Tax & Payroll Apprentice
PKB ACCOUNTANTS LTD
CROWTHORNE (RG45 7AW)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 June 2026
Contents
Summary
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Tax & Payroll Apprentice to join our growing team. This is an excellent opportunity to begin a professional career in taxation and payroll whilst gaining valuable practical experience in a supportive practice environment.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Professional taxation technician (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Tax Administration:
- Assist with the preparation of Self-Assessment Tax Returns
- Support clients with tax-related administration and correspondence
- Assist with the implementation and administration of MTD ITSA requirements
- Maintain accurate client records and documentation
- Monitor deadlines and workflow processes to ensure work is completed on time
- Assist with HMRC correspondence and client queries
- Support the tax team with the preparation of client information and tax records
Payroll Administration:
- Assist with the preparation and processing of client payrolls
- Maintain payroll records and employee information
- Support payroll compliance activities
- Assist with payroll-related enquiries
- Ensure payroll deadlines are met and records remain accurate
Where you'll work
BEECHEY HOUSE
87 CHURCH STREET
CROWTHORNE
RG45 7AW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
FIRST INTUITION SOUTH LIMITED
Training course
Professional taxation technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Collate, analyse, and use financial information to support evidence-based, sustainable tax decisions for stakeholders, such as individuals and businesses.
- Undertake taxation activities within the scope and limits of their role and tax specialism, such as the preparation of tax information for individuals, sole traders, partnerships or limited companies, escalating issues to more senior colleagues where appropriate.
- Apply relevant principles and legislation when undertaking taxation activities to ensure records are compliant.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking taxation activities, being alert to conditions which may indicate possible misstatement of information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias, and using those facts to inform and evaluate decision making in the context of providing accurate information to HMRC.
- Interpret information for tax purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report transactions or items of income or expenditure.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with taxation tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver taxation tasks with a critical eye to trends, demonstrating a ‘right first-time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise, and prioritise own tasks and manage time effectively, such as systems for managing key tax filing dates, penalty dates, and enquiry deadlines.
- Use taxation information to add value to stakeholders through use of data visualisations, analysis, and interpretation, and communicate tax information in a way that non-tax specialist stakeholders can understand.
- Undertake file management activities, such as preparing and collating information, making accurate file notes and managing version control.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver taxation tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Communicate taxation information through different media to facilitate stakeholder understanding, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
- Collate, analyse, and use financial information to support evidence-based, sustainable tax decisions for stakeholders, such as individuals and businesses.
- Undertake taxation activities within the scope and limits of their role and tax specialism, such as the preparation of tax information for individuals, sole traders, partnerships or limited companies, escalating issues to more senior colleagues where appropriate.
- Apply relevant principles and legislation when undertaking taxation activities to ensure records are compliant.
- Apply professional scepticism when undertaking taxation activities, being alert to conditions which may indicate possible misstatement of information due to error or fraud, establishing the facts sensitively and being aware of unconscious bias, and using those facts to inform and evaluate decision making in the context of providing accurate information to HMRC.
- Interpret information for tax purposes, such as using judgement to determine the correct way to report transactions or items of income or expenditure.
- Participate in or support others with quality improvement activities, for example the improvement of personal working practices.
- Use software packages to assist with taxation tasks in line with cyber and data security requirements, using data securely and safely, including backing up data.
- Deliver taxation tasks with a critical eye to trends, demonstrating a ‘right first-time approach’.
- Use workload management principles to plan, organise, and prioritise own tasks and manage time effectively, such as systems for managing key tax filing dates, penalty dates, and enquiry deadlines.
- Use taxation information to add value to stakeholders through use of data visualisations, analysis, and interpretation, and communicate tax information in a way that non-tax specialist stakeholders can understand.
- Undertake file management activities, such as preparing and collating information, making accurate file notes and managing version control.
- Build and maintain collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver taxation tasks, recognising the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Communicate taxation information through different media to facilitate stakeholder understanding, considering the risks and benefits to the organisation of social media and other digital applications.
Training schedule
More training information
The successful candidate will receive full training and support towards achieving their ATT (Association of Taxation Technicians) qualification, alongside hands-on experience in payroll administration, Self-Assessment Tax Returns, and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD ITSA)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5 or above)
- Maths (grade 5 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
PKB Accountants is a friendly and qualified team of chartered certified accountants, auditors and advisors. Whether you’re an individual, a small business or corporate, we can offer you compliance and consultancy services across a number of different areas. We really do pride ourselves on the fact that we’re more than ‘just accountants’. We build close relationships with all of our clients and as well as offering a personal touch.
After this apprenticeship
- We hope to support the successful candidate in developing a long-term career within the profession
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PKB ACCOUNTANTS LTD
Yvonne Miles
yvonne.miles@pkb.co.uk
01344776225
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036284.
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Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 11:59pm)