31 January 2001
Obituary
Reg Pickerill 1923-2001
Reg Pickerill, a past president of The Chartered Institute of Taxation, died on 25 January, after a long illness.
He was born in Macclesfield and articled there with Mellor Snape & Co, now merged with Ernst & Young. A sergeant in the Royal Artillery 1942-47, in 1948 he joined Reads & Co, Jersey, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1950. From 1956-61 he was a technical assistant at Taxation Publishing Co Ltd, which was then the publisher of Taxation.
Reg Pickerill 1923-2001
Reg Pickerill, a past president of The Chartered Institute of Taxation, died on 25 January, after a long illness.
He was born in Macclesfield and articled there with Mellor Snape & Co, now merged with Ernst & Young. A sergeant in the Royal Artillery 1942-47, in 1948 he joined Reads & Co, Jersey, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1950. From 1956-61 he was a technical assistant at Taxation Publishing Co Ltd, which was then the publisher of Taxation.
Obituary
Reg Pickerill 1923-2001
Reg Pickerill, a past president of The Chartered Institute of Taxation, died on 25 January, after a long illness.
He was born in Macclesfield and articled there with Mellor Snape & Co, now merged with Ernst & Young. A sergeant in the Royal Artillery 1942-47, in 1948 he joined Reads & Co, Jersey, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1950. From 1956-61 he was a technical assistant at Taxation Publishing Co Ltd, which was then the publisher of Taxation.
He knew some of the founder members of the Institute: Ronald Staples whom he described as 'charming, an entrepreneur and very determined'; Gilbert Burr 'gentle, technically able but lacking in personality'; and Stanley Spofforth 'already a tax legend'. Reg was involved with London Branch when it started in 1957 and often addressed its meetings. He was a Fellow of the Institute, and spoke at the first Cambridge conferences from 1967; as a result George Whillans asked him to join the Council in 1969. In 1976 he became President and consolidated the many committees into three: education, technical and administration. He wrote 'My happiest memory is the improvement in the technical status of the Institute and the acceptance by Somerset House that our technical representations merited such careful consideration'. He retired from Council in 1983.
From 1961 to 1965 he was taxation manager at British Aircraft Corporation; from 1965 to 1985 taxation executive and then consultant to the Plessey Co plc. He also served with distinction on many taxation committees.
He was a popular and amusing speaker and a prolific writer in the professional press, the author of Capital Allowances in Law and Practice, first published in 1976.
Our sympathy goes to his wife Peggy and the family.
Reg Pickerill 1923-2001
Reg Pickerill, a past president of The Chartered Institute of Taxation, died on 25 January, after a long illness.
He was born in Macclesfield and articled there with Mellor Snape & Co, now merged with Ernst & Young. A sergeant in the Royal Artillery 1942-47, in 1948 he joined Reads & Co, Jersey, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1950. From 1956-61 he was a technical assistant at Taxation Publishing Co Ltd, which was then the publisher of Taxation.
He knew some of the founder members of the Institute: Ronald Staples whom he described as 'charming, an entrepreneur and very determined'; Gilbert Burr 'gentle, technically able but lacking in personality'; and Stanley Spofforth 'already a tax legend'. Reg was involved with London Branch when it started in 1957 and often addressed its meetings. He was a Fellow of the Institute, and spoke at the first Cambridge conferences from 1967; as a result George Whillans asked him to join the Council in 1969. In 1976 he became President and consolidated the many committees into three: education, technical and administration. He wrote 'My happiest memory is the improvement in the technical status of the Institute and the acceptance by Somerset House that our technical representations merited such careful consideration'. He retired from Council in 1983.
From 1961 to 1965 he was taxation manager at British Aircraft Corporation; from 1965 to 1985 taxation executive and then consultant to the Plessey Co plc. He also served with distinction on many taxation committees.
He was a popular and amusing speaker and a prolific writer in the professional press, the author of Capital Allowances in Law and Practice, first published in 1976.
Our sympathy goes to his wife Peggy and the family.
