Tax Intern, State and Local Tax - US Indirect Tax Compliance | Summer

Position: Tax Intern, State and Local Tax - US Indirect Tax Compliance | Multiple Locations Summer 2026
At KPMG, you can become an integral part of a dynamic team at one of the worlds top tax firms. Enjoy a collaborative, future-forward culture that empowers your success. Work with KPMGs extensive network of specialists & enjoy access to our Ignition Centers, where deep industry knowledge merges with cutting-edge technologies to create innovative tax solutions. Join a diverse team helping high-profile clients understand, analyze, and respond to complex business opportunities and challenges.

Develop your career through a range of multifaceted engagements, formal training, and informal mentoring. At KPMG, we believe nothing is more important than investing in our culture because It has an investment in our people, our future, and what we stand for as a firm.

KPMG is currently seeking a Tax Intern to join our State & Local Tax practice.

Responsibilities:

* Review sales, use and telecommunications tax data received on a monthly basis from KPMG compliance clients to determine if it is in the proper format for input into KPMGs mechanized tax processing systems

* Arrange the monthly data received into the proper tax location codes, tax types, tax categories, authority levels, taxpayer entities and tax amounts

* Apply client specific business rules to the tax data received from tax compliance clients to modify the data for input into KPMG mechanized tax processing systems

* Once the data is ready for input, process the data for the returns using one or more of KPMGs mechanized tax systems

* Identify, document and recommend client technological business requirements for sales, use and telecommunications tax compliance processes and system improvements

* Design, test and troubleshoot indirect tax technology solutions developed using Microsoft Access, Excel, or SQL Server

* Build capabilities in key technologies that enable tax professionals for client service delivery such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx, Power BI, and more

Qualifications:

* Must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing the following degrees/majors:
Bachelors and/or Masters in business, accounting, management information systems, or equivalent program

* Upon completion of this internship, candidates must have additional academic credits to complete before obtaining their degree and/or CPA eligibility requirements

* Preferred GPA of 3.0 or above

* Development knowledge using Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Access required and experience developing in .NET is preferred

* Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Alteryx, Access, SQL Server, XML, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, or process mapping software

* Basic tax or accounting knowledge

* Ability to learn and navigate technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Alteryx and Power BI

* Must reside within a reasonably commutable distance to the office for this position and be able to travel to reasonably commutable work locations using own means of transportation, such as a personal vehicle or public transportation

* Ability to travel and/or work on-site at client premises as needed, at times with relatively short notice

* Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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