Sales & Use Tax Job Description
Sales & use tax
provides support in reviewing new and existing tax laws, court cases, regulations and rulings to ensure minimization of the corporate tax burden.
Sales & Use Tax Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Keep current on tax laws/regulations for responsible states
Keep abreast of changes in industry regulations
Be responsible for the initial review of all sales tax exemption certificates
Be the initial internal interface on day to day transaction tax issues
Work with the Vice President
Minimize sales, use and property tax deficiencies and maximize refund opportunities
Identify tax savings ideas and be able to work in a team environment to help implement solutions
Be responsible for the management of senior tax accountant(s)
Assist in billing requests analysis
Assisting with outsourcing of compliance function
Sales & Use Tax Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Sales & Use Tax
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CMI, SAP
Education for Sales & Use Tax
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the sales & use tax job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Education, Graduate, Law, Taxation, Economics, Business/Administration, Finance/Accounting
Skills for Sales & Use Tax
Desired skills for sales & use tax include:
Regulations
Appropriate application of tax standards to ensure effective and efficient delivery of sales & use tax services
Sources of relevant information utilized in sales & use tax filings
Practices
Federal and state tax laws/regulations
Auditing and accounting principles
Court decisions in order to successfully analyze and properly resolve audit issues
Planning
Rulings
Tax laws
Desired experience for sales & use tax includes:
Tax provision process by preparing reports and schedules
Managing and improving the sales tax reporting process and other process improvements
Mitigating tax liabilities from a sales and use perspective
Monitor data of agency sales and validate and load resulting sales tax liabilities
Capture and process data on promotional and charitable transactions and compute and process use tax liabilities
Prepare 80+ monthly sales and use tax returns for relevant state and local jurisdictions
Sales & Use Tax Examples
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Sales & Use Tax Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of sales & use tax. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for sales & use tax
- Continually increase understanding of Sales / Use tax laws in some or all of the states where PRAGS provides services and share knowledge with the entire group as necessary
- Assist with state and local governmental sales/use and property tax audits, including the gathering of information requested by government tax auditors, and where appropriate assist in the defense of tax positions taken by the Company
- Coordinate state and local tax audit activities within the Corporate office and those in the field, including communication with field personnel
- Analyze and reconcile Sale and Use tax accounts on a monthly basis
- Prepare federal and state income and franchise tax returns, extension requests, estimated tax payments, and supporting work papers
- Develop audit-ready files to support the current year returns
- Assist in a variety of special projects as needed
- Prepare and file Sales and Use tax returns with the appropriate tax authorities
- Review Accounts Payable invoices to determine applicable use tax
- Analyze and prepare monthly tax reports
Qualifications for sales & use tax
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field required
- 1-3 years of accounting experience required, sales and use tax experience preferred
- Proficient knowledge with Vertex tax software preferred
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office programs, especially Excel
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Math, Economics, or similar field from an accredited university and 4+ years of overall experience
- 1+ years of corporate sales and use tax experience
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Our growing company is looking for a sales & use tax. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for sales & use tax
- Work closely with the client team and Partners on project management responsibilities developing deliverables related to implementation requirements
- Assist with developing and managing project scope and budgets
- Develop vendor and client relationships with regard to all aspects of the project
- Integrate state and local tax services with existing clients and support new client business development efforts, with a focus on building the service offering
- Provide advice that enables client to increase shareholder value
- Deliver profitable services that appropriately utilize Firm and client resources
- Act with respect and dignity in interactions inside and outside the Firm
- Identify opportunities to cross-sell various SALT opportunities
- Performs engagements for clients, including contingency reviews, due diligence reviews, audit defense, audit management, ERP installation assistance, harmonization implementation assistance, expense report update and design including Concur expense programs, exposure identification reviews, tax filing and other compliance engagements, tax matrix creation, update and evaluation, voluntary disclosures, objections and appeals, ruling requests and general consulting engagements as assigned
- Preparation and filing of returns, response to state inquires, and work with external auditors as necessary
Qualifications for sales & use tax
- Experience using tax preparation software is a plus, Vertex is a big plus!
