Stephen Charles
Tax Partner
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.
Stephen’s recent articles
UK company size thresholds to increase
To cut complexity and burdens from legislative reporting requirements, the thresholds for company...
The tax year ends on 5th April each year, why is this?
Well you can blame the Romans, especially Julius Caesar and Europe. Back in 1582 the Pope Gregory...
Sir Geoffrey Vos believes AI will change principles and practices of common law
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise the practice of law, potentially reshaping...