This episode is all about how to be an excellent ‘tax junior’. By tax junior, I mean someone in the early stages of their career, including tax trainees, tax graduates, and tax apprentices. We are joined by Olivia Pryer, who was an excellent tax junior, loved by her boss, and she joins us to share her mindset, approach and tips, and help you or your colleges be an excellent tax junior and asset to the team.
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You’ll Learn
- A bit about Olivia and her tax career
- (7:30) What Olivia expected from her first tax role (which was at ETC Tax) before she started
- (10:00) How Olivia did a good of tax compliance work – completing tax returns – impressing her colleges
- (19:30) Self-reading and self-learning she did with tax knowledge
- (24:15) How Olivia did a good job of tax advisory work and how this is different to doing a good job of compliance work.
- (29:00) How to get involved in tax advisory work early on in your career
- (35:00) What should tax juniors/graduates/trainees do to be an excellent junior?
- (39:00) Olivia’s final advice to those who want to be an excellent tax junior/graduate/trainee
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- Tax Research Masterclass – teaching you how to find the answer to even the most complex tax queries, with the least pain possible.
- Tax Advice Masterclass – teaching you how to provide high-quality tax advice that your clients appreciate and value.
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