VAT Specialist, Deeks VAT Consultancy

This month’s member spotlight is on Jane Deeks, VAT Specialist at Deeks VAT Consultancy and member of CIOT

We share an example of how Tax Help for Older People and TaxAid can provide real support to taxpayers in need.

On 20 July 2023, the Chartered Institute of Taxation and the Association of Taxation Technicians announced the results from their examinations taken at the May 2023 exam session.

In April, CIOT colleagues and volunteers attended CFE Tax Adviser Europe meetings which included the New Tax Professionals committee which discussed the OECD Report on Tax Policy and Gender Equality.

The remit of the International Tax Committee is UK direct taxes and, in particular, UK corporation tax, as they apply cross border to multinational enterprises (MNEs), as well as international tax obligations on companies resident in the UK.

ATT Officers 2023-24 (left to right): Senga Prior, Simon Groom and Graham Batty

At the AGM held on 13 July 2023, the new Officers took up their posts for 2023-24.

David began by reflecting on the year past, including political developments, ATT events and the Association’s progress.

(From left to right): Front row: Bradley Colman (Jean Jesty Prize), Matthew Poole (Tolley Prize), Helena Heyndrickx (President’s Medal), Zoe Dixon (Ivison Medal and Jennings Medal), David Bradshaw (then ATT President), Kirsty Stuart (Trevor Johnson Medal), Chloe Jackson (Kimmer Medal), Gemma O’D

In his presidential inaugural speech at the ATT’s annual general meeting on Thursday 13 July, Simon Groom told the Association’s members that he had written to Harriett Baldwin MP, chair of the House of Commons Treasury Committee, encouraging her and her colleagues to canvass the views of the ATT