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Head of Trusts Solicitor, GBP 70,000 to GBP 90,000 plus extensive benefits, Suffolk. This highly regarded specialist team works with clients on personal tax affairs and the administration of trusts. The team remove the stress of completing annual accounts, tax returns, HRMC compliance and dealing with day to day requests from beneficiaries for funds. Benefits includes a pension scheme (6 employer and 2 employee) with a salary exchange option Life Assurance policy (3x gross annual salary) (available once probationary period is complete).
To express your interest or find out more about the role, please call Cassie on 454 or to Job Ref:
The firm are looking for an experienced Tax Accountant/Head of Trusts Solicitor to join this Tax and Trusts team, specifically to lead a team working on personal tax matters and estate and trust matters.
You will have strong experience within personal tax accountancy matters across the board and be confident in working with private clients, executors and trustees. This will be an evolving role working alongside the wider team to grow the firms tax offering.
Responsibilities
- Working as part of the Lifetime Planning team to provide proactive and strategic tax and trust compliance advice to clients
- Focus on the technical / advisory aspects of the role alongside the leadership and supervision of the team
- Technical training of T and T members and the wider Lifetime Planning department as required
- Promotion and development of our Trust and Tax service
- Both external and internal business development : interaction with French Legal, Agriculture and Estates, Business, Residential and Family departments
- Working with the French Property Team regarding UK individuals with French properties and assets
- Advising clients on income tax, capital gains tax and Inheritance tax matters, including advising on tax planning and mitigation
- Advising clients on stamp duty land tax
- Preparing tax returns for private clients to include 60 day capital gains tax returns in respect of disposals of residential property
- Calculation of tax liabilities and advising on payment of tax due under self:assessment
- Preparing estate accounts and dealing with the period of administration income and capital gains tax
- Finalising a deceased individual's lifetime tax affairs
- Preparing annual trust accounts
- Preparation of self:assessment trust tax returns
- Preparation of tax deduction certificates for our substantial portfolio of clients
- Preparing Inheritance Tax forms as required for trusts
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KNOWLEDGE And SKILLS
- Management and supervision skills and experience
- Experience in tax and trusts accounting matters
- AAT, ATT, ACA, ACCA, or TEP qualification essential
- Experience of complex estate and trust accounting
- Experience of non:resident and non:domicile taxation
- Knowledge and experience of UK taxation of individuals, estates and trusts
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Strong team playing skills
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion
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The firm have a truly flexible working environment focussed on the individual needs of their people while maintaining excellent client service by aligning the needs of the Firm and their clients. As well as promoting internal promotions and transfers to enhance skills and experience. You are not limited to your existing role. The Partners at the firm want to utilise individual skill sets to impart their knowledge through coaching and mentoring others. The benefits package aims to support your career, financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing needs. Industry:leading Paid Time Off policy. Agile and Hybrid approaches to work.
How
contact Cassie at eNL on 454 or email with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
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