Build real tax experience and shape your future career.
Programme overview
On the Tax Summer Internship, you’ll shape the future with confidence through a four-week insight into day-to-day work in Tax. You’ll see how we help clients navigate complex regulations and adapt to a world shaped by AI and technology. You’ll gain hands-on skills, take on a group cross-sub-service line case study, and experience a dynamic career in Tax.
Core skills for success
- Curiosity and motivation – Ask questions and build your understanding of how Tax works in real business scenarios across different organisations.
- Collaboration – Work as part of a team, building relationships as you contribute to client work and a group case study.
- Analytical thinking – Make sense of financial information and client data to support tax work and identify risks or inconsistencies.
- Adaptability – Stay organised and flexible as you balance tasks, learning sessions and case study deadlines during a fast-paced programme.
- Ownership and accountability – Deliver accurate work you can stand behind, taking feedback on board to improve quality and confidence.
- Digital, Data and AI Fluency – Use technology and data in a practical way to support how tax work is delivered and solutions are developed.
What you will be doing
- Support teams with real client work by preparing and checking information that feeds into tax deliverables and risk considerations.
- Learn how Tax impacts organisations and society, including how we advise on tax affairs, tax risk policies, sustainability strategies and the use of technology in delivery.
- Work in a group to complete a structured case study over the programme, applying research and problem‑solving to a realistic business scenario.
- Develop quickly through on‑the‑job feedback and end‑of‑programme assessment conversations, with the opportunity to fast‑track to the Graduate Programme if you perform well.
Please note: Due to UK policies, you must be based in the UK for the entire duration of the programme.
Eligibility for applying
If you’re in your penultimate year, or if you’re already in your final year but will be doing a one-year Master’s degree, or taking a gap year, this internship is for you.
You will need to be working towards an honours degree in any subject, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, or in your home language if you do not hold English Language GCSE, and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply.
While we welcome applications from candidates of all academic backgrounds, we are looking to recruit individuals who will succeed at EY in the role and future qualifications. We have completed several studies on academic attainment at A level (or equivalents), candidate performance in the online assessments in the EY recruitment process, and how that predicts future performance at EY.
Throughout the recruitment process, we therefore assess your suitability for the EY role you have applied to by considering your scores in the online assessments and your academic attainment at A level or equivalent. This approach is designed to ensure our joiners are successful in role and, where relevant, in the achievement of their professional qualifications. It is important to EY, and we have a duty of care which we take very seriously, to ensure our joiners are set up for long-term success.
We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.