Tax Examiner resume examples for 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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Tax Examiner Resume

 
Roy Patterson
Tax Examiner
57794 N. Evergreen Ln., Washington, DC | (990) 555-0433 | rpatterson@example.com
Work Experience
Tax Examiner, Grant Thornton - Washington, DC
2015

Analyzed financial statements and trial balance for clients and reconciled their book income with their taxable income.

Performed Sarbanes-Oxley related tax compliance and research for corporations, broker dealers, hedge funds and high net worth individuals.

Tax Professional Prepared Individual Tax Returns using the H&R Block Tax Act Tax Program

Make phone calls to client to confirm appointments, for rescheduling appointments and tax questions.

Tax Examiner, World Bank - Washington, DC
2011 - 2015

Input documents to resolve tax discrepancies concerning under reported income.

Researched questionable information on tax documents through review of files, records and reports using online computer system.

Coordinated with senior tax associates on corporate tax return and provided assistance with payroll and sales tax returns.

Prepared US federal and state tax returns Provided tax advice to clients Introduced HR Block financial products

Finance Aid Officer, World Bank - Washington, DC
2009 - 2011

Create purchase orders, reimbursements and staff appointments by utilizing SAP system.

Worked regularly with the National Student Loan Database System, and BANNER.

Conduct assessment of student needs including monitoring and evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures.

Skills
Technical Assistance, Federal Student, Communication, Student Records, Financial Institutions, Fafsa, Medical Records, Nslds, Ensure Compliance, New Customers
Education
Bachelor's Degree Business
2006 - 2009
Strayer University - Washington, DC
 

How to write a tax examiner resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in tax examiner-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some tax examiner interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:

  1. Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
  2. Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
  3. Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
  4. Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
  5. Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some tax examiner interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a tax examiner resume:

  • Business Tax Returns
  • Tax Accounts
  • Technical Assistance
  • Income Tax Returns
  • Sound Judgment
  • Corrective Action
  • IRS
  • Tax Credit
  • Tax Issues
  • Tax Liability
  • Account Adjustments
  • Delinquent Accounts
  • Computer System
  • Taxation
  • Tax Code Changes
  • Revenue Service
  • OJT
  • Individual Tax Returns
  • Federal Tax Laws
  • Financial Statements
  • Delinquent Taxes
  • Quality Review
  • Computer Processing
  • Tax Regulations
  • Itin
  • Withholding Tax
  • Telephone Numbers
  • Social Security Numbers
  • Due Notices
  • IRM

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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the tax examiner.

How to write tax examiner experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are examples from great tax examiner resumes:

Work History Example #1

Accounting Technician

University of North Carolina

  • Produced computerized procedures for balancing university financial funds, impress funds, and payroll accounts.
  • Entered vendor data into the University of Florida's PeopleSoft database for prompt vendor payment and correct tax information.
  • Advised faculty, staff and administrators regarding applicable policy and procedures and recommend courses of action.
  • Monitored and distributed workload; oversaw accounting services for overall consistency and compliance with agency policies and procedures.

Work History Example #2

Mail Clerk

US Postal Service

  • Experienced with forklifts, strapping equipment.
  • Participated in numerous youth sports initiatives to improve USPS visibility and neighborhood relations.
  • Maintained great communication with drivers and floor supervisors.
  • Maintained excellent communication within department Resolved customer complaints.
  • Answered questions pertaining to mail regulation procedures.

Work History Example #3

Data Transcriber

Boeing

  • Performed 16 years of computer transcribing & key verifying a wide variety of programs.
  • Cleaned fuel cells and tanks and inspect for foreign objects (FOD), corrosion and fungus.
  • Transcribed information from tax returns and input the correct information into the IRS database.
  • Identified and sorted tax returns, IRS notices and taxpayer correspondence.
  • Processed returns using systems and applications of the IRS.

Work History Example #4

Data Transcriber

Cardinal Health

  • Trained in warehouse, assembled kits for hospitals, located products in warehouse for packing and shipping
  • Processed payments made to the IRS for tax purposes.
  • Used my IRS procedure manual to complete work each day.
  • Prepared documents for scanning by detaching Forms W-2, correspondence and unnecessary schedules from the returns.
  • Transcribed 1,000-2,000 documents weekly*Verified alpha/numeric data via dis/isrp*Averaged 8,000-10,000 keystrokes per hour

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries from tax examiner resumes:

Bachelor's Degree In Business

Strayer University, Washington, DC

2006 - 2009

Highlight your tax examiner certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on tax examiner resumes:

  1. Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  2. Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  3. International Accredited Business Accountant (IABA)

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