Impactful Tax Credits & Incentives Advisory Intern

Cherry Bekaert LLP; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert’s Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory (TCIA) team is growing. We seek an Intern who will engage with clients on federal and state credits, developing skills in R&D tax incentives, cost segregation, and energy incentives.

You’ll interact with tax and technical personnel, organize client data, and help assemble final deliverables. Ideal juniors or seniors in accredited accounting programs, within 2 years of graduation and 150 credits, with GPA 3.0+ preferred, and interest in

Qualifications

• Juniors or seniors enrolled in an accredited accounting program, two years from graduation with 150 credit hours.
• Interest in R&D tax incentives, federal and state incentives, and employee retention credits.
• Interest in depreciation and capitalization; fixed asset review; cost segregation; software development costs is desired.

Responsibilities

• Serve clients on federal credits and incentives engagements including R&D tax credit/deduction analyses, Cost Segregations projects, Inflation Reduction Act-related Energy credits and incentives, and state credits and incentives.
• Develop technical skills in a given industry/service offering to solve complex issues.
• Interview technical personnel and review memoranda to support the credits and incentive opportunities.
• Manage the review and organization of sources of client data for credit and incentives analysis.
• Support engagement teams by identifying current project status and next steps for the engagement.
• Serve as a point-of-contact for client personnel with both tax and technical backgrounds.
• Lead the assembly of the final client deliverables.
• Support the evaluation of complex scenarios involving various credits and incentives opportunities.

Skills

R&D tax incentives

Depreciation & capitalization

Cost segregation

Software development costs

Project management

Organizational skills

Education

Accounting program

150 credit hours

Job description

Cherry Bekaert’s Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory (TCIA) team is growing. We seek an Intern who will engage with clients on federal and state credits, developing skills in R&D tax incentives, cost segregation, and energy incentives.

You’ll interact with tax and technical personnel, organize client data, and help assemble final deliverables. Ideal juniors or seniors in accredited accounting programs, within 2 years of graduation and 150 credits, with GPA 3.0+ preferred, and interest in