Eric Williams began his career in Tax, joining The Inland Revenue(as it then was – now HMRC) in 1971,where he trained as a Tax Inspector. He subsequently left The Inland Revenue in 1975,to join the Birmingham office of a global accountancy firm, After 5 years with that firm during which Eric qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor, he joined a small local accountancy firm, to establish and lead a specialist tax department. After achieving this objective, Eric became a partner in the firm, which he left in 1980,in order to join Grant Thornton (GT) as a tax partner in the firm’s Birmingham office. After developing a personal and team expertise in Private Client advisory work, centred around HNW’s and Entrepreneurial companies.,the success and growth of the GT Birmingham Private Client team was rewarded, in 2007, by the team winning the Tolley Taxation Award 2007 for the Best High Net Worth Team. The success of the team and Eric Williams’ personal contribution to its success and growth was recognised internally by Grant Thornton, through the appointment in 2008 of Eric as the firm’s UK Head of Private Client. Wider recognition followed when, in both 2012 and 2013, Eric Williams won the Private Client Practitoner “50 Most Influential” Award. Eric Williams retired from Grant Thornton in June 2013 and was rapidly invited to Join Mazars in November 2013 as a tax partner, with the objective of leading and growing the firms Tax service in Birmingham. Following spectacular success in achieving this objective, Eric was appointed UK Head of Tax for Mazars, where he led the significant growth of the firm’s UK tax practice, before retiring from Mazars in April 2018. After this, Eric established a Tax advisory practice, working as a sole practitioner, and advising a number of former clients, both personal and corporate, from his previous firms.
Eric continues to specialise in Tax Support for Smaller Accountancy practices, in tax advice and planning for his own clients ,including Non-Doms, advice on tax residence issues, on Inheritance Tax, Company sale planning, including pre-sale group reconstructions and/or demergers.
