Sharon Ryan

Tax Consultant

About Sharon

Sharon has lived in Leeds all her life and is a Private Client Tax Consultant at Armstrong Watson, specialising in tax planning including inheritance tax, capital gains tax, income tax, and business structures. She acts for a wide variety of clients, including dentists and solicitors.

Sharon  started in accountancy and audit, qualifying as a Certified Accountant in 1992 and  joining Armstrong Watson back in 1995 when the small firm she worked for was taken over. She spent 5 years as Audit Manager before joining the tax team after returning from maternity leave. After 5 years as Tax Compliance Manager (and another period on maternity) she moved to the Tax Consultancy team.

2013 marked 30 years of Sharon’s working life and her wealth of experience in both accountancy and tax helps her to understand the needs of her clients.

From our blog

Budget 2018 – How does it impact the Healthcare Sector?

The Autumn Budget 2018 raised some significant changes for the healthcare sector, as an employer or a business owner. Sharon Ryan gives her summary of the changes.

Significant changes to the taxation of dividends come into effect from 6 April 2016

Significant changes to the taxation of dividends come into effect from 6 April 2016, which can be summarised as follows:

Tax is sometimes taxing – an overview of the new dividend rules

On 8 July 2015 George Osborne delivered the first Budget of the new, Conservative, majority parliament and with this a huge change in how dividends are taxed. The move was quite unexpected and will have serious implications for large amounts of owner managed businesses.

What our clients say about Sharon

Since moving to Armstrong Watson over 10 years ago, I have always been impressed by their professionalism and attention to detail. I am most grateful for their kindness and for being so approachable.  Sharon Ryan are always at the other end of the telephone to answer any questions I may have and during a recent HMRC investigation they took all the worry and stress off my hands and sorted everything out with no effort on my part.

David Wright, Hebden Bridge Dental Care Limited

I have been with this firm since being a newly qualified dentist 25 years ago and have always been pleased with the service that they provide. I find Sharon to be easily approachable and efficient in dealing with any queries that might I have.

I have also recently switched to Armstrong Watson for the running of the payroll of the practice. This had to be carried our at  short notice and was very smoothly done.

Sue Barrett, Seacroft Dental Practice

After twenty six years trading as a partnership, we decided to change status to a limited company.

We had no idea how to go about this process. We were guided through it with the help of Armstrong Watson, in particular Sharon Ryan, Sally Jones and Stephen Esgate.

We would like to thank you wholeheartedly. Without all your hard work and understanding of our business and what we wanted, this transition would have been traumatic. It was a seamless transition thanks to the professionalism, efficiency and meticulous attention to detail that you exercised.

I would recommend Armstrong Watson and in particular your team, to any organisation that was thinking of changing their trading status.

E R Navin-Jones, Baker Harding Limited

Both Steve and Sharon instill a level of confidence and professionalism which is very reassuring, It is good to know they are on your side.  When they told me they could reduce my tax liability by 50%, I thought they were joking- It was like winning the lottery!

David Wright BDS LDS RCS (Eng) , Owner , Denny Wright & Associates (Dental Practice)

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