About Carl
Carl Bayley is the author of a series of tax guides designed specifically for the layman. Carl’s particular speciality is his ability to take the weird, complex and inexplicable world of taxation and set it out in the kind of clear, straightforward language that taxpayers themselves can understand. As he often says himself, “my job is to translate ‘tax’ into English”.
Carl enjoys his role as a tax author, as he explains: “Writing these guides gives me the opportunity to use the skills and knowledge learned over more than twenty years in the tax profession for the benefit of a wider audience. The most satisfying part of my success as an author is the chance to give the average person the same standard of advice as the ‘big guys’ at a price which everyone can afford.”
Carl takes the same approach when speaking on taxation, a role he frequently undertakes with great enthusiasm, including his highly acclaimed series of seminars at the London Homebuyer and Property Investor Shows and his annual ‘Budget Breakfast’ for the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
In addition to being a recognised author and speaker on the subject, Carl has often spoken on taxation on radio and television, including the BBC’s ‘It’s Your Money’ programme and BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show.
Carl began his career as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 with one of the ‘Big 4’ accountancy firms. After qualifying as a double prize-winner, he immediately began specialising in taxation.
After honing his skills with several major international firms, Carl began the new millennium by launching his own tax and accounting practice, Bayley Miller Limited, through which he provides advice on a wide variety of taxation issues, especially property taxation, Inheritance Tax planning and tax planning for small and medium-sized businesses.
Carl is a member of the governing Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a former Chairman of the Institute Members in Scotland group. He has co-organised the annual Peebles Tax Conference for the last six years.
When he isn’t working, Carl takes on the equally taxing challenges of hill walking and writing poetry and fiction. Carl lives in Scotland with his partner Isabel and has four children.
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