Making it in commerce

01 November 2007 / Allison Plager

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Sometimes, just sometimes, client work can be a little bit... well... not quite what you want, so why not try working for a PLC, suggests ALLISON PLAGER

The trouble with tax is that it is everywhere. It refuses to be ignored. Buy a new pair of shoes and you pay VAT on them. Visit a stately home pay for entry and there is gift aid to think about. Even car number plates are not immune … how often have you converted the letters into a tax?

The point is that tax is all consuming which means that tax jobs are not confined to professional practice. Companies of all sorts and sizes from ICI down to the local bollard making factory need tax experts.

When it comes to working conditions PLCs can have advantages. While professional tax firms are beginning to respond to the demand for a better work life balance with more flexible part-time roles and working from home options Mark Klein of Integral Search says that this practice 'has been...

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