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.

President's page, March 2017

On 16 February, I received an email from Ruth Owen at HMRC, thanking me for completing my Self Assessment tax return....

President's page, January 2017

The CIOT and many advisers were alarmed by the original announcement in August 2016 of a new penalty ‘for those who cons...