Rowan, our guest for this episode, is the most qualified UK tax professional. He’s got 8 qualifications, and he is currently doing his 9th. Why did he do so many qualifications, and how has it benefitted his career? By the end of the episode, you should have a good idea of the answer to the question: working in tax, should you do another professional qualification? This is a question I pondered for a while earlier in my career, and it’s a hard one to answer.
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Timings
- Overview of Rowan’s tax career
- (8:15) Is it easier to build an audit business than tax business?
- (9:30) How did Rowan become the most qualified UK tax professional. What motivated him?
- (17:30) How have all these qualifications benefited his tax career?
- (19:00) Should you do more qualifications or spend your time elsewhere as a tax professional. How many qualifications should you do? Is there a point where doing another is not that beneficial?
- (25:00) Benefits of being a mixed tax professional
- (27:30) Essential qualification to have as a tax professional, and nice ones to have, based on specialism/area of tax worked in
- (39:00) Mini rant about lawyers’ tax knowledge (where they aren’t specifically tax)
- (47:45) Bad advice given to CTA students and a bit about using legislation
- (53:00) How Rowan got his interesting gigs like being on Times Radio, being interviewed by Vogue and speaking to MPs in parliament
Me – Jack Bonehill
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