TAX RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Dec 18, 2025 - The Tax Professional provides expert guidance on tax planning, preparation, and compliance for individuals and businesses to ensure adherence to local and federal regulations. This position involves analyzing financial records, identifying tax-saving opportunities, and preparing accurate tax returns while maintaining up-to-date knowledge of changing tax laws. The individual also collaborates with clients and internal teams to address tax-related inquiries and supports audits or investigations.

Tips for Tax Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Indirect Tax Accountant, TaxSlayer LLC, Augusta, GA

Job Summary: 

  • Compile and analyse data to complete global VAT/GST returns and associated filings
  • Preparation of monthly VAT reconciliations of ITX return to General Ledger (GL)
  • Liaise with the ITX service provider, providing monthly data, and replying to queries
  • Initial review of filings prepared by the service provider
  • Ensure ITX returns and payments are submitted on an accurate and timely basis
  • Review of Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and Intercompany transactions, and identify and follow up on any errors or exceptions
  • Liaise with internal teams for payments, refunds, and correction of errors
  • Involvement in the month-end process, including posting journals in Workday Financials
  • Support with Tax Authorities queries and audits
  • Liaise with GL and Tax teams
  • Assist with ad hoc ITX projects


Skills on Resume: 

  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • VAT Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • GL Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Filing Review (Hard Skills)
  • Transaction Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-team Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Journal Posting (Hard Skills)

2. Tax Accountant, LaPorte CPAs and Business Advisors, Metairie, LA

Job Summary: 

  • Prepare and file monthly sales and use tax returns in various states and ensure timely payment of associated tax liabilities
  • Perform all monthly tax reconciliations of sales and use tax transaction data, including posting of monthly sales tax journal entries
  • Evaluate state sales tax nexus rules and ensure compliance with state tax laws
  • Partner with billing and sales teams to make transactional sales tax decisions
  • Respond to requests for tax information by internal customers and taxing authorities, and assist with compiling necessary support for tax audits
  • Assist with other tax-related filings, including franchise tax returns, business licenses, annual reports, and business registrations
  • Maintain effective internal control procedures over all aspects of the sales tax process
  • Assist with outsourced tax efforts, partnering with the income tax team on various tasks, including federal and state income tax filings, estimated payments, extensions, quarterly tax provision, and calculation of book/tax adjustments
  • Participate in special projects and ad hoc requests as they arise


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Filing (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Nexus Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Audit Support (Hard Skills)
  • Regulatory Filing (Hard Skills)
  • Control Management (Hard Skills)
  • Project Participation (Soft Skills)

3. Senior Tax Accountant, Evergreen Tax Solutions, Richmond, VA

Job Summary: 

  • Develop and maintain reporting calendars for all tax filings and deliverables (including estimated tax payments) and ensure all deadlines are tracked and met.
  • Ensure compliance with all regulations and filing requirements
  • Manage relationships with several outside tax preparers/consultants
  • Create and review work papers/tax schedules supporting corporate, partnership, and non-profit tax returns before submission to external consultants, developing a deep understanding of the numbers and how they flow through various consolidated returns
  • Review corporate, partnership, and non-profit tax returns as prepared by external consultants, ensuring consistency year over year and documenting any discrepancies.
  • Maintain tax with book depreciation schedules
  • Manage real estate and personal property tax schedules, assessments, and abatements
  • Manage the annual I&E schedule preparation and submission for properties
  • Proactively keep abreast with and research pronouncements and new tax laws as they emerge from time to time, and bring concerns and opportunities forward to leadership.
  • Thoroughly document facts and circumstances supporting the company’s tax position.
  • Conduct tax research and handle special projects
  • Be an extra set of hands for financial statement analysis and account reconciliations


Skills on Resume: 

  • Deadline Management (Soft Skills)
  • Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Consultant Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Schedule Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Return Review (Hard Skills)
  • Depreciation Management (Hard Skills)
  • Property Tax (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Research (Hard Skills)

4. Senior Tax Analyst, Meridian Tax Advisors, Boulder, CO

Job Summary: 

  • Preparation and filing of complex personal, terminal (i.e., date of death), trust/estate, and corporate income tax returns for assigned clients in a timely and accurate manner.
  • Set up new client tax prep and working paper files accurately and promptly, including performing a detailed review of tax history and prior years' returns for errors and omissions.
  • Collate (electronic and paper) all personal, trust, and corporate tax returns by the filing deadlines, including arranging for delivery to government authorities.
  • Review of Canada Revenue Agency tax correspondence for assigned clients.
  • Respond to CRA pre and post-assessment reviews promptly.
  • Calculate tax fees, quarterly instalments, and tax reserves, and arrange for client tax payments, cheque deposits, and ensure control lists are up to date, accurate, and paid on time.
  • Assist Senior Tax Managers and/or Tax Managers with relationship management of assigned client files.
  • Detailed review of basic personal, trust, and/or corporate client tax returns, during busy season, including all correspondence and fee invoices associated with the client file.
  • Contact the client or internal partner for missing information.
  • Stay abreast of tax developments.
  • Tax planning on assigned files.
  • Maintain a good working relationship with all internal partners and clients for assigned files.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • File Management (Hard Skills)
  • Return Collation (Hard Skills)
  • CRA Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Payment Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Client Relations (Soft Skills)
  • Information Follow-up (Soft Skills)
  • Tax Planning (Hard Skills)

5. Tax Associate, Oak Ridge Financial Services, Knoxville, TN

Job Summary: 

  • Assist with the preparation of provision workpapers and journal entries for the monthly close for global entities, including maintaining uncertain tax position reserves
  • Assist with the annual forecasted effective tax rate, accounting for expected tax discrete items
  • Prepare book-tax differences, return to provision true-up, reconciling cumulative deferred tax balances
  • Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including maintaining global cash taxes
  • Support the preparation of federal, state, and foreign income and franchise tax returns
  • Prepare quarterly estimated tax payments for all group entities
  • Prepare sales and use tax, commercial rent tax, and other indirect tax returns
  • Maintain a tax compliance calendar and ensure tax returns, filings, and payments are submitted timely
  • Assist with tax examinations and responding to notices, including organization and analysis of data in response to the auditor’s information requests
  • Support day-to-day various tax-related tasks, including tax workpaper automation, potential M&A deals, and internal entity restructuring


Skills on Resume: 

  • Provision Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Forecasting (Hard Skills)
  • Book-Tax Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Return Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Payment Scheduling (Hard Skills)
  • Compliance Tracking (Hard Skills)
  • Audit Support (Hard Skills)

6. Tax Consultant, Capital Tax Group, Sacramento, CA

Job Summary: 

  • Provide live, on-site training to tax professionals at conferences, seminars, webinars, or at client offices.
  • Develop course content related to the various tax consulting offerings.
  • Work with subject-matter experts to plan and coordinate development of the above learning products.
  • Technically review and edit course content developed by others.
  • Travel to seminar sites, with some sites necessitating cross-country travel. 
  • Conduct webinar training events on a variety of technical taxation topics.
  • Maintain strong instructor ratings on evaluations from course participants.
  • Adequately prepare for seminars and webinars and keep technically up-to-date.


Skills on Resume: 

  • On-site Training (Soft Skills)
  • Content Development (Hard Skills)
  • Course Planning (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Review (Hard Skills)
  • Travel Flexibility (Soft Skills)
  • Webinar Delivery (Soft Skills)
  • Instructor Performance (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Updating (Hard Skills)

7. Tax Director, Global Tax Partners LLC, Plano, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Perform tax research, analysis, and conclusions related to federal tax matters. 
  • Lead various tax projects and resolve issues, including working with advisers.
  • Develop and document technical positions and policy for the Company.
  • Assist with analysis for income tax compliance, provision (including tax reserves), planning, or M&A.
  • Track legislative developments, determine implications and impact on the Company. 
  • Liaise with the Government affairs team to monitor developments
  • Assist with cash tax forecast and long-range plan.
  • Build collaborative relationships across the organization.
  • Assist with process improvements.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Research (Hard Skills)
  • Project Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Documentation (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Legislation Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Liaison (Soft Skills)
  • Tax Forecasting (Hard Skills)
  • Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

8. Tax Manager, Southern Tax Consultants, Charleston, SC

Job Summary: 

  • Manage a portfolio involving overseas direct and indirect tax reporting obligations (including handling and review of corporate income tax and GST/VAT returns and attending to tax queries).
  • Review and ensure implementation of Group Transfer Pricing policies
  • Ensure tax optimization by effective group tax planning
  • Work closely with the Finance team to ensure that the tax reporting obligations of the Group are met overseas on a timely and accurate basis.
  • Work with the Finance team to ensure proper income tax accounting with timely and adequate tax provisioning.
  • Guide and support the Business team by providing advice on potential tax implications and mitigating measures for new business lines and key product launches.
  • Active knowledge sharing with Business to ensure Business’s awareness of tax issues, risks, and regulatory developments relevant to their operations, whilst establishing proper commercial knowledge and understanding.
  • Provide tax support on projects (including new business lines and key product launches).
  • Monitor and keep track of significant developments and changes in tax legislation and administration internationally.
  • Support and drive tax automation and process improvement initiatives.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Transfer Pricing (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Provisioning (Hard Skills)
  • Advisory Support (Soft Skills)
  • Knowledge Sharing (Soft Skills)
  • Process Improvement (Soft Skills)

9. Senior Tax Accountant, NorthStar Tax Advisors, Madison, WI

Job Summary: 

  • Prepare and file corporation sales and use, and personal property tax returns.
  • Prepare and file Harmonized Sales, Goods and Services, and Provincial Sales Tax returns.
  • Reconcile various sales and use tax accounts on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
  • Review, validate, and advise on exemption certificate management.
  • Execute all deliverables by adhering to standard accounting principles and compliance requirements.
  • Perform research and planning on a proactive, reactive, and as-directed basis.
  • Provide timely responses to questions and issues generated by or impacting operating personnel.
  • Manage sales and use tax audits by gathering requested data, conducting thorough analysis of data and tax laws, and resolving open issues.
  • Review and respond to notices from various taxing authorities.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Return Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Indirect Tax Filing (Hard Skills)
  • Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Certificate Management (Hard Skills)
  • Compliance Execution (Hard Skills)
  • Tax Research (Hard Skills)
  • Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
  • Audit Management (Hard Skills)

10. Senior Tax Associate, Horizon Tax and Accounting, Boise, ID

Job Summary: 

  • Have extensive knowledge in individual, partnership, and corporate tax return preparation, tax planning, and tax research.
  • Prepare and /or review returns for corporations, partnerships, or individuals, including federal, international, state, and local tax returns, as well as computing estimated payments and extensions.
  • Communicate directly with existing clients to build relationships and assist managers and partners with planning and projection projects.
  • Involvement in firm networking, business development, and community events.
  • Provide leadership and work supervision to Tax Staff Associates.
  • Become proficient at tax research, including a knowledge of the reference sources available to the firm.
  • Prepare routine correspondence to the client for approval and signature of a manager or shareholder.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Expertise (Hard Skills)
  • Return Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Client Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Business Development (Soft Skills)
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Tax Research (Hard Skills)
  • Client Correspondence (Soft Skills)
  • Tax Planning (Hard Skills)

11. Senior Tax Manager, ClearView Tax Services, Manchester, NH

Job Summary: 

  • Assisting with accurate completion of all aspects of the corporate income tax and GST/VAT returns, estimates, extensions, and supporting income tax compliance schedules with minimal supervision.
  • Supporting the Tax department with completion of the quarterly GAAP income tax provision (ASC 740), tax account reconciliations, and related tax disclosures for Europe.
  • Coordinating transfer pricing studies and implementing the transfer pricing strategy, as well as supporting accounting and finance on the implementation of the transfer pricing strategy.
  • Supporting tax for new business/bidding, which includes validating tax assumptions, analysing tax risks.
  • Supporting the Head of Tax on structuring transactions in Europe.
  • Managing tax audits and responding to information requests and/or tax notices as they arise.
  • Interacting with other departments to ensure accurate reporting and documentation of tax positions.
  • Performing research and analysis on tax issues and tax planning opportunities.
  • Providing commercial and practical tax-efficient advice to the business. 
  • Working with the business to fully understand all commercial initiatives, considering tax implications, and suggesting potential solutions to manage risks and maximise opportunities.
  • Helping interpret, conclude, and make recommendations regarding the application of tax laws and new tax developments.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Provision Support (Hard Skills)
  • Transfer Pricing (Hard Skills)
  • Risk Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Transaction Structuring (Hard Skills)
  • Audit Management (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-department Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Tax Research (Hard Skills)