A Career in Taxation
As a tax consultant, your job is to create the best tax strategies for the clients in your portfolio. This may involve putting complex tax planning ideas into plain English and explaining what they mean to your clients' businesses, as well as helping clients to fulfil their tax reporting obligations. The work demands advanced intellectual capabilities and also skills such as project management and client handling.
Remuneration
Rewards for successful tax advisers are handsome. Over recent years, remuneration packages have become fairly equal for practice and industry. There is still a premium for corporate tax specialists (which tends to be where most ACAs concentrate); those who go successfully down this route can expect to approach a six-figure salary in a few years. Bonuses are also becoming more commonplace, tending to be based not only on new business won but also on the output of individuals.
