I spent a year in tax investigations where I believe I was thriving ( I was going to be an assistant manager in July 2023), I had a lot of assistant manager jobs, I even drafted a Code 9 report to HMRC which my manager said was 80% of an actual report, he then added the 20% and submitted it.
After I realised I couldn't maintain all the unpaid overtime I was working I decided to take a turn and go to compliance, so now I work in CT compliance. I feel very surpressed.
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What are all those acronyms?

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HMRC- basically the taxman
CT - corporation tax
CTA chartered tax advisor

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if you really like it, why do you need our anonymized approval here? go for it. whatever makes you happy kid yolo

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The place I worked got really toxic and I was working stupid hours hence I left where I worked. I made the mistake in rushing to find a new job becuase I just wanted out. My boss was asking me to run their biggest clients case, so I'd draft all the letters to HMRC, prepare everything for Tribunal, speak to the clients etc bearing in mind there was 20+ open enquiries in this case. Obviously he overlooked it all but the pressure was crazy considering I just left uni. It wasn't appreciated too so I decided enough is enough

Hi! I’m a director specialising in transfer pricing investigations—I work a lot with our CT investigations team, and have handled COP 8 and COP 9 cases.

If you aren’t happy doing compliance then you could absolutely switch back to investigations. It’s a hot field and every UK firm is on the lookout for people who have done that kind of work. Having the CTA will be helpful.

Best of luck!

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Not necessarily, but it tends to be chunky—can’t necessarily predict when a dispute will land or ratchet up, but deadlines for responses to information requests can mean that the work is intense at times.

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As I was saying, i don't feel as though im pushing myself even though I am working really well and progressing. Although the work life balance is the same I really miss the investigations work, maybe because I did different things every day.
My plan is to complete my CTA exams and then go back to investigations. Am i right in doing this?

When you only complete 80% of a project, you usually aren’t rewarded. Is this what they mean when they say “oh well, close enough for Government work!” 😄

Hahaha No my manager had to pretty much mark it and overlook it anyway but someone my level shouldn't be touching cop 9's usually

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