Meet the team

Warren has over 25 years’ experience in the tax investigations field.  Warren started his career at KPMG within their Tax Disputes department where he worked for 6 years advising high net worth individuals and large corporates whose affairs were under investigation.  Warren then joined Chiltern Plc where he spent 5 years within their Tax Investigations department before setting up WLH Tax in 2008.  Warren’s aim when establishing WLH Tax was to provide taxpayers who were seeking expert tax investigation advice with a viable, credible and cost effective alternative to the large accountancy firms.

Warren specialises in advising clients who are under serious tax fraud investigation (Contractual Disclosure Facility under Code of Practice 9).  Such enquiries are dealt with by HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service and Warren has extensive experience of dealing with Tax Inspectors and within this team.  Warren also specialises in enquires where there are offshore interests, such as trusts, bank or investment accounts and advising clients who are either non-UK domiciled or non-UK resident.

In recent years Warren has acted for a number of FCA regulated individuals, property developers & buy-to-let investors, IT professionals, E-commerce traders, senior corporate executives, a variety of owner managed businesses as well as individuals in the arts, entertainment and professional sports fields who have found themselves subject to an HMRC investigation.

Warren has also assisted a number of clients who have been under criminal investigation by HMRC and has an enviable record whereby none of his clients have ever been prosecuted.

Warren has guided clients through HMRC’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process when faced with an intransigent Tax Inspector.

Warren has also assisted a large number of clients in making voluntary disclosures to HMRC, utilising the Worldwide Disclosure Facility where there are offshore interests.

Warren is regularly quoted in the press and has been interviewed on radio & TV in relation to Tax Investigations matters and is regarded as a leading authority on Tax Investigation issues.  Warren was also named in the Tax Journal as being within the top 40 leading tax professional in the UK.

Warren & Manoj have ensured that the ethos of WLH Tax is that all clients, regardless of size or wealth, receive the highest levels of professional representation, courtesy and value for money.

Manoj has more than 35 years’ experience in HMRC investigation work. This ranges from local compliance cases to Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) enquiries conducted under Codes of Practice 8 and 9.  Manoj worked at HMRC for 13 years, with ten years as an Inspector of Taxes, undertaking the entire range of enquiry work, including time spent as a PAYE inspector.  He then spent 6 years with Chiltern Plc as a Senior Manager, working in their specialist tax investigation team and a further 18 months with Tenon.

Manoj has considerable experience of the catering industry, including representing restaurant owners, catering professionals and wholesalers.  Manoj has also acted for a number of medical professionals, including General Practitioners, Consultants and Dentists.  Manoj has also assisted numerous clients within the IT, Property, Construction and Professional Service sectors including accountants, solicitors and barristers.  Many of these clients had substantial liabilities, which he was able to mitigate significantly in terms of reduced liabilities and penalties by putting forward innovative arguments to HMRC.

Manoj has also assisted a number of clients who have been accused of VAT Fraud and faced investigations under HMRC’s Public Notice 160 (PN 160).

Manoj has worked closely with Solicitors and Legal practices where expert opinion was required on the conduct of professional advisers with regard to HMRC enquiry matters and also has significant experience of working in tandem with solicitors where the client is the subject of an HMRC criminal investigation.

Manoj has successfully guided clients through HMRC’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process.  Manoj is also an experienced advocate and he has defended a number of clients successfully at the Tax Tribunal where it has not been possible to reach an agreement with the Tax Inspector.

Manoj regularly speaks at conferences and tax/accountancy seminars on a whole variety of tax investigation matters and is regarded as a leading authority on HMRC investigations.

Alan joined HMRC in 1988 and became a fully trained Tax Inspector carrying out investigations into individuals and a variety of businesses as well as undertaking reviews of technically complex areas of UK tax law as part of this role.

After leaving HMRC, Alan spent several years as part of the specialist tax investigations teams at both PwC and Deloitte.  During his time with these firms Alan dealt with a full range of investigation work, both for clients of the firm and external cases.  As a result, Alan has experience in cases ranging from advising smaller firms of accountants dealing with tax investigations carried out by HMRC to serious tax fraud investigations carried out by HMRC under Code of Practice 9 and tax avoidance cases dealt with under Code of Practice 8.

Alan joined WLH Tax in 2011 and has dealt with a number of cases in the retail, hospitality, fashion, arts, entertainment & media sectors.  Alan has also represented a number of clients who have made managed voluntary disclosures to HMRC.

Alan has also dealt with a number of Personal Service Company (IR35) and Managed Service Company enquiries.

Alan is WLH Tax’s tax avoidance specialist and has advised many clients seeking an independent opinion on tax avoidance schemes.  Alan also advises clients who find themselves subject to an Investigation into avoidance schemes they have implemented.

Alan is a skilled advocate and has represented many clients successfully at the Tax Tribunal where it has not been possible to reach a negotiated settlement with HMRC.

Jess has over 20 years’ experience in the tax investigations field.

Jess spent the first 6 years of her career within the specialist Tax Investigations departments at BDO, McGrigors and Tenon, where she worked with Manoj for a number of years.  At these firms she advised a wide array of clients whose affairs were under enquiry by HMRC, including large multinational companies and owner-managed businesses in a wide range of sectors.

Jess has been working with WLH Tax for over 10 years and advises clients who are under local compliance office enquiry as well as clients subject to a serious tax fraud investigations (Code of Practice 9).  Jess also specialises in making voluntary disclosures on behalf of clients to HMRC using schemes such as the Worldwide Disclosure Facility and the Let Property Campaign.