Corporate Tax Internship Review

Item: Corporate Tax Internship at BDO
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at BDO

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

Guildford

Review Submitted: August 2022

Overall Rating

4.5 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

- Completing Corporate Tax Finalisations in Alphatax
- Drafting emails to clients
- Drafting reports
- Corporate Tax Administration (billing, iXBRL tagging, compliance letters, cover emails)

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Lots of responsibility in terms of changing and updating tax computations for clients, they trust your judgement and they make you feel like a valuable member of the team.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

- Communication skills
- Ability to learn new software quickly (Alphatax)
- Determining tax allowable and disallowable items
- Technical tax knowledge

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I felt I could ask any question, no matter how trivial. We had specific trainings days which were invaluable as we worked through examples which were applicable to the work we were assigned.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very welcoming and friendly. I felt that collaboration was a key value and this was something I really valued. I liked how we had anchor days when everyone came into the office.