Drysdale, Donald
Donald Drysdale has written extensively for the professional tax press. He was a senior tax partner at KPMG, with a varied client list including quoted companies, family businesses, individuals and trusts, before taking on national responsibility for directing UK-wide tax technology, first at KPMG and later at PwC. He later became Assistant Director of Tax at ICAS, dealing with HM Treasury and HMRC on corporate, international, small business, capital taxes and private client tax issues and tax technology topics, while also providing support to ICAS members. He now concentrates full time on his activities as a freelance tax author and editor through his company Taxing Words Ltd. When not writing, he enjoys driving his meticulously restored 1964 Morris Minor 1000 Tourer known as 'Trafalgar'.
Cave, Rebecca
Rebecca Cave is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, whose primary role is consultant tax editor at AccountingWEB.co.uk. She also writes newsletters for various other publishers and edits Bloomsbury's Tax Rates and Tables.
Laing, Sarah
Sarah Laing is a Chartered Tax Adviser, having worked for both small and Big 4 firms. An established writer, she has contributed to a range of highly regarded tax publications. She is the news editor and a director of TaxationWeb Limited, which provides free information and resources on UK taxes to taxpayers and professionals.
Mcdonald, Fiona
Fiona McDonald MA (Hons), LLB, Dip LP, ATT, NP is a Scottish solicitor accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Private Client Tax Law. As a partner of Pagan Osborne Fiona specialises in providing expert advice on all aspects of estate planning including asset protection, succession, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, tax planning and guardianships. Her expertise also covers non-residency issues, charity law, executries and tax planning for family businesses.
Pagan, Bill
Bill Pagan, BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), NP, TEP, WS. Former Senior Partner at Pagan Osborne Solicitors. He has served for more than twenty years on the Law Society of Scotland's Tax Committee and chairs the Private Client Tax Sub Committee.
Needham, Andrew
Andrew Needham is a Chartered Tax and heads VAT Specialists Ltd, Andrew has a degree in Law from UCNW Bangor and is a specialist in indirect taxes. Andrew has over 30 years' experience in VAT having spent 7 years in HM Customs & Excise, firstly as a VAT inspector, then as a departmental trainer, and finally in a headquarters policy unit dealing with the introduction of the EU single market.
After leaving Customs he joined Deloitte & Touche as a VAT consultant in Liverpool and then Manchester, where he qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser. Andrew then moved to London where he worked on formulating indirect tax planning ideas, writing articles for tax publications, and was author of Deloitte's Weekly VAT News. From Deloitte's, Andrew moved to Ernst & Young in Manchester as a senior indirect tax consultant, where he managed the indirect tax affairs of several multi-national companies.
Andrew is a specialist in international tax, land and property issues and also a lecturer on VAT issues. He was a VAT adviser to the Forum of Private Business and represented them quarterly on the Joint VAT Consultative Committee. Andrew is author of Bloomsbury Professional Value Added Tax (previously Tottel's Value Added Tax).
Mackintosh, Simon
Simon Mackintosh is a Partner at Turcan Connell and specialises in tax and estate planning for private clients, and in charity law. He is Accredited as a Specialist by The Law Society of Scotland in both Trust Law and Charity Law.
Garden, Alexander
Alexander Garden is a Partner at Turcan Connell and specialises in issues concerning succession, trusts, taxation and asset protection, as well as charity law. He is Accredited as a Specialist by The Law Society of Scotland in both Trust Law and Private Client Tax.
Wünschmann-Lyall, Iris
Iris Wünschmann-Lyall is a solicitor and specialises in estate planning, trusts, probate and tax related matters and is a Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner.
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