Elizabeth Morton

Doctor Elizabeth Morton is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain at RMIT University, as well as a Research Fellow at the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub.

Aligning to RMIT’s “Knowledge with Action” strategy, Elizabeth's aim is to empower the tax profession facing contemporary ethical and competency challenges as the digital economy evolves. Dr Morton strategically positions her research and engagement across three core complimentary themes: tax compliance, the cryptoeconomy, and practitioner competencies. This area of specialty aligns with RMIT’s mission on emerging technologies and reflects a prior career in practice, and therefore connectedness, with the tax profession.

Her philosophy permeates through leadership in education. Tax students represent the next generation of tax practitioners. Elizabeth's aim is to ensure future tax practitioners are digital-ready by creating opportunities for critical thinking and creating awareness of the complexities faced by practitioners in real time. The cryptoeconomy offers both fascinating opportunities to delve into contemporary interpretations of tax law whilst enabling robust, real-world practical scenarios to work through for competent, ethical outcomes for taxpayers. Along with peer-reviewed and industry journals, Elizabeth engages with industry through channels such as discussion groups, policy submissions, articles, blogs, seminars, podcasts and radio. Along with other roles, Elizabeth is on the Academic Board of the Tax Institutes HE as well as co-author of Bevacqua et al.’s Australian Taxation (Wiley). 

Prior to academia, Elizabeth worked as an accountant in small business taxation in regional Victoria. Her professional experience includes various aspects of accounting and taxation services for all entity types, including matters in relation to capital gains tax and investments, GST and FBT compliance, as well as superannuation.

As well as other associations, Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Tax Institute, member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA), member of the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) and the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ).