Full job descriptionPersonal Tax Senior / Tax Assistant
Location: Darlington
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Office-based with up to 20% home working
Are you an experienced tax professional looking for your next opportunity within a friendly and established accountancy practice?
We’re currently recruiting for a Personal Tax Senior / Tax Assistant to join our Tax Department. This is a varied role with a strong focus on Personal Tax, offering the opportunity to manage your own portfolio of clients while developing your technical knowledge and taking on additional responsibility over time.
The Role
*You’ll be responsible for a varied portfolio of Personal Tax work, including:
*Preparing Self Assessment and Partnership Tax Returns.
*Managing your own portfolio of clients and dealing with queries throughout the year.
*Liaising with clients and HMRC regarding tax payments, repayments and general enquiries.
*Preparing 60-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) returns.
*Preparing Let Property disclosures.
*Assisting with smaller HMRC tax enquiries.
*Analysing rental income and expenditure for Self Assessment Tax Returns.
*Preparing information for Making Tax Digital (MTD) returns, primarily for rental properties and smaller self-employments.
*Preparing P11Ds.
*Supporting the wider Tax team with other tax-related work as required.
About You
*We’re looking for someone with at least two years’ experience in a tax environment, ideally with a strong background in Personal Tax.
*You’ll need to be confident working independently and managing your own workload, while also being a collaborative team player. Strong numerical skills, excellent attention to detail and good time-management skills are essential.
*As you develop within the role, there will also be opportunities to support and assist trainees within the team.
*Experience of Corporation Tax or Sage Payroll would be advantageous, but is not essential.