Technical Committee Members
Technical Committee is chaired by Yvette Nunn, the Association's Vice-President.
Yvette is a member of ATT Council and is a past Chairman of Membership Committee. She has recently written new guidance for members in practice aimed at those embarking on a career with their own tax practice.
Yvette is a practising Tax Adviser in Birmingham, specialising in acting for entrepreneurial clients, and particularly those engaged in Research and Development.
Other Committee members are:
| Graham Batty Graham is an associate director with Baker Tilly in Birmingham. He has a particular interst in the taxation of charities and other not for profit organisations and is a member of the HMRC/charity sector joint working group on the reform of the substantial donors legislation. | Jean Jesty A past President of the Association, Jean is tax partner at JWPCreers, a firm of Chartered Accountants based in York and Selby. She deals with all aspects of taxation as they affect SMEs and represents ATT on the Working Together Steering Group. |
| Trevor Blackmur Trevor works in the area of personal taxation and payroll and represents ATT on the HMRC Employment Consultation Forum and the Benefits and Expenses Sub-group. | Gillian McClenahan Gillian is a sole practitioner trading as Willplantax. She specialises in trust and estate planning and compliance, including drafting tax efficient willls. She sits on the HMRC Working Together group for Northern Ireland, in Belfast. |
| Ann Elmer Ann has a small practice where she specialises in private clients and small businesses starting up. She represents ATT on the recently formed HMRC High Net Worth Forum. | Brian Palmer Brian is a member of ATT Council and a past President of the Association of Accounting Technicians. He has been the AAT representative on the Working Together National Steering Group and was the founder of the e services sub group. Brian is a passionate believer in there being a definite need for HMRC and the profession to have a close working relationship at the operational level. |
| Margaret Ferguson Margaret is a tax generalist. Based in Aberdeen she monitors all things Scottish, including the diving industry and the Scottish Tax Rate Proposals. | Nichola Ross Martin Nichola is the National Tax Director of an internet 'virtual' tax practice which provides tax support for accounting firms across the UK. She specialises in owner-managed businesses. She has also worked as a tax editor for various tax and legal websites. |
| Peter Gravestock Peter is a past President of the Association. He was a tax lecturer and general practitioner covering personal taxes, VAT and NI. He is a member of the HMRC Powers committee. | Michael Steed Michael is a member of ATT Council. Michael is Kaplan Financial's leading authority on indirect taces and works closely with both practice and industry clients providing highly bespoke products to meet their exact training needs. |
| Paul Hill Paul is in general practice in St Ives, Cambridgeshire and represents ATT on the Compliance Reform Forum and the Corporation Tax Operational Consultative Committee. | Stephen Taylor Stephen is a partner in practice specialising in VAT. He is joint author of several CCH VAT publications and is the ATT representative on the Joint VAT Consultative Committee (JVCC). Prior to joining Technical Committee, Stephen was for 8 years Chairman of the SW England Branch. |
| Nick James Nick is Managing Director of Retain Wealth Ltd, providing specialist solutions to accountants dealing with high value transactions. He represents ATT on the HMRC High Net Worth Forum. | |
VAT sub-group members
| Stephen Taylor (Chairman) | |
| Julian Millinchamp Sunil Sampat Neil Warren | Jean Jesty Michael Steed Hugh Mitchell |
Professional Staff
John Kimmer: Technical Officer
John works three days a week for ATT and continues to run his own practice for the remainder of the week. This keeps him involved with the practical issues faced by members on a day to day basis. John's role includes supporting members of Technical Committee, drafting responses to relevant consultations, representing ATT in meetings with HM Revenue and Customs and other bodies, and liaising with the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Low Incomes Tax Reform Group Technical Officers.
John Whiting: Director of Tax Policy
John has recently become the first Tax Policy Director of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), following a long career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). At PwC, he was a tax partner for 25 years, working on most areas of taxation including many years of involvement with employment taxation and client training. In recent years he became responsible for advising PwC and clients on Tax Policy and this is at the hub of his new CIOT role. The Tax policy work involves regular high level contacts with the UK tax authorities, Ministers and Shadow Ministers and appearances before Parliamentary Committees. John is also a member of the First-tier Tax Tribunal.
