Tax Information Reporting Intern

Coinbase; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is offering a 12-week summer internship in Tax Information Reporting. You will join the Tax team within Finance to support daily tax reporting and withholding operations across jurisdictions.

You will collaborate with Tax, Product, Platform, and Data teams to improve reporting accuracy, IRS filing readiness, and process automation using AI-driven workflows.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a finance/accounting related degree or certificate.
• Proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets to manipulate, validate, and analyze large datasets.
• Experience with data quality checks or reconciliations from coursework or internships.
• Familiarity with SQL-based analytics tools (SQL, Snowflake, Looker) through coursework or self-study.
• Interest in tax rules, regulatory frameworks, and compliance in finance/tech.

Responsibilities

• Analyze federal and international tax regulations to map tax laws into transaction systems across multi-venue products.
• Work with large datasets to audit reporting inputs and identify discrepancies across product lines.
• Support US information returns and international tax reporting frameworks (AEOI) for multiple product lines.

Skills

Tax rules

Student pursuing degree

Excel/Sheets

Data quality checks

SQL/Snowflake/Looker

AI optimization

Education

Finance/Accounting degree

Tools

SQL

Snowflake

Looker

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? AtCoinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”learn more about working at Coinbase.

This is a 12-week internship during summer 2027.

As a Tax Information Reporting Intern, you'll join the Tax team within Finance and support the day-to-day operations of Coinbase's global tax information reporting and withholding function. This team ensures Coinbase complies with its tax obligations across all jurisdictions, building tax protocols adapted for the holding, purchase, sale, and trading of digital assets. You'll collaborate across Tax, Product, Platform, and Data teams to drive accuracy in reporting, support IRS filing readiness, and contribute to process improvement initiatives.

What you'll do:

• Tax Logic & Rule Mapping: Analyze federal and international tax regulations to ensure proper mapping of tax laws into transaction systems across multi-venue products.
• Data Analysis & Auditing: Work with large transaction datasets using data analysis tools to audit reporting inputs, spot inconsistencies, and identify underlying discrepancies across product lines.
• IRS & Global Reporting Readiness: Support the operational preparation, quality assurance, and filing execution for US information returns (such as Form 1099-DA, Form 1042-S, and the 1099 series) and international AEOI frameworks (including CARF, CRS, and DAC8) across various product lines.
• AI & Process Automation: Partner with Tax, Engineering, and Product teams to design and implement AI-driven solutions and automated workflows that optimize tax data processing, improve inquiry resolution, and streamline operating procedures.

Required Skills and Experience:

• A strong interest or curiosity in tax rules, regulatory frameworks, and how compliance operates in the financial or tech sector
• Currently pursuing a degree or certificate in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related discipline
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets with demonstrated ability to manipulate, validate, and analyze large datasets
• Experience performing data quality checks or reconciliations through coursework, projects, or prior internships
• Familiarity with SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar analytics tools through coursework or self-directed learning
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

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Pay Transparency Notice:Depending on your work location, the target hourly rate for this position can range as detailed below.

Hourly Rate:: $40 USD - $40 USD

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