Why should you get involved with the CIOT?

Personal

Help develop a range of skills you would not necessarily learn in your day job:

• How to chair a committee 
• How to run a small business as a treasurer, secretary or chair

Professional

• Help organise successful events and exercise your creative marketing skills
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the tax system

Widen your knowledge base in important technical areas which may not be the primary focus of your day job

• Anti - money laundering checks
• What to do when you win or lose a client
• What to do when you receive a complaint
• Ethical issues

... in a safe environment stemming from many different backgrounds and practices. All will have an interest, as will you, in working towards a better tax system for all.

• High street practitioners
• SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises)
• Big 6 firms
• Legal practices
• Industry and commerce
• Professional bodies
• NGOs (non-government organisations)
• HMRC/HMT

Learn and contribute to leading edge thinking by joining one of our Committees:

• Make recommendations and input on HMRC policy
• Raise your own professional profile
• Get involved with current debates on how the tax system can be changed and practices improved
• Discuss public and confidential matters with leading experts in the field
• Liaise with HMRC, HM Treasury and the European Commission in an environment different to day-to-day practice
• Time spent on Committee work may count towards CPD non-reading requirements
• Volunteer to represent the UK at the Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE) and attend bi-annual conferences on the Continent.

Contribute to our examination process by:

• Helping to keep our syllabus up-to-date and our methods of examination relevant to the tax profession
• Promote your organisation's charitable works by getting involved and you will both reap the benefits.

To see what volunteer opportunities there are within the CIOT, please contact Emma Barklamb, Head of Member Services at [email protected]

If you are interested in joining a Technical Committee, please click here for more information.