Ticket Prices

• TAG Members: Day rate £75 (plus VAT)• TAG Members: Residential rate* £150 (plus VAT)

Early Bird ticket prices for Non-Members available until 31st December 2019• Non-Members: Day rate £225 (plus VAT) • Non-Members: Residential rate* £300 (plus VAT)

Non-Member ticket prices for Non-Members after 1st January 2020• Non-Members: Day rate £325 (plus VAT)• Non-Members: Residential rate* £400 (plus VAT)

Note* Residential rate includes, bed and breakfast for the night before.

Mark Lee

Highly sought-after conference speaker who also happens to be a Chartered Accountant.

Mark will be presenting a SPECIAL session on ‘How to Be Remarkable and More Than “Just Another Accountant”’.

Book events now at https://tagaccountants.co.uk/tax-conference-2020/

Tax Conference for OMBAccountants and Advisers

Thursday 30th April 2020 from 8.45am until 4pmNottingham Belfry Hotel, Mellors Way, Off Woodhouse Way,

Nottingham, NG8 6PY

This event will be packed with up to the minute technical tax content and training and will qualify for CPD. The speaker line up is stacked with leading

tax experts in their field, including three leading tax barristers.

Speakers include:

Keith GordonMichael SherryJulian HickeyMark LeeMartin KaneyChris O’Hara

Conference topics include:

• Recent Tax Cases of Interest

• Dealing with Tax Disputes and Appeals

• VAT Update• Private Client Tax Update• Tax Avoidance and the

Loan Charge – Where Are We Now?

Keith M Gordon

Barrister, Chartered Accountant and Tax Adviser

Keith has recently won the Tolley’s Taxation award 2019 for Outstanding Contribution to Tax.

This was an award that was voted by his fellow tax professionals from a very strong field which recognises his significant contribution to tax.

Keith M Gordon

BiographyKeith practises from Temple Tax Chambers in London.

Keith previously practised as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser before starting to practise at the Bar in 2006. His practice covers all areas of tax as well as related areas including partnership disputes and professional negligence. Keith also lectures and writes extensively, and won the Outstanding Contribution to Tax award in the 2019 LexisNexis Taxation Awards. He was also the Tax Writer of the Year and Chartered Tax Adviser of the Year in the 2013 and 2009 awards respectively.

Keith’s cases include Jones v Garnett (the ‘Arctic Systems’ case) where he was the junior barrister for the successful taxpayer in the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. More recently, he was instructed by the taxpayers in Albatel v HMRC (the ‘Lorraine Kelly’ case), the discovery cases of Charlton, Sanderson and Pattullo in the Supreme Court in Cotter v HMRC (meaning of tax return), Thomson v HMRC (meaning of trade) and the residence cases of Grace and Tuczka.

Keith is a member of the ICAEW Tax Faculty’s Technical Committee. He is also an active member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, where he was a Council member between 2009 and 2019, sits on a number of technical sub-committees and is joint honorary President of the London Branch.

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

Julian Hickey

BiographyJulian Hickey is a Barrister at 9 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, and an Associate Tenant at St. John’s Buildings in Manchester. He is a tax advisor (CTA (Fellow), TEP) and litigator. Since being called to the Bar in 1995, he has been a partner with major city solicitors’ practices, including Berwin Leighton Paisner and Bird & Bird. He has wide-ranging experience of tax investigations / disputes and advisory work covering Private Client, Corporate Tax, VAT, Stamp Duties, Customs Duties, APNs, Follower Notices. Julian’s non-tax related areas of practice are company, partnership, trusts and insolvency law; and advice on professional negligence (claims and defence). He regularly appears in the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and High Court.

Mark Lee

Mark’s aim is to focus audiences’ attention on what they need to do differently to succeed in the immediate future.

In a previous life, as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, Mark spent 25 years in practice, was a partner at two top firms and Chairman of the ICAEW Tax Faculty.

Mark is now a proud Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association and Treasurer of The Magic Circle, which probably means he is the only truly magical speaker in the UK accountancy profession.

Biography

Martin Kaney

BiographyMartin has over 30 years of experience in VAT and is a former VAT Officer in HM Customs & Excise. His experience is extensive and with various professional firms. Martin is not only a specialist in VAT consultancy but also VAT litigation. He has expertise in all areas of the VAT and is the author of two textbooks on subject.

SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS

THURSDAY 30TH APRIL 2020

START END TIME ITEM SPEAKER

8:45 AM 9:15 AM 0:30 Registration and Coffee

9:15 AM 9:25 AM 0:10 Chairman Opens Conference David Logan

9:25 AM 10:25 AM 1:00 Recent Tax Cases of Interest Keith Gordon

10:25 AM 10:45 AM 0:20 Coffee Break

10:45 AM 11:45 AM 1:00Tax Investigations Update

– Dealing with Tax DisputesJulian Hickey

11:45 AM 12:15 PM 0:30Tax Avoidance and the Loan Charge

– Where Are We Now?Chris O’Hara

12:15 PM 1:10 PM 0:55 Lunch Break

1:10 PM 2:10 PM 1:00How to Be Remarkable and More Than

‘Just Another Accountant’Mark Lee

2:10 PM 2:55 PM 0:45 Private Client Tax Update Michael Sherry

2:55pm 3:10pm 0:15 Coffee Break

3:10pm 3:55pm 0:45 VAT Update Martin Kaney

3:55pm 4:00pm 0:05 Closing Remarks David Logan

Michael Sherry

Michael Sherry is a Barrister at Temple Tax Chambers; tax advocate and adviser with experience in all courts including the House of Lords and Supreme Court (including Forde & McHugh; Gray’s Timber; College of Estate Management, Langham v Veltema, Mansworth v Jelley and Hancock v HMRC). He has particular experience with owner managed businesses (hedge fund managers, professional service providers and highly profitable closely held businesses); employment taxation for all sizes of business, tax avoidance and has experience in all areas of taxation.

He is a former member of the Bar Council and of the ICAEW Council, past Chairman of the Tax Faculty, former Treasurer of the ICAEW and is also past president of the Institute of Indirect Tax.

Michael has been general editor of Whiteman and Sherry on Income Tax and Whiteman and Sherry on Capital Gains Tax for many years and he lectures and writes widely.

Biography

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Venue DetailsNottingham Belfry Hotel, Mellors Way, Off Woodhouse Way, Nottingham, NG8 6PY Tel: 0115 973 9393

The welcoming Nottingham Belfry is a contemporary four-star hotel conveniently located on the edge of the city, with first-rate leisure and conference facilities.

This modern, stylish hotel has 120 spacious bedrooms, a spa with an indoor pool and an atmospheric restaurant, bar and outdoor terrace area. Just a mile from the M1 and five miles from Nottingham city centre, we are also one of the region’s largest conference venues with the capacity to cater for up to 700 delegates.

Ideally positioned for both business and pleasure stays, we pride ourselves on being one of the finest hotels in Nottingham.

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What recent delegates have said about the conferences...

“Fantastic tax event, Keith Gordon is an exceptional speaker.”

“Brilliant conference with a great update from Martin Kaney in relation to VAT matters.”

“An extremely useful course with some excellent speakers. Cannot wait to come back next year.”