How did you first get into tax?
I had been seconded to the tax training department during my articles at Deloitte (the real one – Haskins and Sells). I had enjoyed it but I still needed three months in corporate tinance to find out that it wasn’t as glamorous as I thought. I then joined Arthur Anderson’s tax department to do my ATII.
What are you working on at the moment?
On a great variety of client cases including many concerning the statutory residence test. My wife and I wrote McKie on Statutory Residence earlier this year. The complexities of the SRT are legion which is why our book runs to over 1 100 pages.
Aside from your immediate colleagues whom in tax do you most admire and why?
David Oliver (now sadly dead) was one of the most intelligent and courteous men that I...
