¶ … long-range professional objectives. Why have you selected this career path? Be as specific as possible about the kinds of positions you seek. Include in this discussion the reasons you have chosen the particular program and major or concentration to which you have applied. What contributions do you expect to be able to make to your classes based on your academic and/or professional experiences?
My academic and professional experiences have led to my short-range goal of earning a Master of Taxation degree from Georgia State University. I wish to attend law school after completing my Master of taxation degree in order to become a tax attorney. Toward my short-range goal I have pursued academic interests, including math, my first major. While working as a manager at Best Buy during my undergraduate years, I became fascinated with business, however, and later changed my major to finance.
After taking my first accounting course for my finance major, I realized I was most interested in accounting. After graduation...
Within a year I had been promoted to Senior Tax Analyst, responsible for accuracy of over 4000 sales and use tax returns per month, and for more than $250,000,000 in tax remittances per month, for some of Tax Partners' largest, most complicated clients.
At Tax Partners I have come to realize one can never know too much about taxation, a field in constant flux. Therefore I clearly recognize the enormous value of studying taxation. Earning a Master of Taxation degree would, I believe, also allow me to better reach my long-range goals, to finish law school and practice tax law.
If admitted to GSU's Master of Taxation Program, I could make valuable contributions to my classes -- due to both my academic background in math; finance, and accounting, and my work experience as an accountant and tax analyst. I have also recently started, along with my wife, a business called Peachy Clean, L.L.C. that became profitable in six months and is presently…
