The Tax Professionals Podcast

• 5 Skills to Master Early in Your Tax Career (TTPP49 Re-release)

  Send us a textMasterclasses for Tax Professionals: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/masterclassesShow notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/TTPP49Subscribe: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/subscribeTake control of your career progression free course: https://documents.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/freecourseYou’ll Learn5 skills that are important to master early on in your tax careerSome tips to help you improve these skillsRough Timings(2:30) Story (relevant!)(6:30) Skill 1 - Tax Research (finding, using and applying tax guidance, legislation and case law(10:15) Skill 2 - Explaining tax concepts clear to others(13:45) Skill 3 - Tax Advisory Skills(19:00) Skill 4 - Inspection and Fact Finding Skill(23:30) Skill 5 - Relationship Building SkillRelated EpisodesTax research:TTPP 1: How to Undertake Effective Tax ResearchTTPP 26: 8 Tax-Research SinsTTPP37: Master Using Tax Legislation (and the Benefits this Brings)TTPP42: Master Using HMRC Manuals for Tax ResearchTax Advice:TTPP 10: How to Write Good-Quality and Practical Tax Advice Explaining Tax rules Clearly:TTPP18: How to Explain Tax Rules & Concepts Clearly (to Help Others Understand!) 

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• TTPP115: How to be an Excellent Tax Junior, Graduate, Trainee or Apprentice with Olivia Pryer

  Send us a textThis episode is all about how to be an excellent ‘tax junior’. By tax junior, I mean someone in the early stages of their career, including tax trainees, tax graduates, and tax apprentices. We are joined by Olivia Pryer, who was an excellent tax junior, loved by her boss, and she joins us to share her mindset, approach and tips, and help you or your colleges be an excellent tax junior and asset to the team.Show notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/TTPP115Subscribe: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/subscribeMasterclasses for tax professionalTake control of your career progression free course: https://documents.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/freecourseYou’ll LearnA bit about Olivia and her tax career(7:30) What Olivia expected from her first tax role (which was at ETC Tax) before she started(10:00) How Olivia did a good of tax compliance work – completing tax returns – impressing her colleges (19:30) Self-reading and self-learning she did with tax knowledge(24:15) How Olivia did a good job of tax advisory work and how this is different to doing a good job of compliance work.(29:00) How to get involved in tax advisory work early on in your career(35:00) What should tax juniors/graduates/trainees do to be an excellent junior?(39:00) Olivia’s final advice to those who want to be an excellent tax junior/graduate/traineeResourcesMasterclasses designed for tax professionals to help you master vital career skills:Tax Research Masterclass – teaching you how to find the answer to even the most complex tax queries, with the least pain possible.Tax Advice Masterclass – teaching you how to provide high-quality tax advice that your clients appreciate and value.Take a look and enrol, here.Register for a free 1-month trial for Croner-I’s tax guidance/resourcesBook a call with ProTax to talk about your career: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/BookprotaxContact [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbonehill94/ 

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• TTPP114: Pass Your CTA Exams by Not Being One of These 10 Types of Students with Nitin Rabheru

  Send us a textThere are common reasons why, time and time again, students fail their Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) exams. To explain these, Nitin and I have created the “10 types of bad CTA students”, and to make it more memorable, we have assigned a name (hopefully fun names) to each one.In the episode, we talk through each bad type of student to help you identify any bad traits in yourself or you staff, and then we summarise our advice to increase the changes of you or your staff passing.Show notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/TTPP114Subscribe: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/subscribeTake control of your career progression free course: https://documents.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/freecourseYou’ll Learn(4:00) Bad Type of CTA Student #1: The Quirkmeister(9:00) Bad Type of CTA Student #2: The Negative Nell(14:30) The Bad Type of CTA Student #3: The Sloth, Lazebag or Deluded(20:30) Bad Type of CTA Student #4: The One Trick Pony(24:30) Bad Type of CTA Student #5: The Stickler(28:30) Bad Type of CTA Student #6: The Mock Master or Drill Sergant(39:00) Bad Type of CTA Student #7: Blame Thrower(42:30) Bad Type of CTA Student #8:  The Shortcut Seeker(47:15) Bad Type of CTA Student #9: The Last Minuter(55:15) Bad Type of CTA Student #10: The Legislation LoveResources – Other CTA Podcasts:All other exam-support related podcast episodes: https://www.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/category/podcast/att-cta/Particularly recommend: TTPP96: Why She Failed One CTA Paper Multiple Times but Then Passed and Qualified with Amy RylanceFree DownloadsFREE – CTA Study Phase Checklist so you can make sure you ‘complete’ the study phase before revision, going into revision as prepared as you canFREE – ATT/CTA revision folder guide, which was made when the exams became open book. This is somewhat outdated now, but there is still useful information in thereFREE – 8 CTA/ATT revision tips summary, which does exactly what it says on the tinWebinarsMastering the ATT/CTA Exams – Retake Support and Success StrategiesMastering the APS Paper – Insights and Strategies for SuccessRevision Help and Top Tips for CTA Exams – Essential guidance for effective preparationGet access here: https://www.pro-recruitment.co.uk/microsite/att-cta-webinars 

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• TTPP113: Exceptional Tax Technical Skills: Key Benefits and Why You Should Develop Yours

  Send us a textI share the key benefits of exceptional tax technical ability is and why you should aim to have this, illustrated through a real client story with highs, lows, disappointment, and me being considered a charlatan, by two lawyers. But who was right?Show notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/TTPP113Subscribe: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/subscribeTake control of your career progression free course: https://documents.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/freecourseYou’ll Learn(2:30) Story: The Million Pound Employee Payout(12:00) Story debrief(14:15) What I mean by technical knowledge, ability and skills(15:00) Key benefits of exceptional technical knowledge, skills, and ability(20:00) Why you should aim to develop exception technical knowledge, skills and abilityResourcesMasterclasses for tax professionals: Tax Research Masterclass – finding the answer to tax questions, using tax legislation and guidance Tax Advice Masterclass – how to provide high-quality tax advice that clients valueRegister for a free 1-month trial for Croner-I’s tax guidance/resources

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• TTPP112: Winning Tax Work: From 0 Clients to Hundreds in 4 Years with James Edwards

  Send us a textHear how James Edwards has won so much tax work that he’s become too busy, so that you can win more work yourself.Show notes: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/TTPP112Subscribe: thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/subscribeTake control of your career progression free course: https://documents.thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com/freecourseYou’ll LearnInto from James(3:45) James’s beliefs around winning tax work(6:30) Winning work in the beginning and did James tax on too many bad fit clients initially?(13:45) How James has got to the point of winning so much tax work and where it comes from(21:00) How James Splits his time between his 3 work-winning areas/avenues and taking risks(33:00) An example of how James wins tax work from referrers(51:00) Helping clients see the value in the work you doResourcesMasterclasses for tax professionals:Tax Research Masterclass – finding the answer to tax questions, using tax legislation and guidance Tax Advice Masterclass – how to provide high-quality tax advice that clients valueRegister for a free 1-month trial for Croner-I’s tax guidance/resources

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