ABOUT US
RBCVAT is a premier quality international VAT advisory and VAT compliance specialist.
We are VAT experts delivering a premier service to businesses requiring excellence from leading VAT professionals.
Combining Senior Big Four experience with unique personal service and unmatched attention to detail, we specialise in providing multi-national companies with business-led VAT advice and supporting international businesses with their European commercial operations.
Our expertise include:
- Providing multi-national companies with global business-led VAT advice
- Advising international businesses on transactions, supply chains and VAT planning in their European in-bound activities
- Supporting international businesses with their European VAT compliance filings
- Providing bespoke VAT training courses
A wealth of expertise
We deliver a superior service to businesses requiring expertise from leading VAT professionals.
Our firm has:
- Industry leading international VAT consultants
- VAT compliance specialists with EU-wide VAT knowledge
- VAT researchers ensuring we know the latest global VAT developments
- VAT training professionals developing tailored, business-led content
Roger is an RBCVAT director with 45 years of experience as an indirect tax specialist. Beginning his career as a senior inspector with HM Customs & Excise, Roger spent the majority of the 1990’s as an indirect tax Partner at Arthur Andersen, heading up a team of indirect tax professionals working principally on international VAT and customs matters across the whole of Europe. Roger joined Ernst & Young as a Partner and, over 5 years grew his team from 0 to 35 indirect tax professionals, again concentrating on international indirect tax across the whole of Europe.
Roger founded RBCVAT in 2003 and has been an independent indirect tax consultant ever since. Over the course of his career, Roger has advised many global and internationally recognised businesses on a range of international indirect tax matters and has reviewed the tax filings and associated business processes of many FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 businesses.
Roger is also a director of RBC Customs, the sister company of RBCVAT.
As VAT Compliance Director, Ryan has over 10 years of experience in managing pan-European and global VAT/GST compliance projects for RBCVAT.
Over the course of his career, Ryan has worked with many FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 businesses as well as venture capital backed start-ups and medium to large enterprises, ensuring that all of their European VAT obligations are fulfilled.
Ryan manages the RBCVAT Compliance team, reviewing and overseeing the filing of VAT-related reporting such as VAT Returns, EC Sales Listings and Intrastat Supplementary Declarations. In this role, he is well placed to identify changes in clients’ activities which have an arising VAT obligation, and to ensure clients become aware of these new obligations before they occur. This proactive approach has facilitated a seamless expansion into new markets for many of RBCVAT’s clients.
Caroline is CTA qualified and has considerable experience both in practice and industry. She advises RBCVAT clients on UK and international VAT/GST matters. She has assisted businesses with Brexit issues, compliance with new VAT/GST e-commerce legislation, identifying UK and overseas VAT registration obligations, the VAT treatment of new products and services, and property issues.
Caroline has a proven track record of advising on customer and supplier contracts (both in the UK and globally) to ensure they are structured effectively, in particular with a view to eliminating or minimising cross-border VAT costs and generating VAT savings for partially exempt customers.
During her time at BT plc Caroline managed BT’s VAT Compliance team and was responsible for the UK VAT Group VAT Return, which included over 80 group members. She also provided VAT advice within the business, including on Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) issues.
Caroline has dealt extensively with HMRC on matters including VAT audit queries, obtaining rulings, negotiating VAT assessment reductions and negotiating partial exemption special methods.
In response to the VAT challenges commonly experienced in industry, Caroline has worked effectively to raise awareness of VAT issues around businesses by overseeing and delivering training schemes.
Caroline is RBCVAT’s representative at the International VAT Association.
Roger Bevan
VAT Consultancy Director
Roger is an RBCVAT director with 45 years of experience as an indirect tax specialist. Beginning his career as a senior inspector with HM Customs & Excise, Roger spent the majority of the 1990’s as an indirect tax Partner at Arthur Andersen, heading up a team of indirect tax professionals working principally on international VAT and customs matters across the whole of Europe. Roger joined Ernst & Young as a Partner and, over 5 years grew his team from 0 to 35 indirect tax professionals, again concentrating on international indirect tax across the whole of Europe.
Roger founded RBCVAT in 2003 and has been an independent indirect tax consultant ever since. Over the course of his career, Roger has advised many global and internationally recognised businesses on a range of international indirect tax matters and has reviewed the tax filings and associated business processes of many FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 businesses.
Roger is also a director of RBC Customs, the sister company of RBCVAT.
Ryan Bevan
VAT Compliance Director
As VAT Compliance Director, Ryan has over 10 years of experience in managing pan-European and global VAT/GST compliance projects for RBCVAT.
Over the course of his career, Ryan has worked with many FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 businesses as well as venture capital backed start-ups and medium to large enterprises, ensuring that all of their European VAT obligations are fulfilled.
Ryan manages the RBCVAT Compliance team, reviewing and overseeing the filing of VAT-related reporting such as VAT Returns, EC Sales Listings and Intrastat Supplementary Declarations. In this role, he is well placed to identify changes in clients’ activities which have an arising VAT obligation, and to ensure clients become aware of these new obligations before they occur. This proactive approach has facilitated a seamless expansion into new markets for many of RBCVAT’s clients.
Caroline Heath
VAT Knowledge Director
Caroline is CTA qualified and has considerable experience both in practice and industry. She advises RBCVAT clients on UK and international VAT/GST matters. She has assisted businesses with Brexit issues, compliance with new VAT/GST e-commerce legislation, identifying UK and overseas VAT registration obligations, the VAT treatment of new products and services, and property issues.
Caroline has a proven track record of advising on customer and supplier contracts (both in the UK and globally) to ensure they are structured effectively, in particular with a view to eliminating or minimising cross-border VAT costs and generating VAT savings for partially exempt customers.
During her time at BT plc Caroline managed BT’s VAT Compliance team and was responsible for the UK VAT Group VAT Return, which included over 80 group members. She also provided VAT advice within the business, including on Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) issues.
Caroline has dealt extensively with HMRC on matters including VAT audit queries, obtaining rulings, negotiating VAT assessment reductions and negotiating partial exemption special methods.
In response to the VAT challenges commonly experienced in industry, Caroline has worked effectively to raise awareness of VAT issues around businesses by overseeing and delivering training schemes.
Caroline is RBCVAT’s representative at the International VAT Association.
