Tax Specialist Jobs in Shelton, WA

A Tax Specialist in the accounting industry is responsible for preparing, filing, and ensuring the accuracy of an organization's or individual's tax returns, ensuring compliance with tax laws and regulations, and providing advice on tax related matters. They research, analyze, interpret, and apply tax laws, regulations, and court decisions to help optimize tax savings and minimize tax liabilities. Their duties also include identifying tax savings opportunities, developing tax strategies, and assisting with audits and tax litigations.

The skills required for a Tax Specialist include excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail, a thorough understanding of tax laws and regulations, and proficiency in tax software and databases. They should have excellent communication skills to effectively interact with clients, colleagues, and tax authorities. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or Certified Tax Coach (CTC) certification would be advantageous. Prior roles that can lead to a Tax Specialist position include Tax Accountant, Tax Analyst, or Tax Associate.

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Senior Content Management Analyst- Tax QA

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 3 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 3 days ago

The Senior Tax Analyst must be versed in tax law, capable of providing clarification and interpretation to the software development team when needed, as well as conducting tax research using various...

Senior Tax Manager

  • Lacey, WA (21 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 16 days ago
  • Lacey, WA (21 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 16 days ago

Who We Are About Ascend At Ascend, we recognize the struggles that accounting & finance professionals face in traditional firms-from rigid hierarchies and overwhelming workloads to the elusive...

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International Tax Senior Analyst

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 17 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 17 days ago

**WHAT YOU WILL DO (Job Responsibilities)** + Facilitate the U.S. international tax compliance process for foreign entities (Forms 5471, 8858, 1118, etc.) by coordinating data collection and validation...

Tax Professional - Utility Industry

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 17 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 17 days ago

Tax Professional - Utility Industry Remote - USA,USA About Us SolomonEdwardsGroup, LLC (SolomonEdwards) is a full-service professional services firm offering financial, operational, and technology...

EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Manager --Open Location

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 23 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 23 days ago

This position supports excise tax compliance and advisory projects for clients in a wide variety of industries including Oil & Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing and Retail....

EDGE Indirect Excise Tax Senior --Open Location

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 23 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 23 days ago

This position supports excise tax compliance and advisory projects for clients in a wide variety of industries including Oil & Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing and Retail....

Tax Senior Manager-Financial Services-Wealth and Asset Management Client Delivery Services-EDGE

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

compliance....

Tax Senior- Financial Services - Wealth and Asset Management Client Delivery Services - EDGE

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

Your key responsibilities A senior analyst in FSO EDGE WAM will be responsible for delivering tax compliance and consulting work for clients....

Tax Senior Manager-Financial Services - Global Compliance and Reporting - Real estate-EDGE

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

Independently recognize and identify problem areas and items that need to be addressed or escalated to ensure tax returns, tax research, tax accounting and tax projects are timely and accurately completed...

Manager - Tax Technology & Transformation - Indirect Tax

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

Transfer control of tax decision-making from the transaction processing personnel and outside vendors to the tax specialists within our client's tax department....

Tax Manager - Financial Services - Wealth and Asset Management Client Delivery Services - EDGE

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

compliance....

Tax Senior-Financial Services-Customer Tax Operations and Reporting

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

These engagements will primarily focus on non-resident alien (NRA) withholding and reporting (IRC Sections 1441 to 1446), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and domestic withholding and reporting...

Tax Manager - Financial Services - Global Compliance and Reporting - Real estate

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

. + Professional knowledge in a broad range of real estate tax technical and transaction skills, including partnership taxation, REITs taxation and qualification, partnership allocations, tax compliance...

Tax Senior Analyst-Financial Services-Customer Tax Operations and Reporting-EDGE-Open US location

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

Lead the preparation and review of moderately complex tax/accounting regulatory and tax compliance with limited supervision....

Tax Manager - Financial Services - Customer Tax Operations and Reporting

  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago
  • Olympia, WA (22 miles from Shelton, WA)
  • 26 days ago

These engagements will primarily focus on non-resident alien (NRA) withholding and reporting (IRC Sections 1441 to 1446), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and domestic withholding and reporting...

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Salary for Tax Specialist Jobs in Shelton, WA

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Highest Education Level

Tax Specialists in Shelton, WA offer the following education background
Bachelor's Degree
48.2%
Master's Degree
31.5%
Associate's Degree
7.0%
High School or GED
5.3%
Vocational Degree or Certification
4.4%
Doctorate Degree
2.6%
Some College
0.9%
Some High School
0.2%

Average Work Experience
Here's a breakdown of the number of years' experience offered by Tax Specialists in Shelton, WA
None
27.3%
1-2 years
22.7%
Less than 1 year
18.2%
2-4 years
18.2%
4-6 years
9.1%
6-8 years
4.5%


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