Tax specialists see 15% rise in pay

Research by accountancy and finance recruiter Marks Sattin found the pay of tax specialists increased by an average 15.6% this year, with salaries for tax partners exceeding €150,000 and tax directors throughout the country now able to access salaries above €100,000.
The manager of professional services and taxation at Marks Sattin in Dublin, Clinton Donkin, said this compares to a 3% fall across the professional services industry in Ireland, with salaries falling to an average of €38,500 from €40,500 in the third quarter of 2010.