Forensic Tax – John McCaffery
Alexander & Co Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors was established in 1976 and over the past five decades, has earned its reputation as one of the most trusted and dependable firms in its field.
John is Tax Partner and Head of Tax at Alexander & Co, having previously worked for two of the big four firms.
Advising individuals, entrepreneurs, families and their businesses on tax issues and planning, John has particular expertise in transactional and forensic taxes.
John has engaged and advised on a wide variety of matters including marital and shareholder disputes and arrangements, company and partnership acquisitions, disposals and reconstructions, structuring and advising on the tax consequences of investments by individuals including EIS and VCT arrangements, property planning and tax mitigation strategies.
John has significant tax due diligence experience which involves detailed review of documentation, advising on and quantifying key tax exposures and developing potential solutions.
John has experience of giving evidence in Court and has acted for plaintiffs, claimants and as a court appointed single joint expert.
Recent work undertaken by John includes:
Matrimonial/Shareholder dispute: Joint expert advising on the separation of a property portfolio held within a corporate structure, where the parties were joint shareholders and required separation of the assets in a tax efficient manner.
Commercial / Shareholder dispute: Expert witness for the defence, reporting on the application of the UK thin capitalisation and transfer pricing rules on a multi-million-pound international joint venture arrangement on the development of an African port operation through a UK Holding company. As a direct result of this work the client obtained a multi-million pound settlement.
Legal negligence: Expert witness for the defence reporting on the suitability of the sale and implementation of various tax avoidance schemes and VAT arrangements by a firm of accountants to a number of their clients via scheme providers.
HMRC Investigations: Advising numerous clients on the tax consequences of various tax avoidance planning arrangements they had historically entered into, in light of the Advance Payment Notice and Follower Notice legislation recently introduced.
Shareholder dispute: Reporting on the tax implications of the activities of a fraudulent managing director, advising on planning that would reduce the tax exposure to the company in relation to these activities and the removal of the director and managing this process with HMRC.
John can be contacted directly by email at johnm@alexander.co.uk or alternatively, you can contact his office on 0161 832 4841
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