Biography:

With more than 20 years of experience in both industry and consultancy across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Australia, Rubeena specializes in cross-border taxation and transfer pricing in Africa and the Middle East.

She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and qualified in International Tax and Transfer Pricing at the Chartered Institute of Taxation UK.

Rubeena is the author of the Mauritius country guide in Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Joanne is a chartered accountant who brings with her seven years' experience at a Big Four accounting firm. As a Tax Manager at ForrestBrown, she advises a wide range of clients about the benefits of R&D tax incentives. Joanne also contributes to Tolley's Taxwise.

Biography:

Paul Tew is a freelance adviser, primarily in the areas of pay, personal taxation and remuneration planning. A frequent contributor to technical journals on pay and benefits issues, having written for the "In Business" section of the Times. Paul continues to supply articles for various recognised professional publications including Pay and Benefits magazine, Taxation magazine and Company's Secretary's Review. Paul also has had several loose leaf and bound books published on a variety of subject matter including PAYE, NIC, Sickness and Maternity Pay.

Paul has written and presented training courses as well as headed up payroll and employment help desks and acted as an assessor for recognised Payroll/HR qualifications. Paul previously worked in the healthcare and oil sectors managing Pay and benefit services, so has many years of experience in dealing with PAYE and employment compliance issues across a broad range of industries and organisations.

Biography:

Deborah Vasquez is a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines. She holds a degree in accountancy and is taking up her Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Deborah has over ten years of professional experience working as a tax practitioner across diverse industries in the Philippines. Her tax expertise covers both the national and local taxes, including individual and corporate income taxes, business and transfer taxes, tax audit, and tax compliance.

Moreover, Deborah is the Tax and Compliance Manager at Reed Elsevier Philippines, where she manages the company’s overall compliance requirements emanating from various regulatory agencies in the Philippines. She is also a part-time instructor at her alma mater where she teaches accounting, finance, and tax subjects. Deborah is a contributing co-editor to the Philippine country guide of Tolley’s Global Mobility/Employment Taxes.

Biography:

Rochmat has a wide range of experience of tax and business advisory services, including setting-up a company,  tax compliance, tax advisory, tax litigation, tax due diligence, global mobility tax services and accounting services, and also acting as both an independent director and liquidator. He is the author of the Indonesia country guide in Tolley's Global Mobility/Employment Taxes source.

Biography:

Tim is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of ICAEW. After training with Coopers & Lybrand he spent 17 years in the FTSE100, including 12 years at Anglo American plc where he was responsible for tax transparency globally.

Tim became an independent consultant in 2014, founding Engaged Consulting Ltd, and advises large businesses on tax and economic impact transparency, reputation and communication.

Tim is an expert in implementation of international standards including those from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), EU and OECD. He is an expert to the Council of Europe Economic Crime and Cooperation Division and the EU AML/CFT Global Facility, and has been a member of the B20 Integrity and Compliance Taskforce.

He is a recognised expert in beneficial ownership disclosure, and provides technical assistance to governments and government agencies introducing measures to tackle corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes, and has worked with jurisdictions across four continents. In collaboration with Michael Barron, he co-developed the BO6 framework for the design and implementation of beneficial ownership reporting regimes.

Tim has developed and run training and capacity building for private sector, government, and civil society audiences in different countries, including in anglophone and non-anglophone countries. He has written content for publication and advised on communication strategy around ethical business behaviour and good governance.

Engaged Consulting was the winner of the Tolley’s Taxation Award 2017 for Best Independent Consulting Firm and a Finalist in the same category in 2020 and 2022.

Biography:

Alan Powell is a specialist excise duties consultant, formerly a Policy official within HMCE’s HQ teams and a Big 4 tax Team.

He is an excise duties advisor to the Chartered Institute of Taxation, honorary advisor to the UK Warehousing Association, and founded the British Distillers Alliance as a conduit for consultation with, and representation to, Government bodies and to assist and advise on technical matters.

He is a Chartered Tax Advisor, a Fellow of the Institute of Indirect Taxation, and sits on the high-level Joint Alcohol and Tobacco Consultative group with HMRC and the Indirect Taxes Committee of the CIOT.

In his 65th year, he is trying to retire.

Biography:

Sheridan joined Tolley in 2019 and teaches across the ATT, CTA and ADIT qualifications.

Sheridan started his career in tax in 2008 with Grant Thornton in the Large International Corporation Tax team.  He then became a tax tutor at BPP in 2012 teaching across the ATT, CTA, ICAEW, ACCA and AAT qualifications.

Sheridan is ACA and CTA qualified.

Biography:

Robert Eggens is an experienced VAT specialist with over 10 years of expertise, primarily focused on VAT and customs matters related to international trade and supply chains. He has worked extensively with multinational companies, providing strategic advice on VAT compliance and optimization. Robert is also actively involved in cross-border VAT projects and has contributed to numerous international VAT initiatives and contributes to Tolley's Global and EU VAT.

Biography:

Angela is an Associate Director at ForrestBrown and leads on the delivery of Patent Box relief claims for clients. She has more than a decade of experience with Big Four accounting and specialist R&D firms and is passionate about the benefits of Patent Box. Based in ForrestBrown’s Scotland office, Angela provides dedicated local support to ensure that Scottish businesses are maximising their reward for investment in innovation, as well as working with businesses across the UK.

Biography:

Ian leads the Mazars' Employment Tax practice in the UK.

