Tax Accountant

Role Overview

Our client is an ambitious, sustainable and inclusive firm, ensuring its clients, people and wider communities flourish.

It competes at the top of the legal market, providing sophisticated clients with a wide range of services. Advising clients ranging from large corporate and public sector bodies through to entrepreneurial businesses and private individuals, the firm is trusted to support them across the full spectrum of legal needs, from everyday matters to business‑critical issues.

With offices in Bristol, Edinburgh, London and Dublin, the firm operates across the UK and internationally. Its lawyers are qualified to practise in all three UK legal jurisdictions—England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—and it collaborates globally with a select network of like‑minded independent law firms.

• IHT returns for predominantly excluded property trusts, including assistance with structure analysis.
• Preparing income and stockpiled gains pools for non‑UK trustees, which can include providing tax advice for UK resident beneficiaries.
• Preparing UK personal tax returns for UK resident non‑domiciled individuals and non‑UK residents.
• Working on projects such as de‑enveloping UK properties, which can include non‑resident capital gains tax, corporation tax compliance, ATED and TRS compliance.

• Relevant previous accountancy and tax experience, ideally in trust and personal tax fields.
• Relevant accountancy qualification (AAT or ACA/ACCA) and a particular interest in the area of tax.
• Experience of using tax software packages.

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