Professor Andy Lymer

BSc (Wales)
MPhil (Wales)
MIRS
FAIA(Acad)
FRSA
FCMI

Andy has been a member of the Business School for more than 25 years. In this time he has published articles in many leading journals in his field, has authored or co-authored 25 research and teaching books, and has undertaken research projects in his areas of interest for many organisations including the ESRC, Barrow Cadbury Trust, several housing associations, ICAEW, ACCA, CIMA and IASB (representing research income on projects he has led of over £1.3m).  

He is a regular speaker at both academic and professional events and sits on the editorial board of a number of key journals in his fields of interest. He has held visiting positions at the University of New South Wales, Texas Tech University (as the Rawls Visiting Professor of Taxation 2005-2008), University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney and Curtin University. He was the 2005/6 Chair of the Strategic and Emerging Technology (SET) section of the American Accounting Association and has held various other roles for this organisation, including currently its Intellectual Property Task Force.

His research interests lie in the areas of taxation (in particular; capital taxation, comparative taxation, IT in taxation and taxation of e-business), personal finance (in particular; financial education/literacy/capability across individuals of all ages, financial wellbeing and savings policy development) and applied business computing, (in particular; the impacts of the Internet on organisations including corporate reporting and other communications).

From 2008 to 2011 he was the Leader of the Tax Development Programme for HM Treasury.

His latest book released in the summer of 2017 is entitled Comparative Taxation: Why Tax Systems Differ. He also is the co-author of the key undergraduate textbook on UK taxation "Lymer & Oats: Taxation: Policy & Practice" in its 25th edition in 2018.

For nearly 20 years he was the Editor in Chief of the AccountingEducation.com community and edited its newsletter, Double Entries. 

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In the video below, Professor Andy Lymer introduces the 2018 CHASM Conference:

Andy currently teaches the following modules:

• Comparative and International Taxation (optional module - 3rd year, BSc Accounting & Finance)
• International Business Taxation (optional module - MSc International Accounting & Finance)

In the recent past he has also taught modules:

• UK Taxation (compulsory module - 2nd year, BSc Accounting & Finance/BSc Accountancy)
• Information Systems for Accounting (2nd year, BSc Accounting & Finance)

Andy has supervised to completion 8 PhD. students and 7 MSc. by Research students.

He currently supervising 5 MSc. by Research/PhD. students in the following areas:

• Social housing and taxation
• Future for Inheritance Tax the UK
• Land development taxation systems
• Impacts of the development of a GAAR in the UK
• Designing tax systems for informal economies
• Personal taxation policy development in the UK – impact on citizenship 

CURRENT/RECENT FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS:

The Tenant’s Journey: social housing and life-chances
East Devon District Council and DCH (Devon and Cornwall homes) - £30,000 (November 2016 – October 2019)
With James Gregory (School of Social Policy)

Wellbeing and tenure – does home ownership really add up for social tenants?
Vivid Group - £33,000 (November 2016 – December 2017)
With James Gregory (School of Social Policy)

CHASM Fisher funding for 2016 – 2021
With Karen Rowlingson (School of Social Policy, UOB) - £625,000

Savings Manifesto for Low-income savers
Barrow Cadbury Trust - £22,800 (March – September 2016)
With Karen Rowlingson and James Gregory (School of Social Policy, UOB)

Policy development for the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Financial Education for Young People - 2016 Inquiry on Financial Education in Schools
Young Enterprise/Pfeg - £4,000 (February – May 2016)

CHASM Fisher funding for 2013 – 2016 – with Karen Rowlingson (UoB) - £244,000

Personal taxation policy development (PhD scholarship). Funded by - Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) - £72,000 (October 2012 – Sept 2016) with Sam Thewlis (PhD student)

Current:

• Director – Research Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM)
• Business Development Director – Birmingham Business School
• External examiner -  NUI Galway (2013 – 2016), University of Edinburgh (2015 – 2019)

Recent:

• Deputy Head of the Birmingham Business School (from 2012 - 2016)
• Member of the Business School Senior Management Team (2006 to 2016)
• Member of the Senate of the University of Birmingham (2012 - 2015)
• Interim Head of the Birmingham Business School (2012)
• Member of the College of Social Sciences Board (2012)
• Head of the Department of Accounting & Finance (2008 - 2012)
• External Examiner - University of Exeter (2012 - 2015), University of Dundee (2010 - 2013), University of Glasgow (2005 - 2009), Bangor University (2001 - 2005), 
• External Examiner - University of Glasgow (2005 - 2009), Bangor University (2001 - 2005)