Tax Intern

Job Description

2027 Tax Intern (Summer Internship) | Amazon

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at Amazon, located in Seattle, WA. Amazon is a global technology company known for e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. The Global Tax team is searching for bar-raising Tax Interns who consistently exceed expectations and thrive in a challenging workplace. This role provides the opportunity for interns to actively contribute to a talented team focused on controllership, compliance, and operational efficiency, gaining hands-on tax experience and learning from very experienced tax professionals.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Seattle, WA
• Pay: $80200–$92800 yearly
• Team: Amazon’s Global Tax team
• Mission: Support tax reporting and compliance, focusing on controllership, compliance, and operational efficiency, while delivering an end-to-end project.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Assist with US Federal income tax reporting and compliance activities.
• Contribute: Help with Cross-Border Withholding Tax processes and reporting.
• Assist: Aid in State and Local tax reporting requirements.
• Prepare: Contribute to US International Tax reporting and ASC 740 tax provision reporting.
• Deliver: Own the end-to-end delivery of a specific project assigned during the internship.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level. Graduate from a bachelor’s degree program or dual degree/sub-matriculation master’s degree program in Accounting (preferably Tax track) with a graduation conferral date between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Experience: Ability to complete a 12-week internship between May and September 2027, working 40 hours/week throughout the course of the internship.
• Skills: Strong analytical skills, ability to dive deep into unfamiliar data, savvy with new technology, strong leadership, organizational, writing, and presentation skills.
• Bonus: Completion of first-year accounting curriculum; a positive attitude; prior internship experience in tax or accounting; a strong academic, leadership, and/or extracurricular record; effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication with a keen focus on delivering business results; demonstrated track record in using data and metrics to make decisions and build scalable solutions; ability to communicate and collaborate across different levels of an organization; ability to act strategically and make decisions under ambiguity; strong organizational and time management skills.