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Russell Eisen

Tax Director

russell.eisen@elmanwall.co.uk

Having qualified in 1988 as a Chartered Accountant, Russell immediately left Audit for a career in Tax. Whilst in the intervening years there have been considerable changes to the UK tax system, Russell's approach has remained constant. At the heart of this is to plan and protect client's affairs.

Following the introduction of Self-Assessment, both for businesses and individuals, with the attendant interest and penalties, the protection element emphasis is on ensuring clients' compliance needs are handled in a timely manner, providing advice in completing returns and the payment of tax.

Russell's Yorkshire born no-nonsense attitude particularly bears fruit when engaged against the Revenue in dealing with compliance enquiries at all levels, including the Special Civil Investigations Unit.

The planning side incorporates business organisation structure, Capital Gains Tax mitigation and family succession planning. However, as each clients' affairs have their own uniqueness, the real planning comes in applying current tax legislation and Revenue practice to create bespoke solutions.

In heading up the dedicated group that forms the Elman Wall Tax Team, Russell ensures that clients' affairs are net with efficient and confidence.

Do you remember the souvenir pens where a ship sails down a canal or hands run up and down a keyboard (and so on) when the pen is tipped downwards to write with? We also produced an Elman Wall version which included an aeroplane? (Before you ask – sorry – no stock left!).

Russell has been a keen collector of such pens for a long time and started this hobby as a reminder of when he spent a summer in Turkey as a professional belly dancer (but that’s another story!). He now boasts ownership of one of the largest collections worldwide! His passion extends to a website dedicated to lovers of ‘floaty pens’ where the collection can be viewed online – www.floatypens.org – although it is now slightly out of date due to Russell spending most of his time solving tax problems.