Taxing but enriching staff programme
What training do you offer to nurture tax professionals?
Hong Kong universities do not offer degree programmes in taxation, compared with other institutions in the region.
You may wonder how one can become a tax professional without prior studies in tax-related subjects. Getting into a multinational accounting firm like our company is definitely a good start.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu believes that people are invaluable assets. Only investment in our people will ultimately benefit our talent and the firm as a whole, and help our clients excel in the marketplace.
Thus, our firm spends a lot of resources in helping our tax professionals become successful tax practitioners.
Training our tax associates
Deloitte employs a full-time senior manager who is responsible for the design of training programmes and overseeing the technical development of our tax colleagues. The training programmes cater for different levels of our tax professionals.
Tax associates who have joined us are required to attend two-week classroom lectures that offer an "Introduction to Hong Kong and the PRC Tax".
Upon completion of the lectures requirement, they are expected to acquire some basic technical knowledge of Hong Kong and China tax system that they can use in their work.
To help them adapt to their new work environment, each new tax associate is assigned with a manager who will act as his mentor, responsible for looking after his daily work. Such a buddy support system also helps build up personal relationship and create a supportive work environment.
Regular technical training
Changes in tax legislation and practices never stop. To adapt to the ever-changing needs of the profession, colleagues are required to attend classroom training regularly. The lectures are given by a professional lecturer who is also an experienced tax practitioner.
Moreover, Deloitte has a group of tax experts responsible for keeping track of the changes in national tax legislation and relevant China economic laws on a regular basis. They issue commentaries about the changes in order to update the knowledge of our tax professionals.
Apart from regular training, we also encourage th