Janet Pierce (nee Paterson)

Janet Pierce (nee Paterson) has a strong technical background in UK and International tax, she is a qualified chartered accountant and chartered tax advisor, a member of the society of trust and estate practitioners and a member of the institute of indirect taxation.

Janet is also a member (formerly chairman) of the Fleet Chapter of the VAT Practitioners Group, a member of the International Tax Planning Association and a member of the International Fiscal Association.

Janet left the position she held for nearly 5 years as the partner responsible for international tax and VAT at the Tunbridge Wells based accountancy firm of Creaseys LLP to build her own specialist firm.

Janet and her ever increasing team of professionals based at Charter Tax assist a varied client base in all manner of UK and international tax projects where they have extensive skills in tax planning for personal and corporate clients with both a domestic UK bias but also those with cross border requirements. These clients include local professionals, mobile executives, non-domiciled individuals, owner managed business, multinational corporates and international trust companies.

As well as enjoying helping all manner of clients find tax efficient solutions, Janet regularly contributes to the tax professional press and is the author of a number of notable titles, including the remittance basis chapter for Lexis Nexis on-line, Tolleys Property Tax Planning, and various technical digests for Bloomsbury regarding VAT.

Janet is an accomplished horsewoman owning a small stable in Kent where she keeps several horses which she often enters into 3 day eventing competitions throughout the UK.