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17 Aug 2010, 20:35
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I am looking at getting a tax job with a major corporation(Fortune 20). Might not get it, but it's pretty ideal for me as it will allow me to complete my Masters in Accounting and get my CPA experience quicker than a public accounting job which would be less pleasant and wouldn't let me start for another year when school is completely done.
I enjoy tax but don't know if I want to make it a career. Anybody here move from tax pre-MBA to something else? Will I be stuck? Are there many jobs where tax knowledge is valued but where you aren't focused on compliance and tax planning.
I got a 760 on the GMAT and think I should be competitive in other respects for a top MBA program down the road. I might do law school as an alternative if I decide in a few years I want to take my tax career to the next level(and the legal market is less of a nightmare than it is now).
I enjoy tax but don't know if I want to make it a career. Anybody here move from tax pre-MBA to something else? Will I be stuck? Are there many jobs where tax knowledge is valued but where you aren't focused on compliance and tax planning.
I got a 760 on the GMAT and think I should be competitive in other respects for a top MBA program down the road. I might do law school as an alternative if I decide in a few years I want to take my tax career to the next level(and the legal market is less of a nightmare than it is now).
18 Aug 2010, 03:52
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Tax is pretty specialized knowledge so depending on what you wanted to transition into post-MBA you may have to work a little bit to sell what skills you have that are relevant to the new job.
In terms of tax jobs that aren't tax prep or tax planning, well, by definition most tax jobs fall into one of those two buckets. There's tax work involved in some M&A work to minimize tax implications of the transaction, but a lot of the more interesting work in that area is done by tax lawyers. In some accounting firms, transfer pricing is handled by the tax group, if that's something you'd be interested in.
18 Aug 2010, 06:25
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You really need to work out what you want to do first. You have a good GMAT score, but you don't necessarily want to burn through $100k simply to use it.
Both business school and law school will offer many different options outside of tax. You need to be clear which you want, because it is expensive.
