Tax Problem Question Competition 2024/25
First Prize – £750 and a mini-pupillage
Runner-up prizes of up to £500 at judges’ discretion
Students are invited to submit an answer to this year’s problem question by 24th January 2025 at 5pm. The question can be found here. No previous knowledge of the subject area is required and entrants are required only to read the one case referred to in the problem question. Answers may be up to 1000 words (including footnotes) and conciseness is encouraged.
Entrants must be studying at a UK university/college or have completed their studies at a UK university/college within the past three years (applicants do not necessarily need to have been studying law) but must not have commenced a training contract or pupillage (or equivalent in another jurisdiction). Each entry should be the work of a single author (so no joint entries are allowed).
Answers should be sent to competitions@pumptax.com in Microsoft Word format. The covering email should state the entrant’s full name, present (or most recent) university/college and contact details (judging is anonymous so please do not include your name in the essay itself). All submissions will be acknowledged.
2025 Competition
The 2025 competition attracted 74 entries and the following prizes were awarded:
Winner (£750 and a mini-pupillage if desired): Ahmed Mohiddin
Joint Second place (£250): Richard Calver, Hugh Binnie
Joint Third place (£125): Ruari Clark, Georgia Allen
Commended: Louie Wells, Alexander Mash, Yuk Yiu Law, Olivia Troman
2024 Competition
The 2024 competition attracted 76 entries and the following prizes were awarded:
Winner (£750 and a mini-pupillage if desired): Boris Young
Second place (£200): Ciaron Patton
Third place (£100): Calum Kenneth MacKenzie. Anna Ho Jun Ting, Yahan Li, Kevin Khoo
For previous winners, please click here.