Tax JD Associate - Summer / Fall 2025

Specialty/Competency: Industry Tax Practice

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Time Type: Full time

Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

A career within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.

Our team helps our clients identify and reduce tax risks, meet compliance obligations, implement tax strategies that complement business and operational objectives, resolve disagreements with tax authorities, and manage tax accounting and reporting issues. You’ll be engaged in projects dealing with International tax, mergers and acquisitions, state and local tax accounting, regulatory processes, tax reporting and strategy.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As an Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

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  Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.

  
  


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  Share and collaborate effectively with others.

  
  


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  Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.

  
  


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  Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.

  
  


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  Follow risk management and compliance procedures.

  
  


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  Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.

  
  


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  Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.

  
  


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  Build and maintain an internal and external network.

  
  


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  Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.

  
  


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  Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

  
  

Job Requirements and Preferences :

Basic Qualifications :

Minimum Degree Required :

Juris Doctorate

Minimum Years of Experience :

0 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications :

Preferred Fields of Study :

Accounting, Taxation

Additional Educational Preferences :

Preferred Cumulative GPA: 3.0

Preferred Major GPA: 3.0

Client service associate positions are entry-level roles and job seekers have completed or are in the process of completing their final academic year of educational requirements.

Certification(s) Preferred :

Before starting with PwC full-time, meet all educational requirements to be eligible for the primary credential license appropriate for relevant practice area.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills :

Demonstrates some abilities and/or a proven record of success in the following areas:

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  Researching and analyzing tax laws, rules and regulations, pertinent client, industry, and technical matters;

  
  


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  Interacting with various levels of client and firm management through both written and verbal communications;

  
  


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  Demonstrating self-motivation and desire to take responsibility for personal growth and career development;

  
  


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  Technical aspects of tax compliance services, including planning, strategy and execution including general knowledge of federal and state tax laws; and,

  
  


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  As a tax technical professional researching business and industry trends to develop a point of view to leverage in assisting with proposals.

  
  

Automation & digitization in a professional services environment including but not limited to:

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  Innovating through new and existing technologies, along with experimenting with digitization solutions; and,

  
  


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  Working with large, complex data sets to build models and leverage data visualization tools.

  
  

JD/LLM opportunities are for the following areas:

SALT: The State and Local Tax specialty practice provides a unique blend of consulting across a broad spectrum of tax areas, including asset management/alternative investment vehicles, income/franchise tax planning, dispute and controversy resolution, sales and use tax, employment taxes, identification of credits and incentives, and abandoned and unclaimed property. Working collaboratively with the other tax lines of service on the largest and most prestigious clients of the Firm, opportunities exist to help these clients manage their state and local tax burdens by providing solutions and identifying appropriate tax treatment that is consistent with best business practices and states’ applicable tax laws and rules.

Real Estate: Advise clients on their federal, local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to: deals and transactions (including mergers, acquisitions and investments, conversions, reorganizations, dispositions, joint ventures, fund formation and structuring, etc.). A career within Real Estate tax will provide you with exposure to partnership tax, corporate tax, state and local tax, US inbound and outbound international tax, tax treaty analysis, REIT taxation, and other areas.

ITS: A career within International Tax Services will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC address their cross border tax needs both locally and globally by managing their global tax rates, finding areas of cost reduction, and responding to inquiries from regulatory authorities. You’ll gain a global perspective and an awareness of tax issues stemming from changes to evolving business structures and geographic expansions. Our International Tax Services Generalist - Practice Support team advises PwC Client Services team advises clients on tax laws and reporting, legislation and planning strategies based on the geography and jurisdiction. You’ll be assisting our team with local tax laws, reporting requirements, statutory filings, corporate strategy, transfer pricing and indirect tax and other international taxation needs.

M&A: A career in our Merger and Acquisition Tax practice, within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.Our team helps our clients with various aspects of a merger and acquisition transactions such as restructuring, divestiture, partnerships and insolvency. You’ll focus on helping clients establish treasury goals, analyse and quantify tax assets, assess tax risks, and model taxable income and cash flow impacts.

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

The salary range for this position is: $53,500 - $132,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance