Tax Intern

Honkamp, P.C.•Davenport, IA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Honkamp, P.C. is a Top 10 Midwest CPA and business advisory group (Accounting Today, 2025). They add value for their clients by providing forward-thinking, effective and timely services and solutions. Inside the firm, the collaborative, people-focused culture encourages mutual respect, open communication and ongoing learning. Honkamp fosters innovation, diversity, ethics, and integrity to strengthen their organization and their people, and to respond to clients' needs. With a wide range of services and clients, interns will work on projects that matter as part of the Honkamp team. As a tax intern, you will work alongside Honkamp team members by applying the skills learned in the classroom to real-world, business-impacting projects and provide tax proficiency to your assigned section. This role may be for you if you are considering a long-term career in public accounting and want exposure to the industry, desire to grow professionally and develop your client service and technical skills or want to demonstrate your performance and ability to potentially join Honkamp as a full-time employee!

Requirements

No prior experience or training required -- candidates should be pursuing a degree in an accounting-related field.
Basic knowledge of Microsoft 365.
Experience with, or ability to learn, the operation of basic office equipment.
Demonstrated skills in the areas of time management, communication and problem-solving.
Prolonged periods of working on a computer and ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods (e.g. sitting at a desk).
Ability to work in a shared office environment with moderate noise levels.

Responsibilities

Effectively document work.
Prep level 3 and 4 returns.
Develop an understanding of tax process, becoming efficient in scan/assembly/verification procedures.
Develop an understanding of basic income tax returns and various tax extensions and deadlines.
Assisting with data entry and maintaining tax-related records.
Assist in administrative functions.
Become familiar with various scan, tax, workflow, verification, and other software.
Act as an ambassador to the universities.