Gain insights into IRAS’ work and how tax is administered in a variety of functions through our exciting internship opportunities.
To ensure that we are able to provide a meaningful learning experience, a minimum commitment period of 10 weeks is required. You can apply for an internship through Careers@Gov or your university/polytechnic career portals.
[Service Experience Centre]
Be a part of the team that provides quality taxpayer service and advise to taxpayers in areas such as tax practices, application of tax laws and assessments through phone, interviews and live chats.
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Gain insights into Singapore's tax system
- Gain competency in the application of taxes, build up your confidence with better communication and negotiation skills, which are important pre-requisites for future employment
- Get the opportunity to use digital tools in customer service operations, be involved in projects including applying Design Thinking, Data Analytics and Behavioural Insights to improve services
We welcome undergraduates across various disciplines, including but not limited to Business Administration or Accountancy. We will provide training on basic income tax and/or property tax, operational procedures and call handling techniques so that you will be equipped with the necessary skills to handle taxpayers’ queries.
[Taxpayer Experience & Strategy]
Be part of the team that studies and develops service strategies and use analytics in the service domain.
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Assist with environment research on topics in relation to service strategies and analytics applications
- Build analytics models and conduct proof of concept for new end-user tools
- Implement anticipatory and personalised services through the use of the latest analytics tools
- Gain exposure in the usage of advanced analytics tools, programming languages and analytics techniques, such as SAS Enterprise Guide, Python, R, Excel VBA, SAS/SQL Programming, Text Mining, Visual Analytics, Forecasting, Segmentation, Predictive Analytics etc
- We welcome undergraduates across various disciplines, including but not limited to Business Analytics, Statistics or Information Systems.
Gain insights on how valuation work is like as a potential career. You will get the opportunity to deepen your interest in valuation cases, modelling and property market developments.
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Assist with assessment work such as the preparation of assessment data, market rental analysis, site inspections and proposing of annual values.
We welcome real estate undergraduates, as well as those who have a general interest in how IRAS administers Property Tax or Stamp Duty.
Undergraduates with experience in modelling, data analytics and using of statistical tools and with a keen interest in stamp duty will have the opportunity to work on projects such as improving user experience on IT system interfaces and assisting with enhancing strategic processes to support policy implementation. You can also expect to be engaged in research work, conduct quantitative and qualitative research and assist with the preparation of market reports and presentations, including dashboards.
Be part of the team lead IRAS’ key transformation programmes and initiatives. You will also get the opportunity to apply the use of digital tools or technologies to enhance workplace productivity and processes.
[Strategic Planning]
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Undertake research relating to IRAS transformation strategic priorities
- Assist in conceptualising and facilitating the preparation of workshops and engagement sessions to foster desired culture in IRAS.
We welcome undergraduates across various disciplines who have an interest in corporate strategic planning, organising projects or events, or a future career in policy-related work.
[Corporate Communication]
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Engage both online communities and internal stakeholders through targeted creative communications and purposeful digital campaigns
- Be exposed to social media engagements, tax communications and internal communications to support the development and execution of staff communications
We welcome undergraduates across various discipline, including but not limited to Communications & New Media and Marketing, and those who have a passion in content creation and digital media design.
If you have a passion for technology and the willingness to learn, join the team to co-develop the next generation of ICT systems that improve how millions of taxpayers connect and interact with IRAS.
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Learn how IRAS applies technology by participating in an agile development team
- Gain experience in the considerations behind developing high-quality enterprise-grade systems that are secure and robustBuild on a wide spectrum of core technology skills, which may include microservices, DevSecOps and cloud usage
- We welcome undergraduates across various disciplines, including but not limited to Computer Science, as long as you have programming background and knowledge of Microsoft.NET/.NET Core Framework, ASP.NET, C#, XML, Web services, MS SQL, or other ER databases and their security considerations.
Learn about how IRAS uses data and AI in developing analytics solutions:
Through your internship, you can expect to:
- Be involved in the end-to-end process of gathering requirements, designing modelling approach(es), preparing data, modelling and model result presentation.
- We welcome undergraduates across various disciplines, including but not limited to Business Analytics, Statistics, Computing, Information Systems, Economics or Psychology.
Hear from our intern

David, Senior Manager (Infocomm) at IRAS
In David’s final year of university where he was studying computing, he interned with IRAS for 6 months. During which, he was roped into creating a system to allow tax administrations across the globe to share financial statements of companies with each other and counter tax evasion. David was subsequently offered a full-time position at the end of his internship.
“Why did I choose to accept the offer? One thing I know for sure was the sense of family that I had found and the close bonds that had been formed with my colleagues, who have always been friendly and open to supporting each other. But on top of that, it was also the chance to build a new system in IRAS using new and modern technologies– and the chance to build my knowledge in such new technologies – that sent me running back here after graduation.” Today, David is part of a project team tasked with upgrading IRAS’ main ICT system from the second to third generation using modern technologies and tools to build microservice and containerised applications. Known as the Inland Revenue Interactive Network, or IRIN, this system is used by close to 5 million entities annually and underpins Singapore’s tax administration and revenue collection service.
While key changes to the architecture (for example, IRAS is shifting from the current monolithic architecture to microservices) mean there is much to be learned and lots of trial and error involved, David muses that: “It’s been a great ride so far doing what I signed up for! This has truly given me the opportunity to pick up new technologies and challenge my technical skills as well as building my software architecture skills by having to design and build such sophisticated tax system.” Beyond that, David works as a full stack developer developing the front to back ends of IRAS’ systems to either enhance or create new systems to support new tax functions and channels for communication.
“The one thing that I truly appreciate here is the openness towards new and innovative ideas that could solve business issues – something that ties in well with a personal goal of mine,” David shared. “For personal development, I often try to put aside a portion of my time to stretch myself by working on hands-on side projects. As many would know, booking a meeting room or even just a seat for vendors in the office can sometimes be quite a pain administratively. Which is why, with the support of bosses, a personal project of mine outside our core work has been to create a cinema-style booking system for one of our offices in the building. It hasn’t been deployed yet, but it’s ready!”
He is only at the start of an exhilarating journey, but if someone were to ask him about a career with IRAS, particularly one in technology, hereis his take: “If you’re looking to explore and work with new and modern technologies, do consider IRAS and join us on our journey to deliver the best taxpayer experience.”