Motor Fuels Tax Auditor I - Asheville
About The Position
The North Carolina Department of Revenue is seeking a Revenue Tax Auditor I to work out of the Asheville Service Center in the Motor Fuels Section of the Examination Division. This position administers and enforces motor fuels tax laws, motor carrier laws, and some motor vehicle laws. The auditor examines motor fuels tax returns and records to ensure taxpayer compliance with North Carolina Revenue laws, and conducts audits for International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) and International Registration Plan (IRP) purposes. The role involves performing accurate and complete audits of financial books and records of motor fuel suppliers, distributors, and service stations to determine tax compliance with multiple tax schedules. Audits require interpretation and application of tax laws using professional auditing and accounting principles. The position involves maintaining an audit plan, selecting audit candidates, scheduling interviews, reviewing records, and preparing audit reports. Audits may be conducted at the taxpayer's place of business, requiring some overnight and out-of-state travel. A vehicle and a valid driver's license are required.
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of the Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax
- Basic knowledge of auditing and accounting principles and practices
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word
- A vehicle and a valid driver's license are required.
Responsibilities
- Document and maintain audit status and communications within agency databases and systems, documentation logs, and audit templates.
- Obtain all necessary factual documentation to support audit findings.
- Plan work in an efficient manner ensuring deadlines are met.
- Prepare concise work papers and reports that clearly explain the findings resulting from completed examinations.
- Reconstruct and develop accounting methods that properly reflect fuel transactions in cases where either no records or inadequate records or accounting data is available.
- Develop MS Excel spreadsheets and MS Word documents.
- Perform accurate and complete audits of financial books and records of motor fuel suppliers, distributors, service stations and trucking companies registered with the Excise Tax Division (International Fuel Tax Agreement) and the Division of Motor Vehicles (International Registration Plan) to determine tax compliance with multiple tax schedules.
- Perform audits that will involve the interpretation and application of tax laws to ensure compliance with revenue laws and motor vehicle laws by employing professional auditing and accounting principles and practices in the examination of the taxpayers' records and tax reports.
- Confer with individuals, company officials and their representatives.
Benefits
- health insurance options
- standard and supplemental retirement plans
- NCFlex program
- Twelve paid holidays per year
- Fourteen vacation days per year which increase as length of service increases and accumulates year-to-year
- Twelve sick days/year which are cumulative indefinitely
- Paid Parental Leave
- Personal Observance Leave and Community Service Leave
- Longevity pays lump sum payout yearly based on length of service
- 401K, 457, and 403(b) plans
- Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
