Howard Stoves

Director, Tax

Howard is a Director in the London tax team. He is a Chartered Tax Advisor and has been working in corporate tax since 2008.

He has a broad range of experience in advising and providing tax compliance services to a wide range of owner managed businesses and large corporate groups.

Howard has extensive experience of advising clients in relation to:

  • Research and Development (R&D) reliefs
  • Corporate restructures
  • Employee share schemes
  • International tax matters
  • Corporate Interest Restriction (CIR)
  • Capital Allowances, including large scale refurbishment projects
  • Dealing with HMRC enquiries
  • Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).

In particular, Howard has spent over 10 years working with clients in the media and creative sectors, and he specialises in guiding companies through the complex landscape of creative sector tax reliefs. With deep expertise in Film, TV, Animation, Video Games, and Theatre Tax Credits, he has helped businesses to unlock the full value of creative sector incentives, ranging from small independent producers to major Hollywood studios.

Services

Sectors

Technology Life Sciences Professional and Business Services Media and Creative Industrial and Manufacturing

Locations

The 2025 Autumn Budget and what it might include

24th October 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver the Autumn Budget on 26th November 2025, against a backdrop of growing concern about a fiscal gap estimated between £20 billion and £50 billion. With a manifesto promise not to...
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Are you ready for changes to FRS 102 from January 2026?

23rd October 2025
From 2026, revisions to FRS 102 will come into effect which increase complexity around revenue recognition and lease accounting.
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2025 Autumn Budget predictions

The Chancellor’s proposed changes to partnership tax could have wide implications across professions

22nd October 2025
Written by: Ian Timms
It has been widely reported that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering imposing a new charge on individuals who use limited liability partnerships (LLPs) as their business structure. Talk to us LLP partners are treated as...
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Are you ready for the new company size thresholds?

22nd October 2025
Written by: Joseph Brewer
With new regulations set to increase company size thresholds starting 6th April 2025, businesses must prepare for the ripple effects.
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R&D Tax Relief: What the latest 2025 HMRC statistics mean for innovative businesses

21st October 2025
Written by: Pieres Flowers
HMRC’s latest statistics show £7.6bn of R&D relief was claimed last year. With claim volumes falling and average claim values rising, the landscape is changing fast. Talk to us The data comes from HMRC’s September...
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Working with Gravita on audits in Jersey, Guernsey and the BVI

20th October 2025
Audits in offshore jurisdictions are highly regulated and play an essential role in maintaining both regulator and investor confidence. For fiduciaries, administrators, company directors and investors, choosing the right audit firm is a decision that...
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