- Knowledge of Sales & Use Tax procedures
- Ability to research issues
- Broad exposure to State and Local Taxes including knowledge in State Income/Franchise Tax, Credits and Incentives, Sales and Use Tax
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Computer Science
- CPA, EA or other accredited designation which demonstrates above average knowledge of sales and use tax application (CMI, APS)
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of sales & use tax. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for sales & use tax
- Assist the VP of Tax with tax planning and other special projects/duties as needed
- Experience with sourcing and taxability of SaaS serving start-up technology companies extremely desirable
- The Sales and Use Tax Senior Associate candidate will work with our indirect tax team on a variety of state and local tax projects
- Serves as a catalyst and leader on organizational and people development initiatives
- Identifies and evaluates tax issues during due diligence phase of Mergers and Acquisitions process
- Implement and communicate new policies, procedures and controls to accurately capture sales and use tax and the time of the transaction
- Perform internal audits to identify and correct issues to reduce audit assessments and customer billing adjustments
- Partner with the internal customer/departments to determine taxability of services or products by taxing jurisdiction prior to the transaction
- Perform research, provide accurate tax advice and document tax positions
- Primary point of contact for sales and use tax auditors
Qualifications for sales & use tax
- Lawson/Vertex experience preferred
- Abilty to travel up to 20%
- 5+ years of experience in sales and use tax including a focus on sales and use tax systems and automation project delivery
- Working knowledge of Indirect Tax Determination, Vertex’s suite of products, Avalara’s suite of products, and how each system works in conjunction with an Enterprise Resource Management system (i.e., Microsoft Dynamic Systems, NetSuite, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP)
- Work closely with staff on implementing sale/use tax systems software applications (process mapping, design,configuration, user acceptance testing and training)
- Identify and assist in sale of add-on services and state & local tax pull through services
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of sales & use tax. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for sales & use tax
- Write reports for management to summarize audit results
- Provide recommendations to management on whether to accept proposed audit adjustments or contest auditor’s conclusions
- Research for audit leads and ensure that sufficient audit leads to sustain and grow our audit staff
- Oversee the timelines of scheduling appointments and performing entrance conferences
- Approve audit plans and procedures to establish audit trails in determining the most effective manner to conduct audits within established guidelines
- Analyzing corporate records for tax compliance
- Assist in creating and enforcing the deadlines for timely and accurate audit completion
- Conduct closing conferences with taxpayers, whenever needed, explaining applicable law and facts supporting changes in tax liabilities and attempts to secure agreement to findings in audit reports
- Manage supervisors and auditors and assisting them in all aspects of compliance auditing
- Present ideas and manage projects to promote and insure excellence and growth in the department
Qualifications for sales & use tax
- Construction/ Manufacturing industry experience preferred
- SAP/ Oracle ERP software experience is a plus
- 3-4 of those years focused/partially focused on sales/use tax systems and automation (Vertex, Thomson Reuters
- Indirect Tax Determination- legacy Sabrix, Billsoft, Taxware, Avalara, ) in conjunction w/ERP-Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft
- JDE/EnterpriseOne, MSDGP, NetSuite, AS400 based applications)
- CPA or other accredited designation which demonstrates above average knowledge of sales and use tax application (CMI, APS)
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Our company is looking to fill the role of sales & use tax. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for sales & use tax
- Record all audit activity time and communication in detail
- Report any employee issues to the Director
- Travel to client locations to gather and copy tax returns, invoices, purchase orders, and other documentation to use in the audit refund process
- Executes the process for sales and use tax audits
- Advise, manage and help execute sales/use tax strategies in order to reduce the Company’s overall tax burden and risk
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or other business related discipline is required
- Manage the sales, use and property tax function to ensure compliance and to determine the Corporation’s indirect tax liabilities to various authorities for sales, use and property tax
- Calculate the quarterly ASC 450 reserve
- Liaison between the Company and outside consultants on taxability projects
- Review sales, use and property tax filings
Qualifications for sales & use tax
- Solid knowledge of accounting principles/processes
- Minimum 5 years of relevant tax consulting experience
- Substantial knowledge of sales and use tax statutes of various state and local jurisdictions
- A Strong analytical and problem solving skills are required, strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in the energy space strongly preferred (Pipeline, Power Plant, Complex Industrial)
- Associates degree in accounting, Bachelor preferred