Tax Law

Tax Law: A tax lawyer assists people or businesses in the computation and payment of taxes of all kinds: income, property, estate, etc. A good background in statistics, mathematics and/or business as well as a genuine enjoyment of working with numbers is basic necessities for a tax lawyer.

LLM degrees (the Master of Law Letters degree which follows the LLB degree) can be received in tax law in a number of law school graduate divisions around the country. This is one of the specific areas in which the LLM degree is most frequently pursued.

Tax law is a growing field because of the increasing complexity of the financial status of the United Kingdom and its citizens. If you satisfy the requirements of the field, your work in private practice or as a corporation tax lawyer can be a highly lucrative career.