City Tax Auditor
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IMPORTANT NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES WHO HAVE A CITY TAX AUDITOR TITLE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR AN INTERVIEW. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) WHEN APPLYING AND INDICATE IN YOUR COVER LETTER IF YOU ARE A CITY TAX AUDITOR.
NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly efficiently and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.
The Tax Audit and Enforcement Division is charged with the audit of all business and excise taxes administered by New York City. The division conducts audits related to corporate personal sales and use taxes. City tax auditors conduct audits of selected audit candidates with a goal of determining the appropriate tax liability of each taxpayer and applying NYC rules and laws in accordance with the Citys policies and procedures.
The Office of Tax Audit is charged with the audit of all business and excise taxes administered by the City of New York. Tax Audit conducts audits of general corporation tax business corporation tax commercial rent tax unincorporated business tax hotel tax utility tax real property transfer tax and bank tax. Tax Audit also conducts NYC personal income tax and sales and use tax audits within New York City. Tax auditors conduct audits of selected candidates in the various administered taxes with a goal of determining the appropriate tax liability of each taxpayer. The Office of Tax Audit includes the Field Unit which conducts audits in the field and the Nonfield Unit which conducts correspondence audits.
Duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Conduct independent examinations on the largest and most complex tax returns such as General Corporation Tax Bank Corporation Business Corporation Tax and nonfilers. Such work may include a combination of maintaining an inventory of difficult cases auditing of the largest most complex diversified business organizations.
Perform independent research necessary to resolve complex audit issues.
The successful candidate must have the expertise to accompany lowerlevel CTAs to field appointments to consult with field supervisors and managers to obtain resolution of cases at the post audit level to determine compliance with the NYC General Corporation Tax NYC Business Corporation Tax and NYC Bank Corporation Tax laws and regulations and to be able to identify any understatement of these taxes.
Screen General Corporation Bank and Business Corporation tax returns to determine compliance with NYC tax laws and regulations and identify taxpayers that should be selected for audit.
Identify new audit issues and new audit techniques. Conduct presentations regarding recent tax developments such as court cases tax law and regulations audit procedures audit issues and techniques at Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs.
Conduct field audits which require travel within and outside of NYC.
Conduct joint audits with NYS.
Serve as a team leader on team audits performed by employees in the CTA 1 and CTA 2 positions.
Additional Information:
In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
This position will require employees to have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and is subject to an additional background investigation before appointment. The candidate(s) will be required to pass the FTI background investigation as a term and condition of employment.
CITY TAX AUDITOR 40523
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting with at least one course each in auditing U.S. taxation advanced accounting and cost accounting; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting with at least one course each in auditing U.S. taxation advanced accounting and cost accounting and two years of fulltime satisfactory taxrelated auditing or tax accounting experience; or
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and 24 semester credits in accounting from an accredited college including at least one course each in auditing U.S. taxation advanced accounting and cost accounting and four years of fulltime satisfactory tax related auditing or tax accounting experience; or
4. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. Experience may be substituted for college education on the basis of one year of experience for each 30 semester credits. However all candidates must have at least a fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and 24 semester credits in accounting including at least one course each in auditing U.S. taxation advanced accounting and cost accounting.
SPECIAL NOTE:
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have in addition to meeting the minimum requirements either one year of fulltime satisfactory experience in Assignment Level I or two years of fulltime satisfactory taxrelated auditing or tax accounting experience.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level III individuals must have in addition to meeting the minimum requirements either two years of fulltime satisfactory experience in Assignment Level II or three years of fulltime satisfactory taxrelated auditing or tax accounting experience.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level IV individuals must have in addition to meeting the minimum requirements either one year of fulltime satisfactory experience in Assignment Level III or four years of fulltime satisfactory taxrelated auditing or tax accounting experience.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
