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Mr Ross Birkbeck

0207 242 2744 rossbirkbeck@15oldsquare.co.uk View profile View profile

Work Department

Barrister

Position

Ross advises on a range of diverse tax matters. Some issues which he has dealt with recently include:

• Residence and domicile status
• Employee taxation including the scope of the benefits code, the employment related securities legislation (Part 7 ITEPA 2003) and the disguised remuneration legislation (Part 7A ITEPA 2003)
• The application of reliefs to SDLT in respect of charities, Multiple dwelling’s relief, and mixed use property.
• Enveloped residential properties
• Entrepreneurs’ relief and incorporation relief
• Corporate restructuring
• VAT relief for charities
• Claims for R&D relief
• Income tax and Inheritance tax relief on gifts to charities
• The relevance and methods of valuation of close companies
• Accelerated Payment Notices and Follower Notices
• The GAAR and its application
• Incorporation of LLPs
• The application of the Transactions in Securities legislation.
• Information notices
• Register of deliberate tax defaulters
• Constructive trusts and the effect on an estate for IHT purposes
• SDLT planning
• Inheritance tax planning
• Challenging penalty assessments

Career

Called in 2015

Ross is able to undertake instructions through Public Access

Education

• 2014-15 BPTC, City Law School, [Very Competent]
• 2013-14 GDL, City Law School, [Distinction]
• 1999-2003 BA Mathematics and Philosophy. Mansfield College, Oxford [First Class]