Fiona Cross

Partner, Tax

Fiona is an accomplished Corporate Tax Partner with over 30 years’ experience in UK and International tax matters. She has a proven track record of advising a diverse range of clients, from dynamic start-ups to large multinational groups, across an extensive number of sectors.

With her qualifications as a Chartered Tax Adviser and Fellow Chartered Accountant, Fiona offers a wealth of knowledge in corporate reorganisations, acquisitions, and disposals. She has extensive experience assisting companies seeking investor funding through initiatives like Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS). Additionally, she provides guidance on employee share schemes, including Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) and Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs).

Fiona also specialises in international tax, advising foreign companies entering the UK market and UK businesses expanding overseas, including transfer pricing, permanent establishments and withholding taxes.

Fiona has decades of expertise in working with AIM listed entities and making sure such clients are aware of all the tax reliefs available.  Fiona guides AIM listed entities through all their tax obligations, and also provides support to investors.

Fiona has been an active member of the CIOT Corporate Tax sub-committee for over a decade, embracing the challenges posed by the ever-evolving tax landscape. She is passionate about building relationships with clients and supporting their business journeys.

We are thrilled to be a member of the QCA, a community for small and mid-sized publicly traded companies and the people who support them. Their goal is to create an environment where listed companies can fulfil their potential, helping to ensure a healthy and resilient UK economy. Learn more about our QCA membership.

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Voluntary Class 2 and Class 3 National Insurance Contributions for non-residents – important deadline following the Budget

5th December 2025
 
It was a big Budget this year, with a large number of tax headlines that you will have seen in the news.  However, within the ‘small print’, were the upcoming restrictions on non-residents making voluntary...
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Planning for succession before the April 2026 BPR and APR changes

5th December 2025
Written by: Ian Timms
The April 2026 reforms to both Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) are prompting many business owners and farming families to reassess their succession plans. These changes alter long established assumptions about...
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Using trusts to support tax planning, and to manage complex family dynamics when considering succession

3rd December 2025
Written by: Michaela Lamb
Trusts were once seen as the purview of the ultra-wealthy, but in recent years, the benefits of using a trust have become increasingly relevant for even those who consider themselves only to have relatively modest...
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Budget 2025: Employment taxes

27th November 2025
 
Salary Sacrifice pensions The government will charge employer and employee National Insurance (NI) on pension contributions above £2,000 per annum made via salary sacrifice. This will take effect from 6th April 2029. In a salary...
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Budget 2025: Savings and investments

27th November 2025
 
ISAs The annual ISA limit of £20,000 remains unchanged, but the way in which you can save is not. From April 2027, the cash ISA limit will be cut from £20,000 to £12,000 (unless you...
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Budget 2025: Property taxes

27th November 2025
 
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings – out of time claims for relief From Royal Assent to the Finance Bill, the law will be changed so that claims for relief from ATED will be able to...
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