Tax Market Knowledge

Welcome to our first Interim Market Update booklet for 2011. These market updates are specifically for tax professionals who are considering temporary and contract work. Kimberley Britt discusses the main trends.

Dalia Greenwood, head of the Interim tax practice, examines why there is growing demand for senior interims despite challenging market conditions.

Kimberley Britt speaks to Global Career Link to find out their insights into the impact of the new Visa requirements for Antipodean candidates looking to move to the UK.

Pure witnessed a strong demand for indirect tax professionals in both practice, commerce and financial services. This has partly been due to the increasing focus by tax authorities on indirect tax as a means of raising tax revenue, globalisation of tax functions and cross-border trade, and the increasing sophistication of many countries’ tax regimes.

Transfer pricing jobs have been readily available as companies improve their capabilities in dealing with governments' increasing regulations. Georgina Norris discusses how interims are well placed to help multinationals with their transfer pricing needs.

The outlook for financial services organisations looks positive, with a number of banks releasing better than expected results in 2010. This environment means that part and newly-qualified tax professionals can gain valuable...

When choosing a jurisdiction to migrate, the perception would be that taxation is of the utmost importance to foreign companies’ decision makers. Whilst only countries with low taxation rates will be part of the shortlist, other factors play important parts, discussed Head of EMEA tax recruitment Marisa Hari.

Bridget Hougham, specialist in junior and mid level recruitment, discusses the choices that tax professionals nearing the completion of their qualification have, and in particular, how an interim role could be one of the smartest moves for a tax professional.

The European Commission proposed the creation of a Europe-wide value added tax (VAT) to aid in funding for the next European Union budget. Peter Ratcliffe discusses this announcement and how it will effect European tax recruitment.

If you are wondering how the market has developed and the trends set to continue into next year, Stewart King discusses what you need to think about as a tax professional in practice in your next career step.