Tax consultant · What it does
Three tasks it takes off your hands
- Compute taxes owed or overpaid using adding machines or personal computers.
- Check data input or verify totals on forms prepared by others.
- Review financial records such as income statements and documentation of expenditures.
Where these come from
The tasks of “Tax Preparers” (O*NET 13-2082.00), as O*NET lists them:
- Compute taxes owed or overpaid, using adding machines or personal computers, and complete entries on forms, following tax form instructions and tax tables.
- Check data input or verify totals on forms prepared by others to detect errors in arithmetic, data entry, or procedures.
- Review financial records, such as income statements and documentation of expenditures to determine forms needed to prepare tax returns.
