CPD Course Speaker

Meganomics

Megan Saksida

Megan is an International and Personal Tax lecturer, a Tax writer and editor, a marker and a Tax Examiner, with a special interest in capital taxes and expatriate tax issues.

Chartered accountant (FCA)
Chartered tax accountant (CTA (Fellow)
Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP)

BSc FCA, Author and Presenter

Carl Bayley

Carl Bayley is the author of a series of ‘Plain English’ tax guides designed specifically for the layman and the non-specialist. His particular specialty is his ability to take the weird, complex, and inexplicable world of taxation and set it out in the kind of clear, straightforward language taxpayers themselves can understand.

Carl takes the same approach when speaking on taxation, a role he frequently undertakes with great enthusiasm, including his highly acclaimed annual ‘Budget Breakfast’ for the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has spoken on taxation on radio and television, including the BBC’s ‘It’s Your Money’ program and BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show.

Carl began his career as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 with one of the ‘Big 4’ accountancy firms. After qualifying as a double prize-winner, he immediately began specialising in taxation. He worked for several major international firms until beginning the new millennium by launching his own practice, through which he provided advice on a wide variety of taxation issues; especially property taxation, inheritance tax, and tax planning for small and medium-sized businesses, for twenty years, before deciding to focus on his favourite role as author and presenter.

Carl is a former Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute’s governing Council. He is also a former President of ICAEW Scotland and a member of the ICAEW Board. He has co-organised the annual Practical Tax Conference since its inception in 2002.

Quantify.Tax

Simon Briton

Simon has 20 years' experience working with innovative companies and their advisers on R&D tax relief claims and the other tax incentives that support business growth.

As a tax-qualified lawyer, Simon handles R&D tax enquiries from a wide range of sources and has much more experience than most advisers in this space.

Ad Valorem Accountancy Services Limited

Makayla Combes

Makayla heads up the Tax and Business Consultancy team at Ad Valorem, providing expert advice in a number of areas including:

- Property tax reliefs,
- Mergers and acquisitions,
- HMRC enquiries,
- Employee incentivisation, and
- Business growth and obtaining investment

Outside of this role, Makayla also sits on the New Tax Professionals committee at CIOT and ATT and is the UK representative for the European CFE New Tax Professionals Committee.