About us

Paul Lynam B.A. (Hons)

Paul has over 24 years' full time experience of tax enquiry work. 

Prior to starting Lynam Tax, Paul was a Director at KPMG (one of the world’s largest accountancy firms). He led KPMG's Tax Investigation practice for the Midlands and Eastern Counties to be the largest and most successful specialist regional Tax Investigation Defence team; for over 10 years.  Whilst at KPMG Paul was responsible for developing the Negotiation Skills of its European tax practice (over 5,000 people) and he attended numerous Negotiation Skills courses (including Harvard Business School), as well as developing KPMG’s own training.

Before that Paul was with the Inland Revenue for 13 years; as a Fully Trained Inspector of Taxes, working in Yorkshire and the Midlands.  He held several posts in the Revenue’s elite Special Compliance Office (now Specialist Investigations); dealing with some of the largest and most complex Civil Investigation of Serious Tax Fraud and Tax Avoidance cases, including successfully leading several high profile tax prosecutions.

Paul is a highly skilled tax professional and is adept at uncovering HMRC’s key concerns, getting them to focus on the material issues and moving cases to speedier resolutions for the benefit of his clients.

If you have a worrying tax enquiry, tax dispute or or any thorny tax issue then Paul would be happy to discuss it with you.  For an initial no obligation discussion in complete confidence call Paul now on 0845 643 9997