Capital Allowances - Senior Tax Advisor
Capital Allowances - Senior Tax Advisor
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Capital Allowances Senior Tax Advisor - Open to flexible working
Our specialist Capital Allowances (CAs) professionalshelp our clients to optimise the tax relief available on capital expenditure incurred on property infrastructure software and other fixed assets more broadly. They do this by combining an understanding of tax accounting and the practical aspects of construction property and cost management.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and ambitious individual to join EYs specialist Capital Asset Tax Services (CATS) team in London. The team help support and deliver pursuits and projects across all business sectors. This role will provide an opportunity to be involved in a fast growth part of the General Compliance and Reporting department working for clients across the UK but with a specific focus on London.
Key responsibilities of a CAs Tax Senior:
Tax Seniors in our specialist team get involved in a wide range of activities. From day one under the mentorship of the leadership you will have the opportunity to:
- Be involved in a range of fixed asset tax projects including discussing with clients their tax challenges and potential opportunities around fixed assets.
- Support sales and marketing activities. This includes preparing capital allowances and wider fixed asset services proposals and high-level feasibility exercises to determine the potential level of allowances available.
- Assist the wider tax practice with advice on various tax technical points on transactions vendor and purchaser due diligence.
- Liaise with the client and their advisors to obtain detailed construction cost information.
- Review legal documentation (such as sale and purchase leasehold and contribution agreements) and the tax legislation to clarify a companys entitlement to claim capital allowances.
- Attending site visits at client premises to gather evidence of qualifying assets installed
- Analyse the relevant available documentation and supplement any deficiencies in detail utilising our teams quantity surveying skills to arrive at defendable valuations.
- Investigate asset lives and business requirements to assist with decision making around allocating qualifying expenditure to the appropriate capital allowances pool.
- Prepare and in some cases review capital allowances reports detailing the various categories of allowances identified.
- Prepare technical updates to clients and the wider tax practice following changes to the capital allowances legislation.
- Draft technical responses to queries raised by HM Revenue & Customs into our clients claims.
- Build and maintain productive working relationship with clients and provide high levels of client service.
Skills and Experience required for the role of a CAs Tax Senior
- Experience or qualifications in quantity surveying valuations or construction technology are welcomed but not required. What we do require is that our people work towards having a relevant professional qualification if they do not have one already be that in surveying tax and/ or accounting.
- Strong technical skills and keen to develop further.
- Sound working knowledge of MS Excel. Additional or advanced technology skills are welcomed.
- Good project management skills capable of planning and prioritising work whilst meeting all deadlines.
- Ability to identify areas of risk carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards.
- Client focused and commercially aware.
- Ability to solve problems creatively and pragmatically and willing to proactively suggest ideas.
- Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output.
- Excellent communicator in range of situations both written and oral.
- Relationship management skills with ability to manage client expectations.
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where youll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs covering holidays health and well-being insurance savings and a wide range of discounts offers and promotions. Plus we offer:
- Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way thats right for you
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly and at times be based at client sites our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance tax transaction and advisory services were using the finance products expertise and systems weve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training opportunities andcreativefreedom to make things you join however long you stay theexceptionalEY experience lasts a lifetime.
Join us in building a better working world.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Advisor
