Tax Credits & Incentives Advisory Intern — Strategic Impact

Cherry Bekaert LLP; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert’s Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory (TCIA) internship offers hands-on experience serving clients on federal and state credit engagements, including R&D credits, cost segregation, and inflation-related incentives. Interns develop technical skills, interview personnel, and help prepare final deliverables under supervision.

Eligible candidates are juniors or seniors with 150 credit hours and a 3.0 GPA or higher, interested in depreciation and incentives.

Qualifications

• Juniors or seniors enrolled in an accredited accounting program, two years from graduation with 150 credit hours.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or above preferred.
• 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.
• Ability to participate in all aspects of engagement strategic planning initiatives and have strong project management and organizational skills.

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 your technical skills in a given industry/service offering to solve complex issues
• Interview technical personnel and reviewing 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 incentives

Tax credits

Project management

Communication

Education

Accounting program, 150 credits

Job description

Cherry Bekaert’s Tax Credits and Incentives Advisory (TCIA) internship offers hands-on experience serving clients on federal and state credit engagements, including R&D credits, cost segregation, and inflation-related incentives. Interns develop technical skills, interview personnel, and help prepare final deliverables under supervision.

Eligible candidates are juniors or seniors with 150 credit hours and a 3.0 GPA or higher, interested in depreciation and incentives.