to the Irish Tax Review, Accountancy Ireland, The Law Society Gazette, The Irish Property Valuer and other international and national publications. She regularly gives papers at international and national tax conferences. Recent examples include a paper on Revenue Powers at the 2008 Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. She is co-author with Terry O'Driscoll of 'Case Law for the Irish Practitioner'
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Julie is a former Council Member of The Irish Taxation Institute and member of the Irish Government's Tax Administration Liaison Committee (TALC) and she was one of the seven members of the Revenue Powers Group and the only Solicitor that reported to the Minister for Finance in November 2003.
In addition to her position as Managing Partner of J.M. Burke Solicitors, her editorship of the Irish Tax Review, and chairing seminars organized by the Irish Taxation Institute, Julie was appointed to the Commission on Taxation in February 2008.