Withholding Tax Specialist

Division of Personnel Government of the VI; Charlotte Amalie (United States Virgin Islands); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Division of Personnel Government of the VI is seeking a tax processing specialist to sort, match, batch and post withholding tax activity, including quarterly Federal Tax returns and W-2s. The role involves validating claims, communicating with taxpayers, and applying Virgin Islands and Federal tax laws with independence and initiative.

Candidates should be able to work with standard tax systems, analyze complex issues, and provide accurate information to taxpayers by phone, mail, or in person.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Federal and Virgin Islands tax laws.
• Ability to work with general supervision and show initiative and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Captures wage information submitted by employers.
• Maintains wage information in the system.
• Operates systems that issues bills, adds taxpayer accounts, processes credits and adjustments, researches/analyzes accounts and resolves open issues.
• Corresponds and/or confers with taxpayers or their representatives advising them of account information.
• Provides assistance to taxpayers (or their representatives) by telephone, correspondence or personal contact.
• Analyzes, resolves and processes complex issues, problems and/or cases.
• Performs increasingly difficult manual and/or automated mathematical calculations and procedures in computing tax liability and applicable penalty and interest, disallowed discounts or deductions, canceling all or portions of assessments, and allocation of monies in accordance with tax laws.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Tools

Tax software

Job description

Division of Personnel Government of the VI is seeking a tax processing specialist to sort, match, batch and post withholding tax activity, including quarterly Federal Tax returns and W-2s. The role involves validating claims, communicating with taxpayers, and applying Virgin Islands and Federal tax laws with independence and initiative.

Candidates should be able to work with standard tax systems, analyze complex issues, and provide accurate information to taxpayers by phone, mail, or in person.