Tax Market Knowledge

As 2009 drew to a close, the market for interim tax professionals began to show some signs of recovery. Pure Taxation’s Interim team now have comprehensive view of 2010. Kimberley Britt, Executive Consultant, has defined six trends that are to define 2010's temporary tax jobs market.

Historically, many tax professionals change employer upon qualification. In-house tax specialist Stewart King reviews the main reasons and advantages of a step in-house in a tax professional's career.

Continuing his outlook for 2010, Iain Lorriman discusses how the market will evolve this year.

The global liquidity crisis of the last two years has produced such a volatile, and at times unprecedented, setting for business, in Pure's two-part report, Iain Lorriman discusses the market and the future of tax.

We have witnessed significant changes in the interim tax recruitment market over the past 12 months writes Kimberley Britt.

With so many recruiters to choose from, it is vital that you consider your options carefully before making your decision, writes Steven Berke. This article highlights the key factors one should consider when choosing an agency to partner with.

Is your company ready? Driven by HMRC’s desire to push responsibility for the accuracy of tax onto the Boardroom agenda, the recent Budget announcement in April 2009 has resulted in the requirement that the ‘Senior Accounting Officer’ of qualifying companies (and their subsidiaries) must demonstrate that they have taken ‘reasonable steps’ to ensure that ‘appropriate accounting arrangements’ have been undertaken.

One of the key trends witnessed in the tax market through 2009 has been the increased desire from organisations to look to bring a tax resource in-house for the first time. Pure’s Taxation division’s Stewart King discusses the backdrop to increased tax control and how Pure are assisting organisations with their tax requirements.

With a drop in the number of opportunities and an increase in the number and calibre of suitable candidates, employers can be forgiven for being more selective. Ioulia Fenton discusses how the employer should get the most out of the recruitment process.

A new focus on Transfer Pricing has brought it into the corporate and political limelight, requiring tax professionals to assist corporations in their requirements to nationaltax authorities, writes interim specialist Marisa Hari.