Edd Thompson

Edd Thompson is a chartered accountant (ACA) and chartered tax adviser (CTA). He splits his time between his VAT training work with VATskills and his advisory role as VAT Director with CubedTax.

Edd was previously Head of Indirect Taxes for Tolley’s technical team. He trained in accountancy practice with Mazars and returned to VAT consultancy with Forvis Mazars following his time at Tolley. He has also seconded to the VAT function of a large North American headquartered bank. Edd has taught on both ATT and CTA qualifications and has lectured for professional bodies.

He has written for many of the leading VAT and tax publications, including De Voil Indirect Tax Service, Tolley’s Value Added Tax, Tax Journal, Taxation Magazine and Tax Adviser.

Specialist areas:

• VAT foundations – an introduction to VAT for accountants and finance teams
• VAT fundamentals, risks and pitfalls
• VAT on land and property
• The VAT update – the most important developments over the last 12 months
• Cross-border VAT issues
• Other specialist and bespoke VAT training