Rowan, our guest for this episode, is the most qualified UK tax professional. He’s got 8 qualifications, and he is currently doing his 9th.
Just wow.
If that’s not crazy enough, he’s been interviewed by Vogue magazine, appeared on Times Radio multiple times, and has addressed MPs in parliament on a tax topic, all of which are pretty cool gigs to get (cool for a tax adviser, anyway!).
In this episode, Rowan shares his story and why he’s done so many professional qualifications. I thought it was to benefit his career – but was I right?
We discuss whether there is a limit to the amount of qualifications you can have that will benefit your tax career. We discuss whether you are better off spending your time doing something other than gaining further qualifications. We also discuss which ones are essential or helpful dependent on area of specialism. Finally, we discuss how he ended up getting his interesting gigs.
By the end of the episode, you should have a good idea of the answer to the question: working in tax, should you do another professional qualification? This is a question I pondered for a while earlier in my career.
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Guest – Rowan Morrow-McDade
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowanmorrow-mcdade/
Me – Jack Bonehill
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbonehill94/
Email: jack@thetaxprofessionalspodcast.com
Timings
- Overview of Rowan’s tax career
- (8:15) Is it easier to build an audit business than tax business?
- (9:30) How did Rowan become the most qualified UK tax professional? What motivated him?
- (17:30) How have all these qualifications benefited his tax career?
- (19:00) Should you do more qualifications or spend your time elsewhere as a tax professional? How many qualifications should you do? Is there a point where doing another is not that beneficial?
- (25:00) Benefits of being a mixed tax professional
- (27:30) Essential qualification to have as a tax professional, and nice ones to have, based on specialism/area of tax worked in
- (39:00) Mini rant about lawyers’ tax knowledge (where they aren’t specifically tax)
- (47:45) Bad advice given to CTA students and a bit about using legislation
- (53:00) How Rowan got his interesting gigs like being on Times Radio, being interviewed by Vogue and speaking to MPs in parliament
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