Indirect Tax Job Description
Indirect Tax Duties & Responsibilities
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Indirect Tax Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Indirect Tax
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, WHT, VAT, SMMM, CMI, SQL, AP, AR, ERP, NAFTA
Education for Indirect Tax
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Employers hiring for the indirect tax job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Business, Business/Administration, Taxation, Economics, Education, Graduate, Accountancy
Skills for Indirect Tax
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Desired experience for indirect tax includes:
Indirect Tax Examples
Indirect Tax Job Description
- Perform simple tax calculations and assist with performing moderately complex tax calculations
- Prepare/assist service provider with preparing complex tax returns and reports involved with state, local, property, sales and/or other tax liabilities
- Prepare information used in tax audits and assist with meeting all required deadlines
- Prepare data required for Unclaimed Property compliance and provide to firms for required processes in timely manner
- Handle all inbound and outbound calls from internal personnel and customers with professional tax advice
- Responsible for manual decision making process of release of orders with tax logic
- Respond to ad-hoc queries on UK indirect tax issues
- Review contracts to identify and advise on any VAT issues or concerns
- Manage the provision of VAT training to finance and accounting staff
- Review VAT returns prepared by the Group’s in-house VAT compliance team
- Confidence, poise, and diplomacy when interacting with all levels of management with tax authorities
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance desired
- Bachelor's, emphasis in Accounting
- Must be fluent in both English and Cantonese
- Qualified ACA and/or ATII qualified in a Big 4/Top 10 environment (or equivalent) with relevant post qualified indirect tax experience at least part in a FTSE 100/250 in-house corporate environment
- You must have an exceptional analytical and complex problem solving ability, possessing strong data and indirect tax technical skills
Indirect Tax Job Description
- Review and advise on indirect tax compliance issues as necessary, including systems audits, systems design and implementation, and process streamlining
- Manage country and product-specific VAT/GST issues
- Manage global and regional relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
- Provide training to relevant teams on indirect tax issues
- Liaise globally with Tax authorities for submission of returns and follow up queries
- Indirect Tax activities required by corporate directives and policies
- Indirect Tax review and approval for assigned countries
- Supervision and support of the employees of External Service Provider in the area of VAT
- Cooperation with external and internal counter parties within VAT function
- The free of charge disposal for VAT purposes
- Researching advanced Indian VAT, Entry Tax/Octroi, Service Tax and Central Excise Tax and other indirect tax issues - working with tax authorities and outside advisers as necessary - as part of a global tax team
- Providing / developing end-to-end tax requirements for projects and business initiatives, the candidate will work closely with the other tax teams to scope these requirements
- Developing and evaluating Indian VAT, Entry Tax/Octroi, Service Tax and Central Excise Tax and other indirect tax planning opportunities and strategies
- Assisting with managing, coordinating and reviewing Indian tax compliance for all indirect taxes
- Degree in law or accounting - chartered accountant (or equivalent) or law degree preferred
- Advanced knowledge of Excise, Service Tax and VAT
Indirect Tax Job Description
- Executes Internal Controls over Indirect Tax process
- Management of own portfolio of audits
- Negotiation of positions through data and legal analysis
- Timely communication of audit results to management
- Cross-functional collaboration and coordination with other areas of tax (Indirect Tax compliance, planning and systems teams) to achieve optimal audit results, advance Indirect Tax efforts and provide education on issues creating audit assessments
- Performing data analysis and supporting reverse audit projects to ensure accurate sales and use tax compliance and identification/capture of refund opportunities
- Making VAT judgements internationals services
- Tax accrual &
- Support tax audits and gather information in response to IDRs
- Supports tax projects with outside service providers, including tax credits and incentives, restructurings and reorganizations other tax related projects
- Strong working knowledge of tax systems (Vertex a plus) and database applications
- Very Strong Academics
- A CA with having more than 5 years of relevant Experience
- Preference would be given to CA rank holder or both the groups in first attempt
- Good knowledge of Tax Laws, rules and procedures & working knowledge State VAT/CST
- Experience in other indirect tax laws
Indirect Tax Job Description
- Review company-wide AP invoices for proper taxability
- Prepare quarterly and monthly indirect tax filings, including but not limited to Sales Tax, Use Tax, Gross Receipts Tax, Property Tax, Regulatory Fees and similar taxes
- Defend sales tax audits
- Research and settle tax notices
- Research and identify indirect tax savings ideas and work in a team environment to help implement solutions
- Reconcile tax liability accounts to general ledger
- Maintain tax calendar, tax matrices, tax ID numbers, and tax exemption certificates
- Position will be the initial internal interface on day to day transaction tax issues
- Filing of required sales, use, business tax, business license, and property tax
- Maintaining of tax calendars
- Ability to provide technical assistance and training to others
- Should have expertise in Indirect Tax including GST/VAT, multi-state Sales & Use Tax, and Property Tax planning, reporting, and filings
- 2-4 years indirect tax experience, preferably within the Financial Services industry
- Working towards or completed CA/CPA/Master of Taxation, or equivalent
- Strong organisational / communication skills given the demanding deadlines within multiple jurisdictions
- Ability to collaborating well with and be responsive to internal and external stakeholders, including operating divisions and other departments (Real Estate, Legal, Treasury, Accounting, IT, Fleet Management)
Indirect Tax Job Description
- Assist with tax research, document findings as required
- Assist with tax training related to Latam indirect tax
- Oversee the indirect tax filing and payment process
- Review monthly sales tax related returns and reconciliations accurately and timely
- Review gross receipts returns and reconciliations accurately and timely
- Review excise tax returns and reconciliations accurately and timely
- Respond to correspondence from tax jurisdictions relating to above items
- Review property tax payments accurately and timely
- Review business tax returns accurately and timely
- File monthly sales tax related returns and reconciliations accurately and timely
- Able to champion and implement process improvements
- Associate degree in Accounting or Finance required
- Develop Self and Others - Identifies and prepares self or others for future roles
- Experience with Oracle and tax software such as Vertex and/or Sabrix
- Be AAT qualified or equivalent experience or ATT qualified or studying for ACCA or equivalent
- Have relevant experience gained in finance accounting or information production