Commissioner of Appeal for Taxes Office: Appointment

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A decision made 29 October 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2012-0092
Decision Summary Title:	Appointment of a Commissioner of Appeal for Taxes Office		Date of Decision Summary:	18 October 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Acting Comptroller of Taxes		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Appointment of a Commissioner of Appeal for Taxes Office		Date of Written Report:	18 October 2012
Written Report Author:	Acting Comptroller of Taxes		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Report and proposition on the appointment of a Commissioner of Appeal for the Taxes Office.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the report and proposition on the appointment of Mr Leach as a Commissioner of Appeal for the Taxes Office and requested that it be lodged at the earliest opportunity.
Reason(s) for Decision: To enable the report and proposition on the appointment of a Commissioner of Appeal for the Taxes Office to be lodged au Greffe.
Resource Implications: There are no financial and staffing implications.
Action required: Head of Financial Management, Accounting and Reporting to forward the report and proposition to the Greffier of the States and request that it be lodged at the earliest opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Commissioner of Appeal for the Taxes Office: Appointment: Lodged au Greffe

STATES OF JERSEY

COMMISSIONERS OF APPEAL FOR TAXES OFFICE:

APPOINTMENT

Lodged au Greffe on ……………………

By the Minister of Treasury and Resources

STATES GREFFE

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decided whether they are of opinion

In accordance with Article 10 of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961, as amended, to approve the appointment as a Commissioner of Appeal for the Taxes Office for a period of three years of:-

Mr Craig F.Leach

REPORT

The Commissioners of Appeal hear appeals from decisions of the Comptroller of Taxes.

Article 10 of the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961, as amended, requires that they ‘be chosen from residents in the Island experienced in financial matters, who are not actively interested in any trade, business or profession carried out in the Island which is of such a nature as would cause their appointment to be objected to by competitors in similar trades, businesses or professions carried on in Jersey’.

The position was advertised in the Jersey Evening Post and the applicant was interviewed by the Jersey Appointments Commission. The Minister is delighted to recommend Mr Leach as his recommendation for appointment to the Commissioners of Appeal.

Craig Leach

Mr Leach was educated at Hautlieu School and Oxford Brookes University. He worked in a number of finance roles in Jersey and the Middle East including Coutts & Co (Jersey) Ltd., HSBC-Wardley Middle East Ltd and HSBC Saudi British Bank.

He was a member of the Jersey Environmental Forum from 2005 to 2008 and is a newly elected member of the Statistics Users Group. Other memberships include the 41 Club and he is also a committee member of the Gorey Boat Owners Association.

Financial and manpower implications

There are no financial or manpower implications for the States arising from this proposition.