Stephen Charles

About Stephen

Stephen is one of the firm’s tax partners and heads up the tax offering in the Sheffield office. He deals with all forms of taxation, including income tax, capital gains tax, corporation tax (including R&D tax reliefs), inheritance tax and stamp duty land tax. He is particularly interested in dealing with reorganisations, such as demergers and assisting with acquisitions and disposals. He has experience of dealing with employee incentives, including EMI share option schemes and Employee Ownership Trust arrangements. Stephen is a qualified chartered accountant as well as a chartered tax adviser and has worked at Hawsons since 2007, previously working at a national firm.

Outside work Stephen enjoys watching cricket with his young sons.

Specialisms

• R&D tax relief
• Tax planning and restructuring
• Employment incentives
• Share schemes
• Property tax
• VAT
• Employee Ownership Trusts
• Property and construction

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