Project briefs · Finance & Accounting
PwC · Summer 2027
Tax Intern (Rochester): a project built for this posting
A Summer 2027 tax internship in PwC's Rochester office for accounting majors on track to sit for the CPA exam. Interns work on client tax engagements alongside the team.
- Company
- PwC
- Posting title
- Rochester - Tax - Intern - Summer 2027
- Location
- Rochester, NY
- Season
- Summer 2027
- Pay (as posted)
- $29.25 - $48.00/hour (posted range)
- Majors named
- Accounting
Checked open on the employer's careers site on 2026-10-22. Read the full posting ↗
What this role is really testing
The project
Corporate Tax Memo & Effective Rate Analysis for a Fictional Mid-Size Company
A professional tax research memo accompanied by a one-page Excel workpaper that computes a fictional manufacturer's effective tax rate, identifies two actionable deduction opportunities, and documents the relevant IRC code sections, mirroring exactly the research, analysis, and compliance writing tasks listed in the job description. Recruiters can open one clean PDF memo and one labeled Excel file and immediately see the candidate thinks and writes like a first-year tax associate.
- Create a realistic fictional client profile in one paragraph (company name, industry, ~$5M net income, one foreign subsidiary, two states of operation) and use IRS Publication 542 and the IRC §179 and §199A summaries available on irs.gov to identify two legitimate deductions the client could claim; note the exact code section, the dollar estimate of the benefit, and the compliance requirement for each.
- Build a single Excel workpaper with clearly labeled rows: gross income, each deduction line (including your two identified deductions), federal taxable income, federal tax at 21%, a state blended rate tab for the two states using publicly available apportionment rules, and a final effective tax rate cell, format it with a header block (client name, tax year, preparer, reviewer) so it looks like a real PwC workpaper.
- Write a two-page tax research memo in Word or Google Docs using the standard Issue / Law / Analysis / Conclusion (ILAC) structure: one section per deduction opportunity, citing the IRC section and a brief plain-English explanation of how the client qualifies, then a conclusion paragraph summarizing projected tax savings and next compliance steps, export the memo and workpaper as PDFs so both open instantly without software friction.
Free account. Provieo walks you through it and turns it into a page with a link you can put on your application. This posting comes with you.
Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. For roles like this one, Provieo builds the project as a live case-study page: slides, tables and findings you fill in. You bring the thinking.
Where did this project come from?
Provieo read the PwC posting and generated it on 2026-10-22. If you paste the same posting yourself you may get a different project, so two applicants don't show up with the same one.
Is Provieo connected to PwC?
No. This is an independent project idea based on a public posting. It does not guarantee an interview.