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Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.
Other names for Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents:
Adjustment Examiner, Auditor, City Collector, Collections Specialist, Collector, Collector of Internal Revenue, Collector of Port, Customer Service Representative, Customs Agent, Customs Appraiser, Customs Collector, Customs Examiner, Customs Guard, Customs Inspector, Customs Officer, Customs Verifier, Delinquent Tax Collection Assistant, Delinquent Tax Collector, Estate Tax Examiner, Income Tax Adjuster, Income Tax Auditor, Income Tax Investigator, Inspector, Internal Revenue Agent, IRS Agent (Internal Revenue Service Agent), Merchandise Appraiser, Merchandise Examiner, Opener, Revenue Agent, Revenue Collector, Revenue Enforcement Agent, Revenue Enforcement Collection Agent, Revenue Field Agent, Revenue Field Auditor, Revenue Inspector, Revenue Investigator, Revenue Officer, Revenue Specialist, Reviewer, Special Agent, State Auditor, Tax Adjuster, Tax Agent, Tax Analyst, Tax Auditor, Tax Collector, Tax Compliance Agent, Tax Compliance Officer, Tax Compliance Representative, Tax Examiner, Tax Examining Technician, Tax Investigator, Tax Manager, Treasurer, Treasury Agent, U.S. Revenue Officer, Verifier,
What do Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents do?
Examine and analyze tax assets and liabilities to determine resolution of delinquent tax problems.
Recommend criminal prosecutions or civil penalties.
Determine appropriate methods of debt settlement, such as offers of compromise, wage garnishment, or seizure and sale of property.
Secure a taxpayer's agreement to discharge a tax assessment, or submit contested determinations to other administrative or judicial conferees for appeals hearings.
Prepare briefs, and assist in searching and seizing records to prepare charges and documentation for court cases.
Direct service of legal documents, such as subpoenas, warrants, notices of assessment and garnishments.
Request that the state or federal revenue service prepare a return on a taxpayer's behalf in cases where taxes have not been filed.
Investigate claims of inability to pay taxes by researching court information for the status of liens, mortgages, or financial statements, or by locating assets through third parties.
Install systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data or provide advice on such systems, based on examination of current financial records.
Participate in informal appeals hearings on contested cases from other agents.
Collect taxes from individuals or businesses according to prescribed laws and regulations.
Maintain knowledge of tax code changes, and of accounting procedures and theory to properly evaluate financial information.
Maintain records for each case, including contacts, telephone numbers, and actions taken.
Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns.
Contact taxpayers by mail or telephone to address discrepancies and to request supporting documentation.
Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further payment.
Conduct independent field audits and investigations of income tax returns to verify information or to amend tax liabilities.
Review filed tax returns to determine whether claimed tax credits and deductions are allowed by law.
Review selected tax returns to determine the nature and extent of audits to be performed on them.
Enter tax return information into computers for processing.
Examine accounting systems and records to determine whether accounting methods used were appropriate and in compliance with statutory provisions.
Process individual and corporate income tax returns, and sales and excise tax returns.
Impose payment deadlines on delinquent taxpayers and monitor payments to ensure that deadlines are met.
Check tax forms to verify that names and taxpayer identification numbers are correct, that computations have been performed correctly, or that amounts match those on supporting documentation.
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Calculators or accessories
Laser printers
Scanners
Desktop computers
Notebook computers
Special purpose telephones
Personal computers
Photocopiers
Technology used
Office suite software
Accounting software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Word processing software
Presentation software
Spreadsheet software
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
Document management software
Data base user interface and query software
Internet browser software
Electronic mail software
