Scott specialises in tax planning, compliance, and strategic advice for private clients and trusts.
Scott’s client base is varied, and he provides advice and tax planning to high-net-worth individuals based in the UK and overseas as well as landed estate clients.
Scott is involved in all aspects of private client tax, handling everything from annual tax compliance to advising on planning matters.
Scott joined Saffery in 2016 as a trainee and is a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser and member of the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners.
Key experience
- UK tax compliance, including tax returns for individuals, partnerships, and trusts, including 60-day residential property returns,
- Advising on tax residence under the UK Statutory Residence Test,
- Advising on maximising capital gains tax reliefs for UK and non-UK individuals,
- Advising on selling cryptocurrency and issues around situs,
- Advising on trust distributions in relation to income or capital distributions from UK or offshore trusts and assisting with compliance matters,
- Inheritance tax advice in relation to succession planning for landed estates and death estates.
Interests
Scott enjoys unwinding with music, exploring new books, and spending quality time with family and friends.
