Moore Kingston Smith

A member of the employment tax team, Louise leads the firm’s global mobility tax arm. She works with international companies varying in size from corporates with dedicated global mobility teams to companies who do not have a specific team dealing with globally mobile workers and who rely heavily on their service provider for international tax support and advice.

Louise works with clients on international tax and social security matters, including tax-efficient assignment planning, tax equalisation and protection programmes, short-term business visitors, non-resident directors, digital nomads, specialist payroll requirements, UK tax and social security compliance, cross-border share plan reporting and tax policy design.
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Rebecca Hone is a director in Moore Kingston Smith’s legal practice and is our head of Immigration Legal Services. She is an experienced immigration law solicitor with a primary focus in business immigration, facilitating the seamless transfer of her clients’ international staff to the UK. Additionally, she secures sponsorship for domestic and overseas new hires/existing employees.

Rebecca’s clients range from SMEs to large multi-national corporates. She guides them through the complex process of applying for a sponsor licence to employ migrant workers, appointing herself as key personnel on their licences. This ensures full compliance with the UK’s transient immigration rules and adherence to the various sponsorship reporting and record-keeping duties.
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Tom heads up Moore Kingston Smith’s Financial Services and Fintech Sector Groups and has worked with a range of clients in this space since joining the firm in 2002. His experience and access allows him to add value, disseminate ideas and views, and ensure that clients remain ahead of the curve. He is known for his relaxed style and when clients approach him with a problem, he knows what typically works and what the pitfalls are likely to be, which means that his advice is concise, focused and effective.

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With a career spanning over 15 years in UK and US tax, our International Tax Director, Kelly, brings a wealth of expertise. Kelly is enthusiastic about tackling complex transfer pricing challenges and is dedicated to assisting owner-managed businesses. She is particularly adept at guiding US citizens residing in the UK, skilfully navigating the intricacies of tax interactions across multiple countries.

Kelly’s approach is rooted in her comprehensive knowledge and ability to provide clear, concise advice. She offers a broad spectrum of guidance on personal and business tax matters, considering UK, US, and international perspectives.

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Graham Tyler’s entrepreneurial spirit, born from running his own business for many years, is well suited to his media and entertainment clients who consist mostly of individuals, such as television producers and directors, as well as owner managed businesses. His clients value his unique insight into the daily issues and challenges they face, and continually benefit from his significant experience and in-depth industry knowledge in both the UK and the US. This spans all areas of the media sector, particularly the commercials sector from production through to post-edit but also includes the wider television and film arenas.

Graham recognises that creative people and businesses in the media and entertainment sector have different financial requirements and regulatory challenges, and advises accordingly. His clients, many of whom have been with the firm from their start-up days, trust him to make decisions in their best interests, and he aims to reduce the financial complexity and administrative burden they are confronted with as their businesses grow.

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John Williams works in the employment tax team providing compliance and advisory services, with a focus on the employment tax implications resulting from the rapidly changing working landscape, and increasingly the fundamental need for businesses to recruit and retain key talent. This includes advising employers on the application of the ‘off payroll’ working rules, and the use of contractors, as well as international working arrangements.

John’s expertise spans a broad range of sectors including finance, technology, media, and manufacturing. This gives his clients an advantage when it comes to identifying how employment tax and social security rules can impact sectors in different ways. His experience allows him to recognise important areas of risk specific to his clients and offer solutions in line with their individual requirements.
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