Tax Intern

Job Description

Tax Intern | KPMG US

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at KPMG US, located in Boston, MA for Summer 2027. KPMG is one of the top tax firms globally, offering a collaborative and future-forward culture that empowers success. The firm helps high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities by merging deep industry knowledge with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. This role offers an integral opportunity to develop a career within a diverse team, focusing on multifaceted engagements and professional growth.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Boston, MA

• Team: Multi-disciplinary team within the KPMG Tax practice.
• Mission: To help high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges by providing tax compliance, advising, and planning services.
• Tech Stack: Artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI, MS Office Applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Tax Compliance & Planning: Perform tax-related tasks including compliance, advising, and planning for a variety of clients across diverse industries and enterprise types.
• Technology Utilization: Participate in data analytics assignments using KPMG technology, create tax return work papers, and build capabilities in AI, Alteryx, and Power BI.
• Tax Due Diligence: Conduct tax due diligence to identify tax exposures and opportunities for clients.
• Advisory Services: Assist multi-state companies with state and local tax issues and advise multinational enterprises on business and tax planning decisions.
• Client Relationship Management: Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team on assignments and sustain excellent client relationships.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university pursuing a Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in business, accounting, finance, taxation, mathematics, economics, information technology, data and analytics, or engineering. Completion of at least one college-level accounting course is required at the time of application.
• Experience: Must be pursuing educational requirements for CPA licensure in the principal place of business, with additional academic credits required to complete after the internship before obtaining their degree and/or CPA eligibility.
• Skills: Strong technical, business acumen, critical thinking, and agility skills. Demonstrated quality service mindset, technical aptitude, and ability to learn and navigate technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI, and MS Office applications. Excellent communication, time management, and leadership skills, with the ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed.
• Bonus: Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above. Preferred degrees and/or areas of study in Accounting and Taxation. Coursework or a minor in information systems, software engineering, computer science, or data and analytics is preferred.