ALL ABOUT YOU! The Life and Times of Senior Women in Indirect Tax…

I am delighted to present the tenth in a series of profiles of senior women in Indirect Tax. The aim is to showcase the talents, experience and stories of these amazing women, and provide some insight into their professional and personal lives, what inspires them and what wisdom they can share. My tenth interviewee is Ela Choina.  Read More

Pump Court Tax Chambers VAT Conference

BLT are delighted to support Pump Court Tax Chambers VAT Conference, to be held in London on 18th September 2019. This is an amazing opportunity to hear from the leading tax set, analysing the latest case law and current issues facing VAT practitioners. 

BLT clients can receive a 20% discount on the ticket price. Please contact seminars@pumptax.com before booking to claim your discount.

ALL ABOUT YOU! The Life and Times of Senior Women in Indirect Tax…

I am delighted to present the ninth in a series of profiles of senior women in Indirect Tax. The aim is to showcase the talents, experience and stories of these amazing women, and provide some insight into their professional and personal lives, what inspires them and what wisdom they can share. My ninth interviewee is Liza Drew, FSO APAC Indirect Tax Leader at EY. Read More

Environmental, Social, Technological – any change is good for Management Consulting – by Tariq Siraj

The UK announcing a policy of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 should be welcome news for all of us and was a resonant example of the power of the peaceful protest.

To many it does not go far enough; many eminent academics and Extinction Rebellion members continue pushing for a 2030 target and of course Greenpeace protestors made the headlines recently at a City event with senior MPs.

However the 2050 policy – while achievable – will already require quite seismic changes in public consumption, habits, industry approaches and further government policies. And here we see the introduction on the management consulting sector. Read More

Indirect Tax: Who’s in charge – employer or applicant? by Guy Barrand

We all know (and bemoan regularly) that the numbers of talented Indirect Tax professionals is not enough to go round. The Indirect Tax recruitment headache is becoming even more of a migraine for many firms and companies – it prevents professional services firms from delivering the best in class service they want to; it restricts growth plans; it demands quick fix solutions that may or may not work out, taking existing staff away from what they want to be doing or indeed are best at doing. It plays havoc with work/life balance due to the need for staff to work longer hours than ideal and we haven’t even touched on the lost benefit of a new hire reinvigorating a team dynamic. As for the in-house world, who have also comparatively recently also started to feel the Indirect Tax recruitment pinch – you can well imagine the lost opportunity and potential compliance problems that an unfilled Indirect Tax role causes. Read More