Revenue Tax Auditor Specialist (Field Audit Sales) Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4786978) Apply  Revenue Tax Auditor Specialist (Field Audit Sales) Salary $4,470.00 - $8,767.00 Monthly Location Statewide, LA Job Type Classified Remote Employment Flexible/Hybrid Job Number FAST-11325-JD Department Revenue-Office of Revenue Division Field Audit Sales Tax Opening Date 01/13/2025 Closing Date 1/23/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) is responsible for fairly and efficiently collecting state tax revenues to fund public services, to regulate charitable gaming and the sale of alcoholic beverage and tobacco, and to support state agencies in the collection of overdue debts. Collectively, each program, unit, division and group work together to provide the core services to taxpayers of the State of Louisiana and stakeholders of the agency. LDR is comprised of the following groups: Tax Collection, Charitable Gaming, Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC), Debt Recovery, Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Commission and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers. The Field Audit Sales Tax Division (FAST) is responsible for auditing compliance with all taxes and fees associated with Louisiana General Sales and Use Tax as well as other similar transactional type business taxes yet to be determined. ABOUT THIS POSITION: Duties include, but are not limited to: + This position independently and with minimal supervision researches and distributes audit leads, maintains a sufficient inventory of audit assignments, and ensures that productive audits are followed up. + This position performs research of state tax law and tax issues to identify material tax issues, tax avoidance measures, and areas of non-compliance in all areas of Louisiana tax types. + This position performs research and analysis of any and all information available (both electronic and otherwise) to identify taxpayers, entities and businesses that are making sales or providing services in Louisiana that are not registered with the Louisiana Department of Revenue to collect and remit the appropriate taxes. + This position prepares technical tax training modules for the rest of the Division; travels to regional offices and delivers presentations; and assists the Revenue Tax Auditor Manager and Revenue Tax Director with administrative duties such as developing and maintaining division manuals and preparing activity reports and proposals for improvement. + This position updates audit templates to ensure that they are consistent with the applicable statutes, regulations, and policy documents. This includes audit schedules, audit comments, and audit programs. + This position tracks Delta service requests submitted on behalf of the division and tests Delta changes as they are implemented. + Other duties as assigned by the Revenue Tax Auditor Manager or Director. No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. Please click on the below links to learn more about this position: Revenue Tax Auditor Specialist (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=167500) This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) of $27.86/an hour. **Note regarding the advertised pay range: The maximum amount listed is the maximum salary a person can make while in this title and NOT the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.** To view other vacancies at the Louisiana Department of Revenue, please click here (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/ldr) . Applications will be rejected if the applicant fails to meet the minimum qualifications, submits an incomplete application or fails to apply by the closing date of the announcement. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. If you are applying for a position using the baccalaureate and/or master's degree option you may apply 90 days prior to receipt of your degree, however the effective date of the appointment cannot be prior to your graduation date. Please contact the HR representative listed below to ensure that your application is accepted as eligible. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. *Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.* For further information about this vacancy contact: Jennifer Duncan Louisiana Department of Revenue Human Resources Division P.O. Box 66378Baton Rouge, LA 70896 jennifer.duncan@la.gov The Louisiana Department of Revenue is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Louisiana is a State as A Model Employer for People with Disabilities. VACANCY INFORMATION: This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions available within the Louisiana Department of Revenue within 90 days of the closing date. This position may be filled as a: · Probational Appointment · Job Appointment · Promotion (open to all statewide classified and agency wide permanent status employees) · Detail to Special Duty Current permanent status classified state employees may be required to accept a Probational appointment if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available. This is a statewide announcement. Applicants must select each parish they are available to work in on their application. A Tax and Natural Disaster Clearance will be conducted on all selected applicants to validate the timely submission of tax returns and payments. It is a requirement that all Revenue employees must adhere to all tax laws of the State of Louisiana. LA R.S.15:587.5, 587.6 and the IRS require the Louisiana Department of Revenue to conduct a criminal history records check of a prospective employee who will access federal tax information to perform job duties. Any applicant who receives and accepts a conditional offer of employment will require a completed criminal history records check prior to his or her first day of work. Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Seven years of experience in tax accounting or tax auditing; OR Six years of full-time experience in any fieldplustwenty-four semester hours in accountingplusfour years of experience in tax accounting or tax auditing; OR A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in accountingplusfour years of experience in tax accounting or tax auditing; OR A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statisticsplusfour years of experience in tax accounting or tax auditing; OR An advanced degree in accounting, finance, business administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics, or a Juris Doctorate,plusthree years of experience in tax accounting or tax auditing; OR Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license or a current Louisiana license to practice lawplustwo years of experience in tax accounting or tax auditing. Job Concepts Function of Work: To review field audit reports from various regional offices to ensure proper and consistent application of tax laws, and legally assess the amount determined to be due, OR To serve as a computer audit specialist, OR To serve as technical specialist in the Audit Selection and Discovery unit. Level of Work: Advanced. Supervision Received: General from Revenue Tax Auditor Manager or higher-level personnel. Supervision Exercised: None. Location of Work: Department of Revenue. Job Distinctions: Differs from Revenue Tax Auditor 3 by the presence of responsibility for either: reviewing field audit reports from various regional offices; or, serving as computer audit specialist; or, serving as technical specialist in the Audit Selection and Discovery unit. Differs from Revenue Tax Auditor Supervisor by the absence of responsibility for direct supervision of Revenue Tax Auditors. Examples of Work Reviews completed audits by examining submitted reports and supporting documents in an assigned tax program such as excise, sales, income, or severance taxes. Confers with Revenue Tax Auditors, supervisors, taxpayers, attorneys, and CPAs to provide information and resolve problems. Issues formal tax assessments and coordinates sampling programs, computer applications, and innovative computerized audit programs for field staff. Assists in the selection of assignments and in the technical development, direction, and coordination of tax audits conducted by the Field Audit Services Division, establishing goals and priorities to achieve audit program objectives. Trains and counsels Revenue Tax Auditors in tax law, audit principles and techniques, and use of computer software and hardware; provides guidance in problem areas. Assists in the development of tax advisory memoranda, opinions, and audit manuals. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 LDR-Do you have any friends or family members who currently work for LA Department of Revenue? If so, please list their name(s) and relation to you. If not, please enter "N/A". 02 LDR- LA. R.S.15:587.5, 587.6 and the IRS require the Louisiana Department of Revenue ("LDR") to conduct a criminal history records check of a prospective employee who will access federal tax information to perform his job duties. If you are given a conditional offer of employment, a criminal history records check will occur before your first day of work. The check requires submission of your fingerprints that will be run through national and state databases to determine if any criminal offenses are connected to your name. Your name will also be run through local databases to check the same. After that, you will be subject to these checks, at minimum, every 5 years during your employment at LDR. Check the "Yes" box below to show your understanding of this information. + Yes + No 03 Briefly discuss your experience with researching sales tax audit leads. 04 Do you possess a designation as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)? + Yes + No 05 If you answered yes to the previous question, please list the license number, issue date, and expiration date. If no, please type N/A. 06 Do you possess 24 semester hours in accounting from a regionally accredited college? + Yes + No 07 If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, please type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered 'no,' type N/A. Example: ACCT 1001- 3 hrs- LSU 08 Are you expected to graduate within the next 90 days? + Yes + No 09 If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, please list your anticipated graduation date below. if you answered 'no,' please enter N/A. 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