214 24th Street North · Birmingham, AL 35203
Internship

Get real audit and tax experience before you graduate

The Sheppard-Harris Audit and Tax Internship puts accounting students on actual client engagements alongside professional staff, including audits of governments and nonprofits and tax returns for individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations.

You will work with financial statement balances, client trial balances, and tax returns, connecting what you learn in class to the records, procedures, and professional responsibilities of a public accounting firm.

Audit & Tax Internship

What you will do

  • Perform audit procedures on financial statement account balances.
  • Prepare and adjust workpapers using client trial balances.
  • Prepare individual, corporate, partnership, and nonprofit tax returns as part of assigned work.
  • Keep a daily journal reflecting on your activities, technical skills, and professional interactions.

Who should apply

  • Accounting major with junior class standing or higher.
  • Overall GPA of at least 2.75.
  • GPA of at least 3.0 in required business courses.

Apply online

Complete the form below to express your interest in the internship. Contact the firm for current availability, dates, hours, and compensation details.