Old Mill appoints head of VAT

Accountancy firm Old Mill has announced the appointment of tax specialist David Gage as partner and head of VAT.

In November 2021, Old Mill announced plans to double the size of the business by 2026, and Gage – who joins from Evelyn Partners where he was director of VAT – has been brought on board to support those growth ambitions by expanding Old Mill’s services both to existing clients and the wider market.

He said: “VAT is a complicated area of tax, and the compliance requirements are becoming more and more stringent. As a result, most small and medium sized accountancy firms don’t have the relevant expertise, while the larger practices are putting all their resources into their bigger clients, leaving a huge number of underserved businesses in the area.”

“I want to build on the impressive growth that Old Mill has achieved over the past year to expand our client base and scale up our services to serve more clients, across existing and new markets.”

David Maslen, director of Tax, added: “2022 was a hugely successful year for the tax team, we doubled in size to 36, which includes the appointment of a number of senior hires, including Chris Watts as Associate Director in September. We now start 2023 as we mean to go on with the appointment of David Gage as Partner and Head of VAT.”