Really excited to see this post! I’ve written a very early draft of something similar so very pleased that it’s already been done (likely better than I would have) so thank you 🤓
My background is Transfer Pricing at a Big 4 but I’ve moved into tax tech. I’d be interested in coordinating tax nerds interested so anyone reading this that would be interested then please message my EA forum account (I’ll make something happen if there’s enough people but also very happy to just chat about tax).
I think this would be valuable since:
I’ve had some great conversations with other EAs interested in tax policy
I’d love to see more posts like this [1]and it’d be great to get help building out the Tax Policy wiki on the EA forum
Having a space like this would be a great gateway for mid career folks already in Tax to think about how to use their skills for good (or to start donating effectively)
My take is that, for those just starting their careers and looking to build career capital, a tax graduate scheme with a large international firm is a decent career first step.
Pay is solid for a fresh graduate meaning you can have an immediate impact by giving a % to effective charities.
Depending on the department, the hours are not crazy meaning you can do side projects and volunteer to keep engaged in EA stuff.
In particular, working on EA workplace groups in these key orgs seems valuable for broader community engagement
Large firms tend to have great learning and development opportunities. They will often pay (and give you time off to study) for professional qualification in accountancy and/or tax which is very transferable to an operations/organisation building skillset.
The international tax space was also an area that I thought might have been an interesting case study for AI Governance (there was a request for those here) given the conflicting incentives between countries. There’s potentially interesting overlap between International Tax Policy and AI Governance if the technology is as economically transformative as some think and how tax policy could be used to redistribute benefits globally.
Really excited to see this post! I’ve written a very early draft of something similar so very pleased that it’s already been done (likely better than I would have) so thank you 🤓
My background is Transfer Pricing at a Big 4 but I’ve moved into tax tech. I’d be interested in coordinating tax nerds interested so anyone reading this that would be interested then please message my EA forum account (I’ll make something happen if there’s enough people but also very happy to just chat about tax).
I think this would be valuable since:
I’ve had some great conversations with other EAs interested in tax policy
I’d love to see more posts like this [1]and it’d be great to get help building out the Tax Policy wiki on the EA forum
Having a space like this would be a great gateway for mid career folks already in Tax to think about how to use their skills for good (or to start donating effectively)
My take is that, for those just starting their careers and looking to build career capital, a tax graduate scheme with a large international firm is a decent career first step.
Pay is solid for a fresh graduate meaning you can have an immediate impact by giving a % to effective charities.
Depending on the department, the hours are not crazy meaning you can do side projects and volunteer to keep engaged in EA stuff.
In particular, working on EA workplace groups in these key orgs seems valuable for broader community engagement
Large firms tend to have great learning and development opportunities. They will often pay (and give you time off to study) for professional qualification in accountancy and/or tax which is very transferable to an operations/organisation building skillset.
Other links readers might be interested in:
Tax Policy for Good talk from EAGx Virtual: https://www.youtube.com/live/N45Q1mAfIz4?si=QOx7AO1a9Lq3XR4m
@OECDtax is a good follow on twitter for updates on their analysis. https://x.com/OECDtax?t=_C_p0wS9XhTtq6WTU5ZZMQ&s=09
The international tax space was also an area that I thought might have been an interesting case study for AI Governance (there was a request for those here) given the conflicting incentives between countries. There’s potentially interesting overlap between International Tax Policy and AI Governance if the technology is as economically transformative as some think and how tax policy could be used to redistribute benefits globally.