About Us
taxpartner is led by a team of senior tax experts
Unlike other tax consultancies, clients can always expect one of our partners to be working directly with their business according to their individual requirements, which also provides continuity of service.
Our Services
Group and company tax accounting under both UK and International Standards
Company tax return preparation
Handling HMRC Enquiries
Quarterly instalment payment calculation
Effective tax rate forecasting and tax policy
Capital allowance reviews
R&D and Patent Box claims
Private equity related tax issues including interest deductibility and VAT recovery
Restructuring advice
Tax due diligence
Senior Accounting Officer advice
Providing tax department resource
iXBRL tagging of company accounts
VAT consultancy
PAYE/NIC mitigation
Salary sacrifice
Employment status
PAYE settlements
Expense policies
Redundancies and relocations
Termination payments
Share scheme reporting
Our Team
Richard Baker
partner, corporate tax enquiries
Richard is a Corporate Tax specialist with 35 years of experience, having worked at both KPMG and Andersen. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Chartered Certified Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. Richard handles the ongoing tax affairs of a broad range of UK and international companies, with a particular emphasis on private equity owned businesses.
Lee Girling
partner, transaction services
Lee is a Corporate Tax specialist with 30 years of experience, having worked at both Andersen and Deloitte. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, and a national prize winner in the Institute of Tax Exams. Lee handles the ongoing tax affairs of a broad range of UK and international companies, from managing annual compliance to implementing ad hoc projects such as reorganisations, acquisitions and disposals.
Roland Batchelor
partner, international tax
Roland is a Corporate Tax specialist with 30 years of experience. Roland provides advice to a wide range of UK and international based groups focused around their annual compliance and tax reporting.
Adam Hames
partner, corporation tax
Adam is a Corporate Tax specialist with 20 years of experience. Adam is a Chartered Tax Adviser who trained in practice before moving in-house and holding Head of Tax roles in FTSE 250 and private equity owned businesses. Adam handles the ongoing tax affairs of a wide range of UK and international groups.
Claire Dumas
head of VAT
Claire is a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser and VAT specialist with 20 years of experience and previously worked at Deloitte. Claire provides a broad range of VAT support to our clients including health checks, training and technical advice.
Joanne Baker
head of payroll taxes
Joanne is a Payroll Tax specialist with 35 years of experience in the profession. She is a Chartered Accountant, qualifying whilst at KPMG before moving to industry roles with BAE and Kraft Foods. Joanne provides a broad range of payroll tax support to our clients, in particular assisting with compliance checks and negotiations with HMRC.
The strong continuity of personnel and deep understanding of our business that they have developed has helped us improve our tax planning and unlock a number of opportunities
Paul Quested, Chief Financial Officer, HSS Hire Service Group
Hovis is a fast moving business that needs tax advisers who are highly responsive and able to meet the demands of an evolving business. Since taxpartner was appointed twelve months ago, we have been really impressed at the high level of service they have provided. When we have needed advice quickly they have delivered, often ahead of agreed deadlines; they have been proactive at ensuring we don't miss any filing deadlines; and they have significantly improved the quality of our tax returns, identifying opportunities for tax savings that were missed by previous advisers.
Caroline Newton, Financial Controller, Hovis Ltd