Rob Whittall

Managing Partner, Dyke Yaxley USA

Rob joined Dyke Yaxley in 1990 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995. Soon afterwards Rob had a spell of travelling and ended up in the States, where he then qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1999.

In 2006, Rob started developing a UK/US tax niche in conjunction with Dyke Yaxley, and in 2011 Dyke Yaxley opened an office in Cleveland, Ohio, which Rob is currently overseeing as Managing Partner. Rob is also a Director of Dyke Yaxley Limited, in the UK.

Rob now spends a significant amount of time in both the US and UK allowing him to remain knowledgeable about each country’s tax requirements and maintain ongoing relationships with his clients.

Rob’s work involves UK and US Tax Planning/Structuring for UK and US businesses and high net-worth individuals venturing into the UK and US market both from an international and domestic perspective. Rob specialises in both inbound and outbound international taxation issues for UK and US closely held businesses and individuals, focusing on tax planning, foreign tax credit utilisation, transfer pricing issues, withholding tax issues, income tax treaties, foreign earned income exclusions and IC-DISCs.