Areas of expertise

Taxation of individuals, trusts and estates, including tax compliance and tax advisory work.

Experience and achievements

Philippa trained in tax at PwC in London, passing the Association of Taxation Technicians exams in 1999. After a 3 year break to teach English abroad, she returned to the UK and worked for an accountancy firm in Brighton for several years. On moving to Eastbourne she worked for Perkins Copeland for over 5 years and joined Plummer Parsons when the two firms merged in April 2017. She is a qualified Chartered Tax Adviser and a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

Her work is mainly concerned with the taxation of individuals, trust and estates - carrying out tax advisory work, preparing tax returns and computations, dealing with tax queries and issues and researching tax law. She advises on income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax planning.

Philippa lives in Eastbourne with her husband and three young children. In her spare time, she is a member of two book clubs, and enjoys walking on the Downs and camping trips with friends and family.