Every Tax Reviewer Should Be Able to Answer These Ten Questions
Yes, we included the answers … just in case.
By Ed Mendlowitz
Tax Season Opportunity Guide
The primary people who should review tax returns are trained tax department reviewers. However, often the bunching and compression of work shifts some of the review to higher level, non-tax personnel such as audit managers and partners who might not necessarily have the comprehensive training, background and experience to handle everything that might come up during the tax preparation process.
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Additionally, in many firms, almost everyone on the staff prepares some returns. That lack of dedicated preparers with the trained skills places an added burden on the tax reviewers, making it important for them to have the range of experience needed to perform the review.
Following are 10 questions reviewers should be able to answer to qualify for their role.
