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2022-36620 -

Tax Associate - Work from Home

Location(s): Available to work remotely throughout the United States, including these locations
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Overview

Do you have a minimum of 3 seasons of paid Tax Preparation experience, with a minimum of 30 tax returns per tax year? If you're a tax professional, we need you to help our customers complete their taxes using TurboTax. You’ll advance our goal of “Powering Prosperity Around the World” by providing expert guidance and explanations of tax and technical terms to our customers. You’ll also play an important role in our effort to enhance our brand by delighting our customers and empowering them to prepare their taxes.

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At a Glance

401(k) with Match
Paid Sick Leave
Flexible Scheduling Options
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About This Role

As a Tax Associate with Intuit you'll work directly with our customers to answer simple tax questions to help them prepare their returns. You'll have access to our virtual tools and resources, as well as opportunities to collaborate with experts and provide updates on assigned customers. This role includes several administrative tasks to support your work, like data entry and compiling and tagging documents for tax return prep. At the end of the season we offer opportunities to work with us again for following seasons.

  • Minimum 3 seasons of paid Tax Preparation experience, with a minimum of 30 tax returns per tax year required
  • Prior tax preparation experience in a tax practice or retail setting required
  • Strong customer service skills with ability to empathize and instill confidence
  • Ability/motivation to expand expertise and obtain a tax credential or certification - Intuit offers a program to obtain your EA
  • Knowledge of tax laws, tax concepts and familiarity with form 1040 and schedules
  • PTIN required

Benefits

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401(k) savings plan with Intuit matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Paid sick leave

Intuit provided E&O insurance

Product discounts and free copy of TurboTax Live

Company Overview

Intuit is a global technology platform that helps consumers and small businesses overcome their most important financial challenges. Serving more than 100 million customers worldwide with TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to prosper. We never stop working to find new, innovative ways to make that possible.

Job Overview

Do you have a minimum of 3 seasons of paid Tax Preparation experience, with a minimum of 30 tax returns per tax year?  If you're a tax professional, we need you to help our customers complete their taxes using TurboTax.  You’ll advance our goal of “Powering Prosperity Around the World” by providing expert guidance and explanations of tax and technical terms to our customers.  You’ll also play an important role in our effort to enhance our brand by delighting our customers and empowering them to prepare their taxes.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 3 seasons of paid Tax Preparation experience, with a minimum of 30 tax returns per tax year required.
  • Prior tax preparation experience in a tax practice or retail setting required.
  • College degree a plus.  The ideal candidate will have a background in business, finance, accounting, or tax
  • Knowledge of tax laws, tax concepts and familiarity with form 1040 and schedules
  • PTIN required
  • Ability/motivation to expand expertise and obtain a tax credential or certification - Intuit offers a program to obtain your EA
  • Strong customer service skills with ability to empathize and instill confidence 
  • Ability to work within a team to assist in preparation of accurate tax returns in a timely manner
  • Strong Research skills and the ability to quickly use online resources to find answers
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Persistence and determination
  • Willingness to utilize audio/visual tools to communicate with customers 
    • Comfortable interacting with customers through video, in a professional way that represents the Intuit TurboTax brand well
    • Friendly and reassuring on camera
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) communication skills (written & spoken) a plus

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Responsibilities

  • This is a seasonal position providing assistance to customers both assisting them in preparing their own returns and/or fully preparing customer tax returns
  • Compiling/preparing tax returns for TurboTax Customers 
  • Gathering/organizing and accurately entering customer data in the federal and state tax returns for review
  • Communicate directly with the customer as needed
  • Coordinate customer meetings and follow-up
  • Communicate updates to credentialed tax experts on assigned customers
  • Will help customers who are working on their tax return with both product/software inquiries, as well as with tax questions and calculations
  • Apply defined practices, procedures and company policies to troubleshoot and resolve product and tax support customer inquiries
  • Will interact with customers utilizing strong written and verbal skills as well as deep customer empathy

Typical Deliverables:

  • Accurate and complete customer data entered in tax returns for credentialed tax expert review
  • High quality customer interactions and experiences 
  • Application of defined practices, procedures and company policies to troubleshoot, resolve issues and address routine Tax Support customer questions
  • Proficient with technology and solid knowledge of computer operations and software.
  • Utilize and leverage government websites and toolkits to seek out and deliver the right answer to the customer
  • Document customer interactions 
  • Represent the Intuit TurboTax brand and spirit by demonstrating empathy for the customer, empowering and partnering with the customer, personalizing the experience, and providing them the confidence that they can do their own taxes

 

Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this position is NY $19.90 - $27.20, CO $19.00 - $25.90, CA $19.90 - $27.20, WA $19.00 - $25.90. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing pay equity for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.

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