Is M&A the highest paying group among tax specializations? How are the hours and what are travel requirements?

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M&A and international.

Hours are unpredictable, but our M&A tax group does so many things it’s highly dependent on your specialty within M&A. Deals, bankruptcy, E&P, stock basis, 382, partnerships, carve out. Deals are usually the most unpredictable and fast paced

In total, less hours than core tax service lines, but they’re often a bit more stressful.

Traveling is also group dependent.

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If you’re still in school there’s not a great way to prepare technically. The lawyers in our group with specialty tax education from their LLMs still begin Day 1 overwhelmed and lost. It’s how it goes. It doesn’t hurt to get used to tax research and that line of thinking because we do a lot of it.

Be open to any and all advice. Those that come before you have been there and nothing can substitute experience. I was once told great advice from a senior partner. He said when he was staff, his manager told him that the most important thing for him to do for his manager is... make him look good. Take great notes, manage your managers and follow up on items, always be attentive and come with ideas. Make your superiors, who are dealing with millions and millions of things, look good and they’ll love you for it.

I’m 5 years into my career and some days still feel lost and like I don’t know shit. The technical aspect of your skill set will come with time and reps, it’s the other stuff you can begin honing in your craft.

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I think tax tech gets paid pretty well too

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Tax Management Consulting (TMC)

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