The CIOT is the leading professional body for tax professionals in the UK, dealing with all aspects of taxation. To achieve our objectives, we need to draw on the wide range of experience and skills of our students and members. Whether you’re a current student, newly qualified, a long standing or retired member it’s never too early or late in your career to think about volunteering.

There are a wide range of volunteering opportunities to suit different skills and experience. Whatever your area of interest or expertise we may have something for you in our range of steering groups, committees, and branches.

We currently have over 600 volunteers who typically dedicate over 20,000 hours of their time across the CIOT and ATT committees, councils, branch activities and meetings.

Volunteering with the CIOT not only helps us, but it can also provide a great way for you to:

• Enhance and develop new skills
• Gain valuable experience
• Contribute to the wider profession, government and public
• Build your personal and professional networks
• Add excellent additional experience to your CV.

What do volunteers do?

Volunteers contribute to CIOT committees and sub-committees whose role it is to help develop services to members, advise on the format and frequency of events, review the support given to the Branches Network and monitor the support given to members in relation to compliance and other obligations of membership. Committee members sign up to a code of conduct and are generally invited to CIOT events, as well as attending the regular meetings.

Benefits of being a volunteer

• Volunteering for the CIOT means that you will be working with the forerunners and influencers within the tax field
• The President thanks our volunteer community by inviting them to an annual reception
• Volunteers are routinely invited to events throughout the year.

If you are interested in volunteering for the CIOT please visit our dedicated Prospective Volunteers page to learn more about the roles available, how to apply and what to expect once your application has been submitted. Thank you

If you are an Existing Volunteer and have come to this page to find some guidance, a form or details of a policy or agreement with CIOT about your volunteering, we hope you will find all the information you need here. Thank you