Venita M.

I am a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and ATT-qualified specialist with over 20 years of experience across the full spectrum of UK taxation — corporate tax, owner-managed businesses, property tax, self-assessment, capital gains, and cross-border planning. WHERE I COME FROM I bring over 20 years of compliance, tax advisory and planning experience for corporations, owner-managed businesses, and individuals. I have lived and breathed tax since I was 18, having studied Taxation and Revenue Law at Bournemouth University before qualifying as an ATT and a CTA. On the compliance and advisory side, I worked at Barnes Roffe advising - corporates, - business owners, and - individuals. At Blevins Franks — the leading international tax adviser to UK nationals in Europe — I regularly advised high-net-worth individuals, directors and business owners on UK tax and cross-border residence and treaty questions. I have also worked for the leading names in tax publishing, authoring the technical materials that tax advisers rely on to advise clients. At CCH Wolters Kluwer I was on the tax technical team and I was a Corporate tax manager at LexisNexis. I worked on the International Tax Treaty Project at Bloomberg BNA, collating and analysing global tax treaties and most recently authored the CIOT property taxation study manual for TaxBooster. My experience means I have a deep understanding of tax law across all areas, which makes me an expert planner, able to easily advise any client on how to legally mitigate their taxes, with deep knowledge of the exemptions and reliefs which many advisors miss. UK TAX — WHAT I WORK ON I advise individuals, owner-managed businesses and growing limited companies on corporate tax structuring, tax-efficient director remuneration, R&D credits, capital allowances, VAT scheme selection, and forward-looking tax strategy. For individuals, I handle self-assessment, property tax, capital gains planning, and inheritance tax considerations. If your tax affairs have got complicated — multiple income sources, a property portfolio, a director's loan account, or an HMRC enquiry — I can bring clarity and a clear route forward. CROSS-BORDER AND RESIDENCE In the area where generalist advisers stop, and specialists begin, I am most forensic. When it comes to cross-border issues, including the UK statutory residence test, I can help you to understand where and when you should be paying taxes and how to operate the tax legislation in your favour. HOW I WORK I am personable and direct. I will ask the right questions — about your business, your business goals, your home, your family, your travel, your work, your property — and listen carefully, because the details that seem incidental are often the ones that change the outcome entirely. I look back years to check nothing has been missed and give you planning advise which remains robust into the forward years too, because tax is never just about this tax year. I give written determinations with full legislative references. Not a verbal opinion, not a one-page summary. A documented analysis you can keep, show to an adviser in your new country, or produce to HMRC if they ever ask. QUALIFICATIONS CTA — Chartered Institute of Taxation (2009) ATT — Association of Tax Technicians (2004) BA (Hons) Taxation and Revenue Law — Bournemouth University (2002)