Young Tax Professional of the Year 2013

The winner is found!

On Thursday, 4 April 2013 the winner of this year’s Young Tax Professional of the Year was revealed. Congratulations to Steffen Strande Olsen, stud.merc.jur. from Copenhagen Business School.

With the title, Steffen wins a 10-week paid internship at Ernst & Young, DKK 15,000 and a place in the international final. The runner-ups and 2nd and 3rd place winners are Jesper Aagaard Rasmussen, Stud.merc.jur., School of Business and Social Science, Aarhus Universitet and Jakob Monefeldt, Stud.jur., Københavns Universitet.

Congratulations to the three of you. We look forward to having you join Ernst & Young, and wish Steffen all the best of luck at the international finals.

Thank you must also go out to all the finalists who participated. Thank you for your interesting solutions, good teamwork and the great atmosphere you produced at the event!

1st prize: Steffen Strande Olsen, stud.merc.jur., Copenhagen Business School
A 10-week paid internship, participation in the international contest and DKK 15,000

2nd prize: Jesper Aagaard Rasmussen, stud.merc.jur., School of Business and Social Science, Aarhus Universitet
A 10-week paid internship, stand-by participation in the international contest and DKK 10,000

3rd prize: Jakob Monefeldt, stud.jur., Københavns Universitet
A 10-week paid internship and DKK 5,000.
 

About Young Tax Professional of the Year 2013

Ernst & Young’s Young Tax Professional of the Year is an international tax contest which allows successful students interested in tax to test and demonstrate their technical and professional tax skills.

Students from all over the world are urged to attend, ensuring participation from students from a variety of countries. The competition works in two stages.

Stage 1 – National competition
You’ll compete against the best minds in Denmark to become a country finalist. Split into three groups of four, you and your team members will solve a case build around corporate tax, spiced with other relevant tax areas such as Human Capital and Indirect taxes. A jury will find one student who will be announced as national winner. Do well here and you might take the title and become a country finalist, winning a place in the international competition.

Stage 2 – International finale
Taking place in Copenhagen during the 67th Congress of the International Fiscal Association, successful country finalists will work closely with young professionals from other cultures and backgrounds from across the world. You will be challenged with case studies and interviews from the expert panel, who, in the end, will select three finalists. The finalists will be brought to a prestigious award ceremony, where the winner will be announced.  

Preparation

Students who have attended/are attending courses within general tax law, corporate tax law and/or international taxation can benefit from the skills obtained on these courses.

The case will primarily be focused on the tax considerations in a group consisting of Danish as well as foreign companies. You will work with issues that are similar to what our clients experience in their day-to-day life while doing business in Denmark and abroad.

Should you wish to prepare yourself for the case, you can benefit from reading relevant sections in the below books:

• Grundlæggende Skatteret 2012, Henrik Dam
• Skatteretten 2, Jan Pedersen, Kurt Siggaard, Niels Winther-Sørensen, Jakob Bundgaard, Inge Langhave Jeppesen, Malene Kerzel, Susanne Pedersen
• Skatteretten 3, Niels Winther-Sørensen, Jan Pedersen, Kurt Siggaard, Jakob Bundgaard, Inge Langhave Jeppesen, Malene Kerzel, Susanne Pedersen
• Selskabsskatteret 2012/2013, Erik Werlauff
• OECD’s Modeloverenskomst med kommentarer 2010, Niels Winther-Sørensen

If you are comfortable with the preparation criteria, you are good to go. You should focus your energy on 4 April 2013 from 9.00-20:30.  

Please note that the competition will be held in English.

What to bring
Aids, such as PC, legal codes, etc. to help prepare the case will be available.  You can bring your own PC as well as all materials you find relevant (books, articles etc). Wireless internet is available.

Evaluation
You will be evaluated throughout the day. To become Young Tax Professional of the Year, you will be required to demonstrate not only knowledge and competency, but also your teamwork, group leadership and presentation skills and the most important point, your ability to make prompt and correct decisions.

We are looking for ambitious, high-performing students with a global outlook and strong social competencies.

National prizes

1^st  prize
A 10-week paid internship, participation in the international contest and DKK 15,000

2^nd prize
A 10-week paid internship, stand-by participation in the international contest and DKK 10,000

3^rd prize
 A 10-week paid internship and DKK 5,000

International Prizes

1^st prize
A 30-day round-the-world business trip built around 10-day working visits to key Ernst & Young offices in London, Washington DC and Hong Kong. You will build a network of the world’s leading tax professionals for the rest of your life.

2^nd prize
A 10-day visit to one of Ernst & Young’s tax centers.

3^rd prize
An invitation to take part in one of our exceptional Ernst & Young International Client Conferences, where you will rub shoulders with some of our finest partners and most valued clients.

Practicalities

The competition will take place on 4 April 2013 at Ernst & Young:                                                                   

Ernst & Young
Gyngemose Parkvej 50
2860 Søborg

By car
Parking is free of charge and there are plenty of parking spaces just outside the office.

Public transportation
Bus 200S and 166 stops in front of the office.

Further questions
If you have further questions please contact Malene Green-Paulsen, tel +45 5158 2739.