Programme Overview

The Tax Graduate Trainee Development Programme (TGTDP) develops accounting and finance graduates into tax-ready professionals through structured tax training, practical exposure, mentoring and professional development. The programme is available to individual graduates and to accounting, audit and financial institutions seeking to develop the tax competence of their graduate trainees. Organisations engage WTS Tax Matrix Academy to provide structured tax training for their trainees while they gain practical workplace experience.

Programme Structure

The programme integrates three core components:

1. Tax & Accounting Work Experience
   Practical exposure to tax and accounting assignments, including tax compliance, tax advisory, tax health checks, disputes, transfer pricing and financial reporting.
2. Certificate in Tax Operations
   Structured training covering Managing Tax Practice, Payroll Tax Administration, VAT, Accounting for Tax in Financial Statements and Advanced Tax Practice.
3. Professional Qualification Development
   Progression towards professional tax qualifications, including ADIT, alongside practical tax development.

Learning Pathway

For Organisations: You recruit the graduates. We structure training to develop their tax competence.

For Individuals: Inhouse graduate formal tax training, workplace rotations, mentoring and assessment, and professional qualification development and tax competence

Build a strong career and graduate talent pipeline through a structured training programme that combines formal tax education with practical workplace application.