Mr Brian Ash AFA MIPA 13 May 2026, 2 & 10 July 2026

Mr Brian Ash AFA MIPA
Billericay, UK

Complaint

Allegations were that the Member was liable to disciplinary action in that his name and his company’s name appeared on HMRC’s list of named suspected tax avoidance schemes, that he knew or ought to have known that his company enabled or supplied a suspected tax avoidance scheme, that alone or with others enabled or supplied a tax avoidance scheme to members of the public through his company, failing to bring this to the attention of the IFA, failing to declare to the IFA in his 2024 and 2025 Annual Member Return that he had not been the subject of any adverse finding or comment relating to professional standards, in breach of the fundamental principle of Professional behaviour in the IESBA Code of Ethics, PCRT and IFA Bye-laws 11.2(a), (b) and (c) 11.6 and 11.7.

Finding 

The Disciplinary Committee found the matters proved. 

Sentencing Order 

Severe Reprimand for allegations 1-6 and Reprimand for allegations 7-8. Ordered to pay a total fine of £5,000 and costs of £5,000.