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Committees: Taxation

"Working to ensure the UK does not lose its competitive edge, the Committee continues to build dialogue with the Treasury, HMRC, and other Government departments and other policy influencers to ensure the industry is represented in any changes to taxation policy that could affect the industry"

Objective

To represent the interests of members of the private equity and venture capital industry in taxation matters.

Activities

  • Maintaining dialogue with HM Revenue & Customs, Government Ministers and officials to ensure members’ interests are reflected in any changes made to tax policy
  • Responding to relevant Government consultations on issues affecting the industry
  • Working with HM Revenue & Customs to ensure that the Memoranda of Understanding on managers’ shares and carried interest arrangements function in accordance with the industrys’ needs
  • Working to ensure members’ interests are reflected in Budget consultations
  • Working to ensure any reviews of specific tax areas, such as VAT and debt interest deductibility, take into account the requirements and circumstances of the industry

 

Members

David Marks - Apax (Chair)
Mark Baldwin - Macfarlanes
Tony Cheadle - KPMG 
Sara Clark - PriceWaterhouse Coopers
Paul Cooper - Grant Thornton
Christine Chen - Cinven
Paul Cunningham - Helios Investment Partners
Adam Frais - BDO LLP
Tim Hughes - Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Graham Iversen - Slaughter & May
Ged Kelly - Nordic Capital
Helen Lethaby - Freshfields
James Markham - Graphite Capital
Michael McCotter - Doughty Hanson & Co
Paul Megson - Deloitte
Stephen Morse - Pricewaterhouse Coopers
David Nicolson - Bridgepoint Capital
Caspar Noble - Ernst & Young
Jill Palmer - 3i
Stephen Pevsner - SJ Berwin
Kathleen Russ - Travers Smith
Matthew Saronson - Debevoise & Plimpton
Dominic Spiri - Terra Firma
Anthony Stewart - Clifford Chance
Craig Vickery - Exponent PE
Richard Vitou - Deloitte
John Watson - Ashurst
Jenny Wheater - Proskauer
Stephen Whitaker - Vision Capital
Clare Copeland - European Capital

David Huff - 3i (Emeritus Member)
John Maxey - Deloitte (Emeritus Member)

Taxation Sub Committee

The Taxation Committee has recently established four new sub committees:

Corporate Tax
David Nicolson - Group Chair

Personal Tax
Craig Vickery - Group Chair

Operational Tax
Steven Whitaker - Group Chair

 

Related

Technical Committee Update

This bulletin, published once every two months, alerts members to forthcoming changes to the regulatory, legislative or taxation framework.

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Budget and Pre-Budget Reports

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Other Consultation Responses

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The simplification of the legislation relating to Capital Gains Tax




Taxation Bulletins and Updates

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