Tax Consultant Interview Questions

I offered information about previous jobs and duties in hopes that would spark more questions. (They weren't even listening.)

Straight forward - told them my favorite and least favorite class.

- specifics about my background related to tax.

My organization and attention to detail is a great strength of mine. This focus has assisted me in managing several aspects of my life at once, multitasking school, work, family and friends in an efficient and effective manner.

You are required to get a an IRS Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs). You have to earn a certain amount of credits every year, and you will be required by the IRS to take the RTPT by the end of 2014. It's an exam administered through Prometrics and you have to schedule an appointment and pay a fee for the exam. I heard it if very hard and it encompass IRS Publication 17 which is over 200 pages in length and quite a bit of the IRS Publication 4687-Due Diligence. You are not allowed a calculator, and you are constantly monitored. If you fail, you have to pay again. You will not be able to perform as a Tax Consultant unless you pass the exam and keep up on your required credits, be very knowledgeable of all the the rules, new rules, changing rules, regulations, new regulations, changing regulations that are imposed and implemented every year by the IRS. What is comes down to is that you have a lot of responsibility towards the client, and it is pertinent to always be professional and use due diligence.

My weakness was in the area of customer focus because my manager wanted me to become more visable to the organization so that others could reach out to me more on tax questions and issues. I have actively addressed this concern by holding training sessions for other departments that are affected by tax coding implications and have begun to make new connections through these sessions.

I constantly assume that other people share the same learning curve that I did when I first began; therefore, I would struggle with starting from scratch with a new employee.