Having received his tax training with the Inland Revenue in the West Country and in London, Bill joined KPMG and later Saffrey Champness where he qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor. During this period, he looked after the tax affairs of two large public companies.

After five years in the profession, Bill joined Lloyds Bank where he worked for twenty five years. Whilst heavily involved in United Kingdom corporation tax matters, he handled the bank’s international taxation affairs in some 73 countries. During this time, he undertook extensive overseas travel negotiating with various foreign tax authorities directly. He was involved in the bank’s acquisitions of Abbey Life, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and TSB. He left the bank in 1996 as Chief Manager (Group Tax) to pursue his own private practice interests and to continue lecturing for the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and other training companies.

Bill has run his own tax practice for 15 years. As well as looking after his own clients, he also supports other accountancy practices on more difficult corporate tax issues, particularly those involving international planning and compliance. Bill has been a member of the Bankers Taxation Circle since 1974 and was President of the Circle in 1982-83. He has served on the International Tax Committee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation South West Branch and the Tax Committee of the UK 200 Group of Chartered Accountants. He has been associated with Jasper Capital since its formation.

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