Associate, State and Local Indirect Tax

About the Role

• Provide excellent client service to multi-state companies with state and local tax issues, including compliance, advisory services, planning, technology, and controversies.
• Work with KPMG's extensive network of specialists.
• Enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions.
• Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges.
• Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare state sales and use tax returns.
• Assist multi-state companies with analyzing state tax considerations/impacts related to business restructuring projects.
• Assist multi-state companies with state and local tax controversies, which includes preparing clients for discussions with auditors, representing the client at hearings and at appeal meetings, and preparing protests.
• Research and draft technical memoranda regarding state and local tax questions.
• Provide assistance on large client project engagements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• State and local tax issues.
• Sales and use tax returns.
• State tax considerations/impacts.
• State and local tax controversies.
• Technical memoranda.
• Client project engagements.

Qualifications

• A minimum of one year of experience performing tax research and providing technical advice on multi-state tax or federal income tax issues.
• Bachelor's degree, J.D., LL.M. in Taxation, and/or Master's in Taxation (MST) from an accredited college/university.
• Knowledge of the development, planning, and execution of sales and transactions tax refund claims.
• Desire to perform in a high-energy team environment.
• Excellent writing, communication, and tax research skills.