Tax Preparer - Internship

The interns will work under the supervision of experienced staff and partners. The tasks assigned to tax interns include preparation of individual tax returns and personal property tax returns. Students should have taken the Individual Taxation course or have experience preparing individual returns.

The ideal candidate would have a schedule that allows them to commit up to 40 hours per week to the internship. The internship will begin in mid-January and end on April 15.

The person selected for this internship can expect to be involved with the following tasks over the course of the internship:

• Learning basics of individual income tax preparation
• Learning basics of software used to prepare individual income tax returns
• Input client income tax source documents, make lists of missing client data, contact clients via phone or e-mail to obtain missing data or resolve questions, interact with experienced staff and partners to resolve issues and complete tax returns
• Follow-up on issues/questions raised during the review process
• Learn software used to compile business fixed asset records in order to update client files for current year additions and deletions.
• Import client fixed assets data into software used to prepare personal property tax statements.
• Finalize client personal property tax statements and reconcile to fixed assets records, as well as client balance sheet fixed assets accounts in order to insure complete and accurate compliance with personal property tax reporting requirements.
• Assist staff and partners with various tasks during the tax processing season.