Tax Compliance Assistant
We are currently seeking candidates for a Tax Compliance Assistant at a multi-service law firm (multiple locations) in Downtown Boston, MA, 02110.
The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience in support of a Tax/Trust/Accounting professional services environment.
This is temporary role with an opportunity to become permanent.
Hourly Pay Rate: Up to $35.00 per hour (based on relevant work experience)
Responsibilities:
- Ensure the timely filing for all fiduciary, gift and individual tax returns, estimates, and extensions with federal and state tax authorities by maintaining and updating a variety of database applications.
- Coordinate electronic payments to taxing authorities for all trust and individual clients.
- Electronically file fiduciary and individual income tax returns and update and resubmit rejected returns.
- Reconcile and request all necessary tax payments, process tax refunds, charge tax preparation fees to appropriate sources.
- Reconcile and maintain tax department holding accounts for all electronic payments.
- Prepare and coordinate mailings to clients, beneficiaries and trust accounts managed by the firm.
- Prepare and coordinate mailings to individual income tax clients.
- Coordinate the timely processing of payments to beneficiaries.
- Ensure all tax filings, work papers, and client documents are stored on firm’s electronic document management system.
- Research and resolve any pending tax payment discrepancies.
- Log and distribute tax notices.
- Perform other related clerical duties as needed by the department.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years of experience working a Tax/Trust/Accounting professional services environment
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience with OneSource and ProFX is highly preferred
- Ability to work with frequent interruptions and changes in workflow
- Must be highly organized and able to manage time extremely well
- Must be a dependable team player who works collaboratively and cooperatively with others in a team-oriented environment
For immediate consideration, interested and qualified candidates please email an updated resume in a Word document to [email protected].
Key terms:
Legal administrator, legal assistant, tax administrative assistant, compliance assistant
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