Experience:

Ian helps employers attract and retain key personnel as well as ensure their governance is in the best shape to manage risks associated with Employment Tax and National Minimum Wage.

He has supported many organisations in implementing salary sacrifice arrangements to increase net pay and make cost savings.

Ian has advised businesses on IR35, expenses, benefits (including P11D and PSA compliance), Construction Industry Scheme and National Minimum Wage governance. This has included getting organisations ready for sale, as well as helping large employers mitigate HMRC risks.

Ian has a keen interest in cost reduction and reward strategy, highlighted through supporting businesses with travel (cars, vans, temporary workplaces etc) and expenses, including NIC reclaim projects and bringing to life new reward strategies to better reflect the business objectives and culture.

Work Highlights:

Ian is a published author on Employment Tax, National Minimum Wage and Termination Payments, as well as contributing regular articles to various tax and other publications.

He was heavily involved in helping organisations get to grips with their Covid response, supporting businesses with the CJRS/Furlough arrangements to help protect jobs and ensure claims made were as accurate as possible.

Biography:

Kim is a director in BDO’s Real Estate and Construction Group and one of the firm's UK-REIT specialists. She has led a number of groups through the UK-REIT conversion process as well as being an ongoing adviser to a number of UK-REITs.

Kim has over 17 years’ experience in taxation including a secondment to the British Property Federation. Aside from her REIT experience, Kim has other clients in the property sector: investors, developers (including residential developers) and funds. Kim is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Biography:

Passionate about tax, Edwin has since his graduation, accumulated more than two decades of professional experience in both international and Singapore taxation arenas. Throughout his career, Edwin has gained a wealth of experience and is equipped with extensive knowledge in providing advisory and compliance services covering all key areas of taxation: Corporate Tax, Individual Tax, Goods and Services Tax, Transfer Pricing and Stamp Duty, making him a proficient tax advisor for issues which cut across a spectrum of taxation matters.

Edwin has, in his current capacity and past employment with top tier international accounting firms, served multinational companies, publicly listed and private companies spanning various industries such as trading, manufacturing, construction, property development, shipping, oil and gas, information technology, media and advertising, pharmaceutical, hospitality, logistics, investment, fund management and private wealth services.

Edwin also enriched his experience during his stint in a regional headquarter of a French MNC, giving him a deep appreciation of tax issues from the clients’ perspective.

Biography:

Julian is a barrister at Exchequer Chambers, part of The Barrister Group (www.exchequerchambers.com). He was called to the Bar in 1995 and he has been a partner with major City and West End solicitors’ practices. Julian specialises in disputes that arise from any tax or tax-related matter. His practice covers all areas of tax, including corporate, international, employment, private client, VAT, SDLT, Stamp Taxes, and customs and excise duty; together with areas concerning professional negligence and judicial review. He acts as an advocate and in an advisory capacity and has appeared both on his own and as part of a team in a wide variety of cases in the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal (some of which have been live streamed). He represents taxpayers and HMRC. He has a Ph.D in tax (awarded by the University of London); and he has written and lectured extensively on tax issues. For further information please see taxbarrister.com. He also contributes to Tolley's "A Practical Guide to Tax Disputes".

Biography:

Andrey Krahmal is a member of Temple Tax Chambers.

He represents individuals, trusts, partnerships and companies of all sizes in connection with their inbound and outbound US tax issues (including FATCA matters).

Andrey currently contributes to Tiley & Collison's UK Tax Guide.

Biography:

Dr. Patrick Mulcahy, FCA, CTA (Tax and Accounting Lecturer, Dublin City University and Tax Director, Financial Services Group, PwC).

Biography:

Helen Cuthbert is a Senior Tax Manager in the Private Client Team.

Helen specialises in International Private Client Tax matters. Helen assists international individuals moving to the UK; advising on residence, the remittance basis of taxation and remittance planning. In addition, Helen advises UK resident and domiciled individuals leaving to spend time outside the UK.

Helen joined James Cowper Kreston in 2013 and advises a varied portfolio of International and UK based clients. Helen gained extensive experience in Big 4 and Top 10 firms, together with a number of years spent as a tax tutor preparing candidates for the Institute professional exams. Helen is experienced in a wide range of taxation issues including; income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, enveloped property and pre-arrival remittance planning. Helen has a particular interest in the UK taxation of offshore trusts including inheritance tax issues, capital gains tax deferral and the transfer of assets abroad.

Biography:

Raffaele Russo is an expert on international taxation and on international and domestic tax policy. He is currently Partner at Chiomenti Law Firm and a Senior Fellow at the Amsterdam Centre for Tax Law (ACTL) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

With over 20 years of professional experience, Raffaele has held key positions in renowned international and domestic institutions, including the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) in Amsterdam, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance in Rome.

At the OECD, he worked on double tax treaties and on transfer pricing. He played a key role in launching and delivering groundbreaking projects like the OECD work on tax and crimes and the work on aggressive tax planning, which later became the OECD/G20 BEPS Project, which he led until the delivery of the first phase of the Project in 2015.

During his service at the Italian Ministry of economy and finance, he focused on reforming the tax administration and on the digitalization of invoices and receipts. He was then appointed Deputy Chief of Cabinet in charge of taxation and of digitalization from early 2020 to March 2021.

He lectures in leading universities around the world and speaks frequently at conferences and seminars. He has published more than 100 articles in Italian and foreign journals.

He is member of the Rome Bar (Italy) since 2022.