TaxTalent, the career and leadership development community for tax professionals, recently released their findings on hiring trends within corporate tax departments. The 2019 Tax Hiring Outlook surveyed 400 corporate in-house tax staffing authorities on hiring strategies and projections for 2019.
Through this annual publication series and the 2018 report, we continue our commitment to inclusion and diversity by presenting the good news as well as the challenges that continue to exist for tax organizations attempting to achieve diversity in their employee ranks. This report identifies innovative approaches to attract, hire, and retain top tax talent as well as the perspective that enables us to see the critical intersections between retention, development hiring and diversity.
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Why Outsourcing is Not What It Seems - Leaving the Fox to Guard the Hen-House
This article takes a snapshot look at outsourcing a tax function and cautions about the downside that can result from these arrangements. Depending on the size of your company and its tax function, you'll hear about this alternative arrangement from your public accounting provider as an attractive alternative but you need to know the negative side. For a more comprehensive look at this topic, click on link to "What the Big Four Don't Want You to Know About Outsourcing Trend".
The annual Global Tax Market Assessment (GTMA) is the leading forecasting and predictive analysis of top trends
in staffing and retention facing corporate tax departments. This 2019 report examines how the perfect storm of tax reform, retirement of baby boomers, uptick of corporate transactions and the ever changing issues related to tax technology & AI has and will continue to significantly affect staffing and retention of corporate tax departments. Key factors related to this challenge are identified for each major region of the world as well as predictions and recommendations regarding how tax departments must respond. Key solutions for the future success of tax departments are presented including closer collaboration between tax and IT departments as well as tax becoming a more integrated partner with business.