Tax Professionals Forum
The forum is a group of tax professionals committed to developing tax policy.
Making the right decisions on tax policy is critical. But a competitive tax system is not only about the level of taxation and the policy choices that determine its incidence, it is also about the quality of tax law and the way we make tax policy.
From a speech made by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke MP, to the Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University, 2 July 2010.
Role of the group
The government established a forum of tax professionals to be chaired by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, as part of the commitment to reform the framework for developing tax policy and making tax law. The forum will meet bi-annually, and the remit and membership will be reviewed every two years.
Membership
Members of the forum are:
- Chris Sanger (Member Chair) – EY Global Government Tax Leader; Chair, ICAEW Tax Technical Committee
- Philip Baker OBE, QC – Field Court Tax Chambers and Faculty of Law, Oxford University
- Malcolm Gammie CBE, QC – IFS Tax Law Review Committee and One Essex Court
- Anita Monteith – ICAEW Technical Lead and Senior Policy Adviser
- Vincent Oratore – Former president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation
- Andy Richens
- Jonathan Riley – Senior Tax Partner, Grant Thornton, Bristol & West of England
- Richard Stratton – Travers Smith
Minutes
For previous minutes please go to the National Archives website
Independent annual reports
The forum has published independent annual reports on the implementation of the new tax policy making process.