Tax Assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Ionawr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25,000 i £35,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 23 Chwefror 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3NX |
| Cwmni: | HR GO Recruitment |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 270295/001/SB_1737740801 |
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Tax Assistant Opportunity - Sherborne
Reports to: Head of Tax
Salary: £25,000-£35,000 DOE
Flexible Working: Option to work from home one day per week after training/probation.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive team and advance your tax career in a mixed role with a strong personal tax bias. You will work on a variety of tax compliance tasks, including:
- Maintaining personal tax records for UK self-assessment returns, ensuring timely submission of all returns and payments.
- Assisting with complex areas such as capital gains computations, income forecasts, and implementing Making Tax Digital (MTD).
- Preparing income and expenditure information for tax purposes.
- Managing EIS/SEIS relief tax records for qualifying investments, preparing claim forms, and tracking claims and withdrawals.
- Preparing VAT returns for sole traders, integrating VAT data into tax returns, and assisting with VAT-related queries.
- Completing international tax reporting forms (FATCA/CRS/AEI) for individuals and businesses.
- Contributing to ad-hoc tax and investment-related research and projects.
Additional Opportunities Based on Experience:
- Gaining hands-on experience in UK trust and inheritance tax, including trust tax returns and computations.
- Reviewing corporation tax returns and computations, alongside maintaining corporation tax records.
- Providing technical support to the payroll team, researching questions on payroll taxes and staff benefits.
About You:
You should be enthusiastic about progressing your career in tax and eager to take on a varied role that will broaden your experience. The ideal candidate will have:
- Attained or be working towards an ATT qualification with at least 18 months of relevant experience, ideally in a Practice environment.
- A professional, approachable manner with the ability to develop relationships across teams and with clients.
- The initiative to take ownership of tasks, see them through to completion, and seek feedback for continuous improvement.
- Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office; knowledge of accounting software is a plus.
- A collaborative, team-focused attitude.
Benefits Include:
- Study support for ATT qualification.
- Payment of your professional membership subscription.
- Ongoing CPD to support your career development.
- Competitive salary with annual reviews, including salary and bonus.
- 10% employer pension contribution, with the option to make additional contributions via salary sacrifice.
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with an additional 3 discretionary days at Christmas.
- Individual BUPA cover with unlimited outpatients and dental care.
- Life insurance (4x gross salary).
- Access to cycle-to-work and electric car salary sacrifice schemes.
- Free car parking.
This is a great opportunity to develop your tax career in a supportive and dynamic environment. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding role, we'd love to hear from you!