Dean has been involved in tax training since 1994 and lectures on a wide variety of tax matters.

Dean started his career as a Chartered Accountant, qualifying in 1988 and then as an Associate of the Institute of Taxation in 1991.

After qualifying Dean spent a number of years in practice, including over five years at partner level. Dean continues to provide consultancy advice to practitioners on an ad hoc basis and his experiences enable him to focus his lecturing on the practical aspects of the issues presented.

Together with Chris Jones, Dean was a founder director of Online Tutors Limited, a company specialising in providing CPD training via the internet. The company is responsible for the tax and accounting CPD update service at www.tolleyseminars.com, the tax learning product Tolley’s Tax Tutor and the quarterly Tolley’s VAT Update. Dean also writes numeorus practical articles in the professional press and is an author on the ICAEW Tax Faculty Taxline Tax Planning publication.