Tax Controversy – Senior – Tax Resolution Team

Tax Controversy – Senior – Tax Resolution Team

The Team

Deloitte Tax LLP, National Tax Controversy Services Group (“NTCS”) provides responsive, innovative, and practical resolution of matters before the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). The NTCS team utilizes their extensive range of skills, knowledge, and experience with IRS to assist clients through conflicts by supplementing and assisting IRS departments, legal counsel, and other tax practitioners. NTCS tax professionals help clients manage all of their global and domestic interactions with the IRS. Professionals are comprised of CPAs, Enrolled Agents, and paraprofessionals who work with clients to resolve matters such as IRS processing and customer service inquiries, procedural issues, correspondence audits, and penalty appeals. These tax professionals come from various backgrounds including industry, private practice, and the IRS.

What You Will Do

We believe that experience is invaluable in the above situations. Our IRS Campus/Account Analysis specialists all have former IRS experience. Each member of the group has a vast amount of experience in dealing with IRS tax controversy. Each member has skills and knowledge to help clients work with IRS personnel on processing, procedural, and IRS account-related matters.

We understand how IRS systems work, the documents and facts needed to address specific tax issues, methods to present those issues, and ways to resolve each tax problem. These qualities are essential for addressing the many types of tax and tax account situations companies encounter today.

Our Account Analysis professionals can advise in such areas as: Processing and monitoring Forms 1040, 1120, and 1041 refunds and tax assessments. Determine qualifications for abatement of interest and penalties and understand when special handling and monitoring of unique IRS account actions is required. These actions include but are not limited to; management of accounts for payment application issues, misapplication of extension requests, amended returns, carryback refund applications, Form 911, Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance, and all Entity related matters. On a limited basis, professionals may assist with IRS audit management.

Responsibilities will include:

• Use your IRS expertise to provide many tax controversy services to our clients.
• Assist client and Deloitte engagement teams with recurring IRS account-related matters.
• Daily interaction with IRS Practitioner Priority Service and Taxpayer Advocate.
• Prepare written correspondence to IRS and Deloitte engagement teams regarding account resolution.
• Interact with clients and Deloitte engagement teams via e-mail and telephone regarding IRS inquiries and resolution of IRS matters.
• Coordinate services with Deloitte offices globally.
• Provide support for the individual and business tax return compliance process.
• Use internal technology to update/maintain client records and prepare reports.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to perform job responsibilities within a hybrid work model that requires US Tax professionals to co-locate in person 2-3 days per week
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field

• Minimum 5+ of IRS Service Center/Campus experience in Accounts Management or Compliance Functions
• One of the following accreditations obtained, in process, or willing able to obtain:
• Licensed CPA in state of practice/primary office if eligible to sit for the CPA
• If not CPA eligible:
• Licensed attorney
• Enrolled Agent

Preferred

• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word, evidenced by at least 3 years of regular use in a professional setting,

• Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training;