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The nominees
The LexisNexis Taxation Awards 2005 take place on 24 May at the London Hilton on Park Lane. This is the event of the year for tax people, and is always a glittering affair. The nominees for this year's awards are as follow:
Best big four tax team
Ernst & Young — RHC Tax
PricewaterhouseCoopers — Tax knowledge and innovation team
PricewaterhouseCoopers — London consumer and industrial products and services team
Best large practice tax team
BDO Stoy Hayward
Reeves & Neylan
Smith & Williamson
Best tax team in a smaller practice
Rabjohns LLP
RDCL Ltd
Best in-house tax team
InterContinental Hotels Group plc
National Grid Transco plc
Standard Chartered Bank
XL Capital
Best tax software
BBS Computing Ltd
Digita — Digita Taxability Pro team
IRIS Software Ltd
Best tax website
Low Income Tax Reform Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers
TaxAid (UK)
Tax writer of the year
Anne Redston
John Newth
Philip Martin
Best international tax team
Deloitte
PricewaterhouseCoopers — UK financial services team
PricewaterhouseCoopers — Midlands international tax solutions team
Best VAT team
KPMG
PricewaterhouseCoopers — VAT litigation team
PricewaterhouseCoopers — VAT retail team
Best stamp taxes team
Deloitte
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Best high net worth team
BDO Stoy Hayward
KPMG
Smith & Williamson
Three awards are announced on the night. These are for:
Lifetime achievement;
Tax lawyer of the year;
Tax personality of the year.
Do not forget that five lucky subscribers to Taxation can win two tickets each to the Taxation Awards by submitting during April the pithiest comment to an article on the Taxation website.
