Volunteer with IRC in the US: Tax Quality Reviewer

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Récompense totale

0 $

Organisation à but non lucratif

International Rescue Committee

Région

Amérique

Pays hôte

États-Unis

Date limite

28 nov. 2020

Niveau d'études

Premier cycle

Type d'opportunité

Volontariat

Spécialités

Management et Marketing

Financement d'opportunité

Financement complet

Pays éligibles

Algérie , Comores , Egypte , Jordanie , Liban , Mauritanie , Oman , Qatar , Soumalie , Syrie , Émirats arabes unis , bahrain , Djibouti , Iraq , Kuwait , Libya , Maroc , Palestine , Arabie Saoudite , Soudan , Tunisie , Yemen

Région éligible

Toutes les régions

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is looking for a Volunteer Tax Quality Reviewer to join the team and work in New York, USA for 2020. The IRC’s Program Quality and Innovation Unit assists offices which help newly arrived refugees and other low-income individuals reach self-sufficiency by finding entry-level employment and progress to living wage jobs; learn basic financial management skills and build assets; start small businesses; and access Earned Income Tax Credit.

Responsibilities:

Refer taxpayers with ‘out-of-scope’ returns to a professional return preparer.
Complete all IRC and IRS mandated trainings and certifications, including the Volunteer Standards of Conduct (VSC) certification and Intake/Interview & Quality Review certification. Basic level certification is also needed (Advanced level certification preferred).
Review Publication 5299, Quality Review Refresher and Publication 5310, and VITA/TCE Tax Return Quality Review Job Aid
Conduct a quality review on all returns, using the Quality Review Checklist found in Publication 4012. Using the completed Form 13614-C and source documents, ensure all these items are consistent with the entries on the tax return.
Advise the taxpayer that he/she is ultimately responsible for the information on the return before asking the taxpayer to sign Form 8879 or the tax return. Explain to the taxpayer that signing the return certifies that the taxpayer has examined the return, including all the forms and schedules for accuracy, and they are signing the return under penalty of perjury.
Provide feedback to volunteer preparers explaining identified errors captured during quality review and instructions for making the necessary corrections.

Qualifications:

High school diploma required. Students studying finance, accounting, or a related field, preferred.
No previous experience as a VITA volunteer required – IRC will provide the required training for the program per IRC’s and the IRS’s policies.
Excellent customer service skills, including experience working with a diverse client base.
Strong organizational skills and high level of attention to detail.
High level of computer literacy.
High level of comfort and effectiveness in working with multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams.
Strong commitment to economic empowerment of low-income and underserved populations.
Ability to speak in other languages a plus.
Go through an IRC background check.

About the International Rescue Committee:

The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihood are shattered by conflict and disease to survive, recover and regain control of their future. It responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well-being and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.

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