Tax Associate, International Tax Services - Summer 2027 (Nashville)

Job Summary

The Tax Associate, International Tax Services will begin to utilize their

educational background and organizational skills while taking direction from

other, more experienced team members as they assist in consulting with clients

on cross-border tax matters. Responsibilities will include utilizing tax

research skills to provide international tax advice and working with tax

software applications to assist clients with tax reporting obligations for

international operations.

Job Duties

• Tax Consulting
• Develops, recommends, and implements critical thinking to provide clients

with tax advice on international tax issues

• Gains exposure to the development of work plans for all assigned clients
• Learns about international tax law relevant to particular clients and how

that law can be appropriately applied to client facts

• Monitors tax law and client factual developments on a daily basis
• Coordinates with BDO non-US colleagues in approximately 160 countries on

how US tax rules align with foreign tax law to impact client transactions

• Tax Specialization
• Begins to develop an in-depth understanding of the technical and practical

issues and opportunities regarding International taxation and explores

specializing in one or more international tax areas

• Research
• Identifies when research is necessary and frames issues to be researched;

identifies sources of all reliable and relevant information including

information tending to contradict preferred positions; accesses those

sources and retrieves that information; analyzes facts and authorities;

understands their weight; and reports on analysis

• Assists in preparing Written Tax Advice (WTA) on international tax and

cross-border transactions

• Tax Compliance
• Assists in obtaining required client information to utilize in the

preparation of international tax compliance forms and US international

informational reporting

• Has a basic level of understanding of tax compliance as evidenced by:
• Ability to use Firm tax compliance software to maximize efficiency in tax

preparation process

• Understands international tax compliance topics such as Subpart F income,

Earnings and Profits adjustments and foreign tax credits and analyzing

cross-border transactions for tax return impacts, including Section 351

and Section 304 transactions, liquidations under Sections 331 and 332,

and reorganizations under Section 368

• Tax Controversy
• Learns about representing clients before the IRS on contested issues
• Tax Technology
• Uses tax research databases such as RIA, BNA, Lexis Nexis
• Uses Go Systems, and other tax-related software with some supervision
• ASC 740-10
• Develops a basic understanding of ASC 740-10 as it applies to international

tax issues.

• Understands and applies Firm policies, standards, and the BDO Tax Quality

Manual

• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Education

• Bachelors degree, required
• Accounting or other business related major, preferred
• J. D., LLM, and/or MST/MBT, preferred

Experience

• Internship within a professional services firm, preferred
• Tax experience, preferred

License/Certifications

• CPA certification, Attorney (admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction), or

Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Agent (“EA”) (or the equivalent of one of

these designations), preferred

Software

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel and

PowerPoint, preferred

• Experience utilizing RIA, BNA, Lexis Nexis and/or Westlaw, preferred

Language

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Solid verbal and written communications skills
• Strong analytical and basic legal and tax research skills
• Solid organizational skills especially ability to meet project deadlines with

a focus on details

• Capable of successfully multi-tasking while working within independently or

within a team environment

• Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels
• Basic understanding of the technical and practical issues and opportunities

regarding one or more areas of taxation and law

• Basic knowledge and understanding of general calculations and cause / effect

for taxable conditions on clients and the potential tax issues

• Strong legal writing background and familiarity with the IRAC method of

analysis

• In-depth understanding of the technical and practical issues and

opportunities regarding one or more areas of taxation

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after

consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s

qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

California Range: $85,000 - $120,000

Colorado Range: $78,000 - $120,000

Illinois Range: $80,000 - $100,000

Maryland Range: $85,000 - $100,000

Massachusetts Range: $85,000 - $120,000

Minnesota Range: $72,000 - $100,000

New Jersey Range: $80,000 - $100,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $85,000 - $120,000

Ohio Range: $71,000 - $75,000

Virginia Range: $83,000 - $87,000

Washington Range: $78,000 - $120,000

Washington DC Range: $85,000 - $100,000

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