About the speakers

Kevin Hall, Wright Hassall

Kevin has been working in VAT since the 20th century!

He likes to talk about VAT and he loves helping clients. He is equally happy chatting with an adviser, presenting to a roomful of people, or discussing practical solutions with businesses.

He advises a wide variety of clients, including property deals and construction works, international and cross-border transactions, schemes for small businesses, financial services, supply chain reviews, aircraft/yachts, mergers & acquisitions and reorganisations, HMRC investigations, partial exemption and margin schemes.

Kevin also writes and lectures on VAT and he has contributed to HMRC’s VAT Manuals, specifically in relation to financial advisers.

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Tim Palmer CTA ATT, Croner-i

Tim is one of the UK's best known and popular tax presenters. He lectures frequently all over the UK on a wide variety of taxation subjects and also presents regular live tax webinars. Previously, Tim was a senior Tax Manager with Howarth Clark Whitehill LLP, advising on all areas of tax and NIC for the firm to their clients. He was also a member of the tax department of P&O where he specialised in Corporation Tax and the Construction Industry.

Additionally, Tim writes regular tax articles for numerous publications. Away from his lecturing, Tim is a tax consultant with Gravita Chartered Accountants, London www.gravita.com.

Tim can be contacted at [email protected]

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Paul Brown, In-Accountancy

Paul is the tax director at IN Accountancy based near Stockport. Having started his career with the Inland Revenue Paul worked predominantly with “Big 4” accountancy firms for a number of years including a spell working in Perth, Western Australia. Since his return from Australia Paul has worked for a number of firms providing commercially focussed tax advice to a broad range of owner managed businesses.

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Chris Downing, Sage

Chris is the Director for Accountants and Bookkeepers at Sage, with nearly 20 years of experience as a partner at a top 100 accountancy firm. A respected voice in the profession, Chris is passionate about technology adoption, AI, and automation to drive efficiency and growth for accountants and SMEs.

He regularly speaks at industry events, sharing insights on advisory services, compliance, cash flow, and finance systems. With a deep understanding of the evolving role of accountants, Chris helps firms navigate change and embrace digital transformation to deliver better client outcomes.

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Alex Hugues, Innovation 4 Busines

Alex is Sales Director for Innovation 4 Business, specialising in Stamp Duty Land Tax and purchasing residential property and development opportunities in the most tax efficient manner.