John is an ICAEW Chartered Accountant who has solely specialised R&D tax relief since 2009. He was a Director at the UK’s first R&D tax consultancy firm and his next role saw him head up one of the UK’s largest R&D tax advisory teams. During this time, he managed a large client portfolio and ran an enquiry resolution service for accountants who had got into a spot of bother with HMRC with their own R&D claims.

In 2019, he formed YesTax which won The Best New Tax Practice award at the 2020 Tolley’s Taxation Awards. John is also a member of the HMRC R&D Communication Forum.

His ability to give clear and unambiguous tax advice is popular with his clients – many of whom he has advised for over a decade.