Rev Tax Specialist Sr
Nebraska StateAbout the role
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Job Description:
This position may be understaffed at the Revenue Tax Specialist level.
Under limited supervision, provides program expertise of a significantly complex nature involving diversified administrative and policy services to Department of Revenue (DOR) Directors and Management, DOR employees, and to outside attorneys, CPA's, government and business officials, and taxpayers. Coordinates the examination, research, proposal of policies, legislation, regulations and rulings. Uses a wide range of professional knowledge to complete assignments including those of a broad scope and considerable importance to the agency; performs related work as assigned.
Job duties include:
1. Resolves complex tax program problems where precedent is widely divergent and resolution ultimately rests upon a thorough and current knowledge of laws, policies, regulations, procedures, processes, and industry practices.
2. Examines, researches, and resolves tax program issues which arise from correspondence, personal interviews, and assignments.
3. Investigates, analyzes, researches, and presents proposed policies, processes, legislation, regulations, and rulings in assigned tax programs including business income tax.
4. Monitors, analyzes, and interprets legislative, policy, and/or regulatory developments (both state and federal) for assigned tax programs.
5. Develops policies, regulations, and/or procedures to address changes or compliance needs in the following assigned tax programs: individual income tax, partnership and other pass-through tax issues, fiduciary income tax, State and local sales and use tax, income tax withholding, lodging tax, and other miscellaneous tax programs.
6. Coordinates and/or leads the implementation of changes to policies, regulations, and procedures.
7. Interprets and applies policies, regulations, and procedures both in-house and with the public.
8. Coordinates special projects assigned by the Tax Commissioner, Deputy Tax Commissioner, Directors or Managers, such as researching new tax exemptions or credits.
9. Coordinates the implementation of changes to assigned tax programs; including communications to taxpayers, training internal staff, educational pamphlet design, etc.
10. Develops internal and external educational presentations and information guides.
11. Presents educational programs at conventions, seminars, and educational institutions to keep tax attorneys, accountants, and practitioners up to date with tax programs.
Requirements / Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in: business, accounting, or related financial field and two years’ experience in complex tax program research and analysis. OR Increasingly responsible work experience in business, accounting or finance may be substituted for the education requirement on a year for year basis, in addition to two years’ experience in complex tax program research and analysis. Pay rate for a Revenue Tax Specialist Senior is $30.902.
Minimum Qualifications for a Revenue Tax Specialist: Associate’s Degree in: business, accounting, or related financial field and one year experience in tax program research and analysis. OR Increasingly responsible work experience in business, accounting, or finance may be substituted for the education requirement on a year for year basis, in addition to one year experience in tax program research and analysis. Pay rate for a Revenue Tax Specialist is: $26.744
Preferred Qualifications for BOTH a Revenue Tax Specialist Senior and a Revenue Tax Specialist:
1. Two years of business income tax experience.
2. Experience with DOR's Shared Review and JTrac systems.
Knowledge of: DOR programs, policies, procedures, processes, regulations, and tax rulings; Income tax assessments, refunds, exemptions, credits, and applications; the policy development process, including state and federal legislative processes, regulations, or policy statements and legislative research; business related issues, military, social security and other deductions; School Readiness, Earned Income Tax Credit, and other tax cr
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