LITRG staff

Head of the LITRG team and CTA (Fellow). Joined LITRG in 2004. In 2016, Victoria was appointed to the Social Security Advisory Committee. Previously Victoria worked in various welfare rights roles. Along with Jane Booth, Victoria runs our award winning RevenueBenefits website.

Particular areas of interest include:

• Tax credits
• Universal credit (particularly self-employment)
• All aspects of self-employment – tax, National Insurance, benefit interactions
• HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme
• Disability and tax related matters
• HMRC’s customer service
• General tax issues that affect the low-income population
• Fraud and error in the tax and tax credits system
• Childcare schemes and the interactions between them

Kelly Sizer
Senior Technical Manager and CTA (Fellow).

Kelly Sizer first joined LITRG in 2007 and returned to the staff in 2019 after a year working for Tolley broadening her tax writing experience. She is an active member of the CIOT’s branch network and has an interest in education. 

Kelly is a CTA (Fellow), which was awarded in 2018 for her thesis on the complexities of tax-incentivised savings for the low-income population.

Particular areas of interest include:

• Pensions and savings
• HMRC powers and the administration of the tax system
• Childcare
• The taxation of couples
• VAT reliefs for disabled people

Sophia Bell
Digital Content Manager for the LITRG websites and the CIOT's Tax Adviser Magazine website.

Tom Henderson
Technical Officer for LITRG and Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice.

Particular areas of interest include:

• Cross-border tax issues
• National Insurance
• Employment taxes
• Owner-managed businesses
• Taxation of savings and pension income
• Charitable giving/Gift Aid
• Taxation of couples

Meredith McCammond
Technical Officer for LITRG and Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice.

Particular areas of interest include:

• National minimum wage
• Agency workers/employment intermediaries
• Disability and carers
• Payroll
• Auto-enrolment
• Migrants
• Gig economy/false self-employment
• Tax refund companies 
• Care and Support employers

Claire Thackaberry
Technical Officer for LITRG and Chartered Tax Adviser in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

• Students/Tax Guide for Students
• Tax education in schools
• Self-employment (includes cross-over with universal credit and making tax digital)
• Apprentices (low-income workers)
• Wales (devolved administrations)

Joanne Walker
Technical Officer for LITRG and Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

• Taxation in Scotland, including Scottish income tax, devolved taxes, tax administration, Charter of Standards and Values, local taxation and administrative justice
• Taxation of savings income, including the starting rate for savings, personal savings allowance and dividend allowance
• HMRC campaigns to encourage voluntary disclosures
• Tax issues for migrants to the UK, including residence and domicile
• Employment taxes, including expenses and benefits-in-kind

Sharron West
Technical Officer for LITRG and Chartered Tax Adviser in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

• Self-employment and small businesses
• Disability and carers
• Payroll and PAYE (including Real Time Information)
• HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme
• Tax debt

Gillian Wrigley
Technical Officer for LITRG and Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

• Administration of employment taxes, including appeals and payments
• HMRC’s assistance for low-income and vulnerable taxpayers
• National Insurance contributions
• Taxation of couples
• Bereavement issues
• Taxation of carers (for example, foster carers and shared lives carers)