Mike Linter appointed Head of People Services Tax at KPMG UK and Marc Burrows moves from Switzerland to lead IES

KPMG in the UK has boosted its UK People Services Tax practice with the appointment of a new head and three further senior appointments.

Mike Linter is now head of People Services Tax at KPMG in the UK.  Mike has been with KPMG for 20 years, and has been a partner since 2000.

Marc Burrows, currently a tax partner at KPMG in Switzerland is becoming a partner in the UK firm and will lead KPMG’s International Executive Services practice.

Angus Menzies and Chris Hogan both join as directors.  Angus Menzies, formerly at McGrigors, is heading a new employment law team within KPMG’s UK employment tax practice.  Chris Hogan, is transferring from KPMG in the US, where he was a tax managing director, to KPMG’s UK International Executive Services practice.

Alastair McLeish, Head of Tax and Pensions at KPMG in the UK, said:  “We are investing significantly in our People Services Tax practice as there are enormous growth opportunities there.  There are huge changes afoot in this area of tax: new rules on remuneration, new guidance on full time working abroad, changes to PAYE, a move to real time information provision on PAYE, a move to a statutory residence rules changes to the remittance basis and a proposal to merge NIC & Tax to name a few.  Our clients are demanding more and more advice on all these employment tax and other ‘people’ related issues together with the wider and more general challenge of just dealing with an increasingly globally mobile workforce.”

Mike Linter, Head of People Services Tax at KPMG in the UK, added:  “It’s a very exciting time for us in People Services Tax.  These new hires join an already strong team to significantly boost our capabilities and I look forward to working with Marc, Angus and Chris to make the most of the opportunities presented to us.”

KPMG’s People Services Tax practice in the UK is currently recruiting over 30 people nationally to complement its existing workforce of 350 people, including 16 partners.  It consists of the International Executive Services practice which Marc Burrows joins to lead, Private Client Advisory, led by Dermot Callinan, Employment Tax, led by Jayne Vaughan, Employee Incentives, led by Chris Page and People Services Tax Technology, led by Harvey Perkins.  The practice’s client base spans all sectors of the large corporate market as well as the middle market space.