How much does a tax attorney make? What are the requirements of education to become one?
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at
7:59 am
I am considering becoming a tax attorney. I know that you need a 4 year degree in something prescription drugs without like accounting, but I’m unsure of what graduate work you need..such as master’s of accountancy program, law school, some other grad school i’m not mentioning?…and also does it help much to be a CPA?
Thanks
In order to become an attorney you need to attend Law School.
Law School requires an undergraduate degree in any major you choose, although in your case it might be beneficial to major in accounting or finance, but thats up to you.
Most law school programs last 3 years. In the first year you take all of your general classes that everyone has to take. The second and third years are when you can specialize and take more elective classes such as tax law.
Law schools tend to be very selective in their admission process. You have to have a good score on your LSAT (Law School Admissions Test), a good GPA and good letters of recommendation.
As far as pay in concerned, depending on the caliber of school you attended and the type of law firm, you can expect to start out at $55k-100k +
If you are still interested I suggest you check out a book called "Law School Confidential". It has a lot of great information and really helped me out.
Good luck to you.
CPA A MUST!
CRIMMINAL LAW DEGREE A PLUS
Masters of accounting, or an MBA in accounting is highly recommended if you did not have much in the way of work experience with issues specifically pertaining to auditing and taxation. To qualify for either you must have majored in accounting as an undergrad, or at least taken substantial coursework in the subject (i.e. 18 credit hours of upper division accounting courses). You may be able to do a joint degree program if doing law school at the same time; check with the schools as this can save you time and money than if you did the degrees separately. CPA isn’t needed, but would be a big boost to your credentials particularly if you plan to practice independently, whereby the title can garner more clients than if you did not have it.