Ingleton partners

Does anyone here have experience with Ingleton Partners doing Uk tax? If you’d prefer not to post publicly I’d appreciate privately any steer about how they are to work with. Thanks


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I have seen them listed on this site but don’t recall any reports from members on their experiences with them.

I had a brief conversation with them (I think with their partner Tom Griffiths) back in 2016 when I was looking at coming in from the cold (so to speak) - I vaguely recall being put off by their fee proposal and went on to use Damien Talbot @ Warrener Stewart who are also based in West London. I had some knowledge (from my own research) and used Damien and his team to do a review of my submission because that was something they were prepared to do at the time (not any more I understand as reviews can often be as time intensive as a full blown submission). Damien certainly helped me and I would recommend him and his team.

Thanks - yeah I had a conversation that made my hair stand on end.... Certainly, they sound well-experienced, but not a cheap option.

I do think there are some firms out there (not pointing the finger necessarily at Ingleton however) that exploit the inherent fear that many of us have of the IRS, especially if you are unfortunate enough to go through an examination (which I have) with them.

US taxes are notoriously complex but the fees charged by some of the experts are indeed eye-watering - even for the most straightforward of cases.

Using an 'expert' to 'do your taxes seems to be very much the American thing to do - something that the average Brit never does - indicative perhaps of both the complexity of US income taxes and the inherent fear of the IRS that I mentioned in the first sentence.

Amen to that. It is very important to stay calm, cool and do some of your own research. It is obviously in a firm's interest to scare the living daylights out of you and then say "but we can help!" and if you're not careful, you're in for the ride. That said, it is obviously possible to go very wrong in dealing with taxes, and you often do need professional help to sort it out. But just like the dentist who thinks full dentures are a better bet than a root canal, it doesn't hurt to take a deep breath and be a bit sceptical.

I use US based preparers who are very reasonable (think US $400 or so) - they do FBARS 8833 etc etc. quoting the treaty. When I was right in the mist of all this I had two 5471s needed doing, 10+ FBARS etc. and it was still only around US $600. PM me for a referral if you like.

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