Karen Riley

I lead the Tax Assurance and Risk Management and Tax Disputes Resolution practices for Yorkshire and the North East, alongside supporting clients with wider corporate tax compliance and advisory matters. My client relationships range from individuals and trusts to privately owned, private equity backed and listed multinational corporates.

I specialise in helping taxpayers manage and minimise tax risk, whether proactively or in response to HMRC enquiries. On the proactive side, this includes Senior Accounting Officer compliance, HMRC's Business Risk Review process, publication of tax strategy, uncertain tax treatments, the Corporate Criminal Offences legislation and tax function effectiveness reviews. On the reactive side, I support clients through complex HMRC enquiries (including Code of Practice 8 and 9 investigations), voluntary disclosures, appeals and litigation.

I build trusted relationships founded on quality and align advice to each client's personal and commercial agenda. I'm active in HMRC consultations on tax risk, most recently leading our response to the uncertain tax treatment notification requirements.

Ask me about tax risk management, HMRC enquiries, tax dispute resolution, Corporate Criminal Offences, SAO compliance, voluntary disclosures.