Our dedicated tax law service for accountancy firms provides expert tax advice and related legal support for accountants when dealing with a client’s tax affairs.
The complexity of tax law has substantially increased in recent years. In tandem with this complexity, HMRC’s tax strategy has become more targeted with specialist teams and enhanced software and information at its disposal.
Spearheaded by leading tax lawyer Gavin Birchall, the Team is on hand to provide advice and assistance on a range of taxes such as:
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
- Stamp Duty (including Stamp Duty relief applications)
- VAT on Property
- Inheritance Tax (including Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property Relief)
- Capital Gains Tax
- Income Tax (including SEIS, EIS relief, and employment related securities tax)
We are also able to prepare tax clearance applications and advise on tax efficient corporate reorganisations.
Birketts’ multi-disciplinary approach means we can draw upon a wide pool of lawyers to provide advice on the legal position which may affect your client, and which may be critical to the tax analysis. Our Team also includes international tax lawyers who can advise on cross border tax issues such as residence or domicile status and offshore trusts.
We appreciate that the range of support you require may vary from needing a legal opinion on a difficult tax issue, providing support on tax structuring for a particular client, responding to regular tax queries, or providing assistance in responding to HMRC tax enquiries. Our Team can provide advice on any of the above, either as in-house tax legal support in which you are our client, or we can engage with you or your client on a case-by-case basis.
