Tax Intern

Job Description

Tax Intern | New York Summer 2027 | KPMG US

The Tone:
This is an internship at KPMG, located in New York, NY. KPMG is recognized as one of the top tax firms globally, fostering a collaborative, future-forward culture designed to empower success. Interns join a diverse team, working with an extensive network of specialists and leveraging Ignition Centers where deep industry knowledge meets cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. This role is crucial in helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges, offering a path for career development through multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Summer
• Location: In-person New York, NY

• Team: KPMG Tax practice
• Mission: To help high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges by delivering innovative tax solutions.
• Tech Stack: artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI, MS Office Applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook

What You’ll Actually Do
• Compliance: Perform tax compliance, advisory, and planning for diverse clients, including multinational enterprises and S-corporations.
• Analytics: Create tax returns and work papers, utilizing KPMG technology for data analytics and coordinating offshore resources.
• Due Diligence: Conduct tax due diligence to identify potential tax exposures and advantageous opportunities for clients.
• State & Local Tax: Support multi-state companies with compliance, advising, planning, and controversies related to state and local tax issues.
• Advising: Advise multinational enterprises on strategic business decisions and tax planning, including location, entity choice, supply chain, and capital funding.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Enrolled in an accredited college or university, pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, accounting, finance, taxation, mathematics, economics, information technology, data and analytics, or engineering (financial, industrial, or systems). Completion of at least one college-level accounting course is required at the time of application. Candidates must be pursuing educational requirements for CPA licensure in the principal place of business and have additional academic credits to complete their degree and/or CPA eligibility requirements after the internship.
• Experience: No prior professional experience is explicitly required for this internship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship, as KPMG will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity. The role requires the ability to travel to reasonably commutable work locations or client premises as needed, sometimes with short notice, using personal or public transportation.
• Skills: Strong technical aptitude, business acumen, critical thinking, and agility skills. Demonstrated ability to learn and navigate technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, and Power BI, alongside proficiency in MS Office Applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. Excellent communication, time management, and leadership skills, coupled with a quality service mindset and a collaborative approach to delivering high-quality work.
• Bonus: Preferred GPA of 3.0 or higher. Academic focus in Accounting and Taxation, or coursework/minor in information systems, software engineering, computer science, or data and analytics.