Louise Lane
Head of Crypto Tax | Lincoln
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Louise heads up our cryptoasset team and has experience advising a breadth of clients on a wide variety of cryptoasset tax and accounting matters. She trained with Grant Thornton and has been with Wright Vigar since 2004. Her career started in accounts and audit, before specialising in tax, giving her considerable broad experience across all taxes and accountancy matters.
Louise has specialised in cryptoasset accounting and taxation since 2018. Alongside advising her many cryptoasset business and individual clients, during this period she has worked closely with Recap.io to:
• Assist in developing Recap’s cryptoasset tax software
• Write the Recap UK Tax Guide for Individuals
• Liaised with HMRC regarding crypto tax uncertainties
• Provide ongoing tax advisory assistance with further software developments
Louise is an active member of CryptoUK, as a key contributor to their Crypto Tax Working Group and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Tax Cryptoassets Working Group Committee. She is a regular participator in HMRC and Treasury Cryptoasset Roundtables, contributing to the development of new crypto tax policy in the UK.
She has over 25 years’ accounting and taxation experience, during which time she has advised a broad spectrum of clients, both individuals and businesses. These include large partnerships and companies (ranging from small owner managed companies up to £50m turnover groups). In addition to crypto services, she advises on income tax, capital gains tax, corporation tax (including research and development claims); employment taxes (including IR35 and the off-payroll worker rules) and HMRC Investigations.
Interests
Louise has two children, so her time away from work is spent mostly entertaining them.