About
Jinesh Timbadia joined Spice Taxation in October 2026. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser working in UK personal tax for people whose lives, families and assets sit in more than one country: individuals arriving in or leaving the UK who need their residence position settled before the tax year turns rather than after, non-residents holding UK property through offshore structures, and globally mobile professionals claiming treaty relief on overseas employment income.
He comes to Spice from Edwin Coe LLP in the City of London, where he spent more than two years in the Private Client Tax team, advising on cross-border structuring, compliance and disputes.
Before Edwin Coe, Jinesh trained at one of the Big 4 (EY) as a Senior Tax Consultant, where his work ran to reports on stockpiled gains and net relevant income and to inheritance tax, trusts and estates. He began his career at BDO UK LLP in London in Private Client Services, advising high net worth individuals on residence, domicile and remittance status and running detailed mixed fund analysis and cleansing. In April 2022, whilst with BDO, he was one of the pioneers of BDO’s Asia Advisory Services Group, building the bridge between the UK practice and the Far East.
Jinesh returns to Singapore after a decade in the UK. Having been born and raised in Singapore, the bridge back is a natural one for him. He speaks English, Hindi, Gujarati and Malay. Jinesh maintains deep connections to his personal and professional contacts in the UK and is often in the European region, discussing the realm of the UK private client tax economy.
He read Accounting and Finance at Warwick Business School, graduating with a BSc in 2020, and took the International Baccalaureate at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) in Singapore. He sat the CTA over three and a half years alongside full-time practice, and was admitted to the Chartered Institute of Taxation at Drapers’ Hall in March 2025.
Jinesh is known for distilling complex structures into clear, actionable strategies, and for working alongside intermediaries and clients to ensure client advice is provided in a clear, concise manner. . He also gives time back to the profession: often mentoring candidates preparing for CTA examinations and being invited to speak on moderated panels.
Areas of Tax Expertise
- UK personal tax compliance and expat tax returns for individuals living outside the UK
- Statutory Residence Test evaluations, residence and domicile opinions
- Pre-arrival planning for clients moving to the UK, and exit strategies for those leaving
- Double tax treaty analysis and relief claims, including permanent home and centre of vital interests
- UK tax planning for entrepreneurs and owner-managed businesses
- UK property tax, property structuring and de-enveloping
- Capital gains tax on UK assets, including for non-residents
- Taxation of domestic and international private wealth structures, including family investment companies
- Tax structuring, compliance and succession planning for global Indian families
- Remittance analysis, mixed fund analysis and mixed fund cleansing
- Reports on stockpiled gains and net relevant income
- Inheritance tax filings, trusts and estates
- HMRC enquiries and dispute resolution, including litigation strategy on cross-border assets
- Tax risk reviews for family offices
Certifications and Fellowships
- Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Chartered Institute of Taxation. Examination requirements completed at the May 2024 session; admitted to membership March 2025
- Investment Management Certificate (Level I), CFA UK, 2022
Memberships and Associations
- Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), as a Chartered Tax Adviser
Current Roles
- Associate Director, Spice Taxation Pte Ltd, Singapore (from October 2026)
Prior Career
- Assistant Tax Manager, Private Client Tax, Edwin Coe LLP, City of London (July 2024 to September 2026)
- Senior Tax Consultant, EY (October 2023 to March 2024)
- Private Client Associate, EY (September 2022 to September 2023)
- Tax Associate, BDO UK LLP, London (November 2021 to May 2022)
- Junior Tax Associate, Private Client Services, BDO UK LLP, London (November 2020 to November 2021)
Education
- University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance, 2017 to 2020
- Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), Singapore, International Baccalaureate, 2010 to 2014
Teaching, Lecturing, and Academic Roles
- Speaker, CTA Application and Professional Skills panel (2024), on moving from technical knowledge to practical application across the CTA papers
- Panellist, CTA panel (2024)
- Mentoring of CTA candidates, ongoing