Chris joined HMRC in 2014 where he began his career working in self-assessment income tax. At that time, he gained his Diploma in Business and Accounting with The Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA).

Chris later trained to become a VAT assurance officer within the Complex and Agents directorate where he initially worked on cases that were selected via HMRC’s internal campaigns and then later worked as a VAT repayment visiting officer.