In this webinar, Elaine Jackson, Lindsay Webber and Claire Thomson will cover the following topics:

Accounting and bookkeeping firms of all sizes use Practice Ignition to send powerful online proposals, get paid automatically and manage ongoing client engagements in one place.

Alexandra Laing, External Readiness and Engagement Lead for Penalty Reform, Making Tax Digital Programme, HMRC.

I joined HMRC's Making Tax Digital programme in March 2021 and lead the External Readiness and Engagement team for Penalty Reform.

I joined HMRC in 2017 as an ITSA Tax Inspector specialising in Wealthy Personal Taxes.

In addition to working at HMRC, I have spent time at Cabinet Office as External Relationship Manager for the North West, Prime Minister's Office as Researcher for the PM, and Government Office for Science supporting the Chief Scientific Advisor.

Sam Wood, MTD External Stakeholder Team - Agents Lead on our Team.

Sam works with agents within HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme and has a background in accounting and digital transformation.

As a member of our Practice Support team, Elaine’s focus is on helping practices achieve on-going best practice compliance, prepare for monitoring visits, and assist with post-monitoring visits follow-ups.

Elaine has over 15 years Accountancy Practice experience which has provided her with a wealth of knowledge across all industries and sectors. Elaine is an AITI Chartered Tax Advisor, a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Diploma in Corporate Finance.

In her previous roles, Elaine has experienced a number of ACA and ACCA monitoring reviews. This experience has provided Elaine with a great understanding and appreciation for the challenges facing Accountants in practice today.

As a member of our Practice Support team, Lindsay’s focus is on helping practices achieve on-going best practice compliance, prepare for monitoring visits and assist with post-monitoring visits follow-ups.

Lindsay is a qualified Chartered Accountant and trained with KPMG in Johannesburg. She has over six years external audit experience along with over six years academic experience specialising in Audit and Financial Accounting.

After studying Mathematics at Queen’s University, Belfast and completing a Master’s Degree in Banking & Finance at the University of Stirling, Claire joined Grant Thornton in 2010 as a graduate in corporate audit & assurance. 

She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland in 2013, being awarded a prize for her results in her final exams in the same year.

After several more years in corporate audit, Claire transferred to the firm’s Risk, Compliance & Professional Standards department in 2017, taking up a role as Technical Manager, and later as Associate Director. Her areas of focus include UK and Irish financial reporting and charity accounting.

Fahreen Syeda, MTD Stakeholder Engagement and Parliamentary Handling Senior Officer. 

Fahreen supports the team to inform external stakeholders of any new MTD regulations which have been laid in Parliament. 

Over the past 15 years, I have worked with thousands of firms. I have seen how the best practices operate, and the mistakes that firms most commonly make. This experience has inspired me to develop my unique Accountant’s Six-Step Success Path.

I am now dedicating my life to sharing my Accountant’s Six-Step Success Path with as many accountants as possible, ensuring their businesses are more profitable and less stressful. 

It would be an honour to work with you, to guide you on your path to improving your firm's results while reducing your workload and helping you fall in love with your business again.