STS - Key Persons
Ali joined Dow Schofield Watts Tax Advisory in 2021 and has a degree in Finance, Accounting from Salford University.
Prior to Dow Schofield Watts Ali was at KPMG, where he worked in the Corporate Tax department.
Since joining Dow Schofield Watts, Ali has worked on a variety of transactions across numerous sectors.
In his spare time, Ali can be found playing Cricket or watching movies. He also enjoys travelling whenever he can and recent trips include to middle east.
DSW Tax Advisory provides a wide variety of specialist services to clients ranging from annual tax returns and UK tax advice, to acting for those who have, or anticipate, problems with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
With a wide variety of clients, ranging from sole-traders and small companies to high net worth individuals and large multi-national professional partnerships/companies, clients of all backgrounds can be confident that our team of experts will ensure that they are compliant and tax efficient for UK tax purposes.
As experts in UK Resident Non-Domiciles and Offshore Trusts too, we team up with some of the world's leading trust companies and banks to assist with their client's UK tax affairs.
Each client is provided a bespoke service tailored to the requirement of their needs and we ensure that each client is personally handled by one of the firm's experienced team members.
Carla is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser and has co-founded the Thames Valley office based in Reading with fellow partner Steve Holmes to provide financial and tax due diligence together with tax and accountancy advisory services.
Carla trained with Haines Watts, building over 12 years of experience in technical tax, tax planning, tax compliance, due diligence, audit and accounts preparation. Since then, she has gone on to build her own tax advisory business, building a strong local reputation for clear and pragmatic tax advice. Carla primarily works with entrepreneurial businesses and their owners in the upper SME market and her main focus areas are corporate, payroll (PAYE/NIC), VAT and capital taxes.
Dave joined Dow Schofield Watts in 2021 from Haines Watts in Liverpool where he was tax partner.
A qualified accountant and former head of finance at BASF, he has specialised in tax for almost 20 years, having also worked at Grant Thornton and run his own tax consultancy.
Dave advises owner-managed businesses and high net worth individuals on issues including remuneration planning, R&D tax credits, capital gains, inheritance tax, succession planning, acquisitions, disposals, corporate restructurings and tax investigations.