Paul Aplin

Paul joined A C Mole & Sons with an honours degree in biology and chemistry in 1980 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985; he qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation in 1989 and became the firm’s first tax partner in 1992.

He served as Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales Tax Faculty from April 2007 to June 2009 and remains a member of its Technical Committee. He writes for various tax and accountancy journals and is regularly quoted on tax issues in the national press. He is co-author of Tottels Tax Investigations Manual and has lectured for SWAT, The Chartered Institute of Taxation and the Tax Faculty. Paul acts for a wide range of personal and company tax clients.

Away from the office he is a keen hill walker and climber, with a 21,000' Himalayan and many high Alpine peaks to his credit; his other interests include photography (he is a licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society), keeping ducks and sharing the occasional pint of Exmoor Ale and bag of crisps with his collie, Linford. Linford, of course only gets the crisps.

Paul was named Tax Personality of the Year in the 2007 UK Tax Awards for the part he played in persuading the government to reverse its decision to shorten the tax return filing deadline.  He was listed 33^rd in the Accountancy Age 2009 "Financial Power List" of people who influence tax and financial policy in the UK.

Paul was awarded an OBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2009 for public service and services to the accountancy profession.

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