Charter Tax, Chartered Accountants, which has offices in London and Goudhurst, Kent, is proud to be celebrating its tenth anniversary. The firm offers accounting and tax advisory services to businesses and high net worth individuals within and outside the UK.Charter Tax specialises in tax advice for non-domiciliaries living in the UK, in addition to a […]
This month (September 2019) Charter Tax celebrates its tenth anniversary, so we thought we’d talk to the firm’s founder and Principal, Janet Pierce.Back in 2009, Janet had been a partner in a mid-size accountancy firm for a number of years but the usual partnership politics left her feeling there must be more to life. At […]
Mark Howard, who is a Principal at Charter Tax, joined the firm in 2015 and focuses on providing advice to families, farms, trusts and estates.Mark knew he wanted to train as an accountant from the age of 15, as he planned to join the family timber business in a finance role. In the event, by […]
Tracy Belton, a member of the team at Charter Tax in Goudhurst, has passed the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) certificate, gaining a distinction. She works within the private client team at the firm, where she is mainly involved in the preparation of the accounts and tax returns for sole traders, partnerships and […]
Congratulations to team member Ashwin Grewal, who has passed the Personal Taxation paper of his ATT qualification. It covers the practice and application of certain tax rules with regard to how individuals are taxed.The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) is the leading professional body for those providing UK tax compliance services. It has more than […]
Three team members from Charter Tax have recently passed their final exams to become ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) Chartered Accountants. Joe Cleary, Michael O’Brien and Sam Wing have all passed a series of rigorous examinations in financial management, auditing, business strategy and taxation, which has seen them admitted to the […]
Charter Tax, which has offices in Goudhurst, Kent, and London, has recently become licenced to carry out probate and estate administration work. The firm’s team includes both chartered accountants and chartered tax advisers, so a client can be confident that the firm has the specialist knowledge required to handle the tax affairs of the deceased […]
Two years ago, we were very proud to support the Hospice in the Weald ‘Herd of the Hospice’ campaign, which raised over £100,000 for the hospice charity. We sponsored the horse sculpture we called ‘Charter’ who was designed by the award-winning illustrator and caricaturist Chris Burke. Charter was among a ‘herd’ of 24 horse sculptures, […]
Tax Help For Older People In January 2018, one of our employees – Jane Hodge – joined the network of volunteers working with the tax charity, Tax Help for Older People. This Dorset-based charity, established in 2004, has around 400 volunteers across the UK, helping some 12,000 people a year with their tax problems, by […]
Talking with Janet Pierce from Charter Tax Can you share a practical tip on a tax issue in any of your specialisms?Assume that if it can go wrong, it will go wrong!? That may be a life outlook as much as a tax tip but I so often see good tax planning go by the wayside […]