Writing Skills for Tax Lawyers

The course covers:

  • Financial and accounting terminology

  • Legal and contractual vocabulary

  • Avoiding ambiguity, repetition and superfluous language

  • Structuring clauses, paragraphs and sentences

  • Selecting the right tone (formal or informal)

  • The differences between British and American English

  • Punctuation and common grammar mistakes including prepositions, tenses and conditional sentences

  • Proofreading

  • Trainer feedback

  • Interactive writing exercises drafting reports and legal correspondence regarding:

    • Acquisitions  including due diligence and tax warranties

    • Indirect tax including value added tax

    • Taxation of companies and employees

    • Transfer pricing

    • Double tax agreements

    • Tax efficient investment schemes