Longstanding Leeds-based personal tax expert, Simon Armitage, has been promoted to director at chartered accounting and business advisory firm, Saffery.
Simon has spent the past two decades advising clients on all types of personal tax issues and worked in London before relocating to Leeds in 2007. He joined Saffery’s private client and personal tax team in 2018.
From the firm’s Wellington Place office in Leeds city centre, he now specialises in advising entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals, as well as their families, on all types of tax related issues.
These can include family investment companies, trusts, share schemes, business structuring, succession planning and tax reliefs. In addition, a large part of Simon’s work now involves advising on inheritance tax after Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the new Labour government’s first budget last October.
Sally Appleton, partner in Saffery’s Yorkshire office, said: “Simon joined our team more than six years ago and he’s extremely popular with both our clients and his colleagues, who both appreciate his first-class advice, expertise and ability to simplify issues that are often complex.
“Crucially, he’s adept at winning new clients and identifying areas where we can support existing clients, thanks to his thorough understanding of everything related to personal tax, so there’s no doubt he thoroughly deserves this promotion.”
