A quick Q&A with Pippa Johnson, head of group tax at Network Rail
How did you end up in tax?
Good advice and good luck. I was considering accountancy and spoke to some people in the profession via personal contacts. A couple of them happened to be in tax and their advice was invaluable.
How do you see the in-house tax function evolving?
I think there’s the potential for lots of different models to develop as technology increasingly changes how and where we work but I’d hope to see something of a shift towards a more organic integrated way of working. If this happens tax professionals could end up delivering advice to internal customers as part of a broader service team instead of as a stand-alone function. This would mean more (and earlier) tax input into a transaction or project.
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A quick Q&A with Pippa Johnson, head of group tax at Network Rail
How did you end up in tax?
Good advice and good luck. I was considering accountancy and spoke to some people in the profession via personal contacts. A couple of them happened to be in tax and their advice was invaluable.
How do you see the in-house tax function evolving?
I think there’s the potential for lots of different models to develop as technology increasingly changes how and where we work but I’d hope to see something of a shift towards a more organic integrated way of working. If this happens tax professionals could end up delivering advice to internal customers as part of a broader service team instead of as a stand-alone function. This would mean more (and earlier) tax input into a transaction or project.
How do you engage with business to...
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