Bill Dodwell | Tax Adviser

Bill Dodwell

Bill is the former Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification and Editor in Chief of Tax Adviser magazine. He is a past president of the CIOT and was formerly head of tax policy at Deloitte. He was a member of the GAAR Advisory Panel from 2018 to 2024. Bill won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tolley’s Taxation Awards in 2024 and writes in a personal capacity.

21st Century tax

By Bill Dodwell | February 1, 2016

I purchased my first computer in the early 1980s – an Osborne.

Management of taxes

OMB

Personal tax

Autumn savings

By Bill Dodwell | January 1, 2016

The third ‘fiscal event’ of the year took place on 25 November 2015, when the Chancellor delivered the Autumn Statement....

Employment Tax

Large Corporate

OMB

Personal tax

Interesting cap

By Bill Dodwell | December 5, 2015

The G20/OECD published its report, Limiting Base Erosion Involving Interest Deductions and Other Financial Payments on 5...

International Tax

Ready for action

By Bill Dodwell | November 1, 2015

The 13 papers covering the 15 actions in the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project were released on 5...

International Tax

BEPS fireworks

By Bill Dodwell | October 1, 2015

By the time this article appears, the 13 papers covering the 15 actions in the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) p...

International Tax

Spirit of the law

By Bill Dodwell | September 1, 2015

One of the interesting phrases used in the recent consultation, Improving Large Business Compliance, is ‘the spirit of t...

General Features

Management of taxes

Raising taxes

By Bill Dodwell | August 1, 2015

Slowly the word crept out that there would be a great deal in the summer Budget – although details of the content remain...

General Features

Large Corporate

OMB

Personal tax

The interest ratio

By Bill Dodwell | July 1, 2015

One action from the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project – Interest Restrictions (action 4) – potentially a...

Large Corporate

Loss relief limits

By Bill Dodwell | March 1, 2015

Seasoned observers of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg point out that there was a high-water mark in deciding...

International Tax

Large Corporate

Wrong sort of dividend

By Bill Dodwell | June 1, 2015

Judge Colin Bishopp has just given his decision in a case about ‘rate boosters’.

Large Corporate