Overview

John has worked at Burges Salmon for nearly 25 years and is a partner in the private client services team.

He provides tax advice to a wide-range of high-net worth individuals and many leading banks and other financial institutions. He has a particular focus on entrepreneurial clients, many of whom are not domiciled in the UK or have business or other interests abroad.

John chairs the CIOT’s main Technical Committee and is a member of the CIOT’s governing Council. He was a member of the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) panel that approved HMRC’s initial GAAR guidance.

He has led the CIOT's response on a large number of capital tax policy discussions with HMRC and HM Treasury since 2006 including in particular the domicile changes since 2008 and the statutory residence test.

Experience
  • Advising several private banks on their residence and domicile training programmes.
  • Advised Channel 4's Dispatches programme on tax matters.
  • Dealing with a detailed domicile enquiry from HMRC for a UHNW individual.
  • Advising Credit Suisse on its MACS solution.
  • Advising Resonance on the UK's first SITR Fund.

What others say...

John Barnett’s combination of deep technical knowledge, creativity, and ability to think on his feet is in my view unrivalled.

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