Indirect Tax - Credits & Incentives Intern (Jun 2025)

Your role

The Team:

• Join their dynamic EY Tax team, where their global expertise and deep technical knowledge across all tax disciplines are enhanced by the latest in innovation and cutting-edge technology.
• They pride themselves on exceptional client service, strong accountability, and governance, making them the top choice for industry executives and the largest revenue-generating US and global tax practice.
• Their Indirect Tax practices navigate the complexities of state and local taxes, which often constitute a company's largest tax burden and are on the rise globally.
• Their approach helps businesses understand their tax liabilities, identify risks and opportunities, and align with their broader tax strategy, reinforcing the critical role of tax and finance in the modern business landscape.
• Learn from their experienced professionals, cutting-edge technology, and proven methodologies to effectively manage their clients’ indirect tax postures.

What you will do:

• Their Credits and Incentives practice provides holistic site selection, location investment, and government business incentives services to global and domestic clients, with considerations across tax, labor, real estate, supply chain, geopolitics, trade, and sector-specific themes.
• The team plays a critical role as client advisors in strategic planning, location decisions, and enabling client use of government grants, incentives, and tax credits which are intended to spark positive societal change.

As an Intern on their team, your role will include:

• Collecting and analyzing large economic and demographic datasets for both internal and external project purposes.
• Researching and assisting in the production of reports, including the creation of supporting tables, charts, graphics, and maps.
• Contributing to the writing and editing of project reports and proposals.
• Informing client policy decisions on sustainability taxes and grants, and tax credits and incentives.
• Developing client deliverables such as location assessments, incentives analysis and documentation, tax and incentives analysis, benchmarking studies, requests for proposals from state and local economic development authorities, and tax and business cost modeling.
• Delivering value to internal and external clients by identifying innovative and leading trends in location analysis and economic incentives by following federal, state, and local legislative, statutory, and case law developments.

About you

Required Qualifications:

• A predicted undergraduate or graduate degree in Business, Economics, Public Policy, Urban Planning, International Trade, International Relations, or a related field; supported by a strong academic record.
• A demonstrable plan for passing the CPA exam, a US state Bar exam, or other professional designation (for example IPT Credits and Incentives, IRS Enrolled Agent, etc) or equivalent foreign certification.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary.
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride-share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or an advanced degree in Taxation or Law; supported by a strong academic record.
• Interest in government/politics.
• Interest in environmental sustainability or LEED-certified professional status.
• Experience with federal, state, and local incentives.
• Experience with site selection experience.
• Experience building dashboards using data visualization software, such as PowerBI, and Alteryx.

Compensation & benefits

The hourly pay range for this job is $33.17 - $60.10.

If you join as a full-time employee, you will get the following benefits:

• Medical and dental coverage
• Pension and 401(k) plans
• A wide range of paid time off options
• Vacation time off
• Designated EY Paid Holidays
• Winter/Summer breaks
• Personal/Family Care
• Other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being

Other benefits

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: They will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: They will give you the insights, coaching, and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Training & development 

As an intern, you will have an opportunity to make a real contribution. You will discover what life as a professional here is all about. You will work on real projects and prepare yourself for a fast-paced world with a high-performance foundation.

Career progression

Students who have accepted an EY internship or entry-level offer in the US and are pursuing an undergraduate degree in accounting are eligible for the EY Career Path Accelerator. This program provides a flexible, affordable way to earn the credits needed for CPA eligibility, integrating job-related learning with national accreditation.

Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• ey.com/en_gr/careers/student-entry-level-programs
• ey.com/en_us/careers/ey-career-path-accelerator
• youtube.com/@EY_US