Revenue Tax Auditor

Do you value integrity, inclusion, and continuous learning? Do you want to work as part of an audit team that shares these values and incorporates them into daily work life? Apply for this Revenue Tax Auditor position with Department of Revenue, Bureau of Audits. With our team, you will participate in professional work auditing individuals and business entities to determine taxpayer compliance with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania tax laws and regulations.

Candidates for this role must reside in Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, or Warren County. Take the next step in your professional career with us!

In this position, you will conduct fair, equitable, and efficient field audits of taxpayers to determine their compliance with applicable laws and regulations. This includes working at field audit sites, as needed to facilitate audit efficiency. Work involves examining, researching, and comparing information; interpreting tax laws, rules, and regulations; and organizing and presenting the results of your research and analysis. You will visually inspect taxpayers’ facilities to ascertain business activities, as well as communicate directly with taxpayers and their representatives to explain their rights and responsibilities, audit procedures and findings, and supporting laws, regulations, and policies.

This includes responding to questions and educating taxpayers by suggesting changes in accounting procedures to correctly report future tax liabilities.

Our team will rely on you to determine taxpayer compliance with applicable laws and regulations, determine most effective communication method with each taxpayer, and determine audit inventory needs and scheduling time frames to maintain a full work schedule. Responsibilities also include determining the appropriate audit procedures for each assignment, when waiver extensions are necessary, and when audit plans are necessary to establish a mutually cooperative audit timeline with taxpayers.

• Full-time employment
• Please note: Candidate must reside in Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, or Warren County. (Relocation is not an option)
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, ad hoc, after an in-office training period of 30 days. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Erie.
  
  The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Successful completion of the Revenue Tax Auditor Trainee program (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration);
  or
• One year of professional accounting or auditing experience and a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 15 college credits in accounting, tax, or auditing;
  or
• Eligibility to sit for the Certified Public Accountant examination.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the Residency Guidelines.
• Candidate must reside in Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, or Warren counties. Relocation is not an option.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• This position will have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and is subject to the provisions of IRS Publication 1075 (Pub 1075) which requires you to pass an enhanced background check prior to beginning employment. Under Pub 1075, acceptance of a conditional offer of employment will require submission to and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to: a fingerprint-based federal records check;
  
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