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| − | [[Chris Sanger]] is the Global Head of Tax Policy and a Partner at [[Ernst & Young]] and a former adviser to [[Gordon Brown]] in [[HM Treasury]] who helped to draw up the 1997 energy windfall tax plan. | + | [[Chris Sanger]] is the Global Head of Tax Policy and a Partner at [[Ernst & Young]] and a former adviser to [[Gordon Brown]] in the [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] who helped to draw up the 1997 energy windfall tax plan. <ref> Tim Webb, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/aug/31/utilities.energy?INTCMP=SRCH Windfall tax being blown off course], The Observer, Sunday 31 August 2008 </ref> |
He is Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales]] (ICAEW). Sanger is also a member of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury’s [[Tax Professionals Forum]].<ref>[http://taxjournal.com/tj/node/15187 Tax Journal], accessed April 2011</ref> | He is Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales]] (ICAEW). Sanger is also a member of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury’s [[Tax Professionals Forum]].<ref>[http://taxjournal.com/tj/node/15187 Tax Journal], accessed April 2011</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:50, 26 February 2013
Chris Sanger is the Global Head of Tax Policy and a Partner at Ernst & Young and a former adviser to Gordon Brown in the Treasury who helped to draw up the 1997 energy windfall tax plan. [1]
He is Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Sanger is also a member of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury’s Tax Professionals Forum.[2]
Contents
Career
Sanger joined Ernst & Young as a Partner in January 2005. He was formerly an adviser to HM Treasury, advising the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Junior Ministers and Special Advisers on the reform of the business taxation system. He is National Head of Tax Policy Development at Ernst & Young, and a member of the CIOT Tax Policy Committee and the Tax Law Review Committee of the Institute of Fiscal Studies. [3]
Affiliations
- Member of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury’s Tax Professionals Forum
- Chairman of the Tax Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Member Tax Law Review Committee
Lobbying
In June 2010 Chris Sanger met with the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke alongside John Whiting, Trevor Evans, Bernard Glass, Stephen Machin, and Steve Edge for a 'discussion' on Corporation Tax reform. [4]
In March 2012, commenting on the 2012 Budget results, Sanger was quoted in the Guardian as saying that
- "Combined with the announcement on the 50p rate, [the corporation tax cut] reinforces the message that the UK is open for business." [5]
Resources
- Chris Sanger, Consultation: is it having the desired effect?, Tax Journal, 23 January 2012
- Vanessa Houlder, Alarm over fresh focus on non-doms, Financial Times, May 20 2010. Sanger was quoted as saying that 'further changes to the non-dom rules would be a “real deterrent for wealth-creating individuals to come from overseas”'.
Notes
- ↑ Tim Webb, Windfall tax being blown off course, The Observer, Sunday 31 August 2008
- ↑ Tax Journal, accessed April 2011
- ↑ Our Spokespeople, E&Y website, acc 27 Sept 2011
- ↑ HM Treasury's list Ministerial meetings with outside interests, 13 May - 31 Jul 2010.
- ↑ Jill Treanor, Budget 2012: business leaders welcome tax cut but say more is needed, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 March 2012 21.19 GMT
