Top Holiday Destinations for tax and transfer pricing professionals

This article appears in the August issue of our International Corporate Structures Newsletter.

For some, it’s the summer holiday season. Here’s a quick run-down of some holiday destinations recommended by senior tax and transfer pricing people, based on interviews featured on our website lcnlegal.com

Goa, India – Renu Narvekar, former Global Head of Transfer Pricing and Regional Head of Tax, Europe at HSBC

Bali – Nina El-Imad, director of Simpson Booth

Mauritius – Sam Barrett, Head of International Tax & Global Transfer Pricing at Sandvik

Jamaica and the Caribbean – Bill Dodwell, Head of Tax Policy at Deloitte

Casey Key Beach, Florida - Sam Cicogna, Vice President and Head of Onesource Transfer Pricing at Thomson Reuters

La Manga Club in Spain – Justin Walton, former Head of Tax at John Laing Group

Almost anywhere in Italy and the Bahamas – Ray McCann, former HMRC inspector and responsible for the introduction of DOTAS

The Dalmatian Coast off Croatia – Iain Stewart, the highly experienced Global Head of Tax of Damco

Cote D’Azur, France – Alan Kennedy, Managing Director of Trident Tax Limited

South-west France – Andy Hewitt, Head of Tax of the online fashion and beauty retailer ASOS.com

Villard Reculas, the French Alps – Peter Dobson, Regional Head of Tax for Ferrovial

The Alps – Paul Barnes, Director of Tax at Visa Europe

Porlock, Exmoor, UK – Lee Holloway, Group Head of Tax at Next

Scottish Highlands – our very own Ian Barron

Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand – Gareth Green, Founder of Transfer Pricing Solutions

The Impenetrable Forest in Uganda, Agnes Lingane, Director of Taxation for the Asia, Pacific and Japan region of Open Text Corporation

Machu Pichu, Peru – Nana Afua Okoh, Tax Advisor for Gold Fields Ghana Limited

Jackson Hole, Wyoming – Keith Brockman, VP Global Tax at Welbilt

China especially the historical parts of Beijing – Sherullah Khan, Vice President and Head of Taxation at American Express for the JAPA Region

And last but definitely not least:

Venice, Italy – recommended by no less than three of our interviewees, namely Tony Hooper, the former head of treasury and tax of Pennon Group plc, Samar Farooq, Group Head of Tax of Care UK and David Mackay, Head of Tax & Treasury Manager at SThree PLC