Tax preparers, like car mechanics, are people everyone wants to know. Every person with a job has to pay taxes, and every person who pays taxes dreads doing the paperwork. A CANFIN Income Tax Specialist is the perfect solution.
Duties and Responsibilities:
To be an awesome CANFIN tax preparer you'll have to greet customers and conduct interviews with potential clients. Depending on the type of Tax Returns (T1, T2, T3, etc.) you need to complete, the questions and information required will vary. Once you gather information from clients, you'll complete (or audit) the income tax returns and any related tax forms and submit to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) or the client. Overall, the process is almost always handled electronically, so you'll need to know your way around a keyboard and know how to use the tax software.
As A CANFIN Accountant, or Bookkeeper:
Accountants provide financial reporting and consulting services for organizations and individuals. Bookkeepers enable clients to maintain systematic records of business transactions and verify and record those transactions. They use computers to calculate, prepare and process invoices, accounts payable and receivable, payroll and budget documents, and other routine financial records.
Duties of an Accountant
Accountants offer accounting services to the public. Duties vary from one position to another but, in general:
- Design and administer accounting and information systems that include records of assets, liabilities and business transactions
- Prepare budgets, tax returns and financial statements
- Analyze financial information to assist in planning financial management policies, business strategies and the control and use of business assets
- Provide personal and corporate income tax and estate planning services
- Provide internal and external auditing services
- Make recommendations regarding solutions to business and financial problems
- May serve as bankruptcy trustees and business valuators.
Duties of a Bookkeeper
- Compute charges, prepare invoices and reports, make up cheques
- Make bank deposits and reconcile records of bank transactions
- Perform computer data entry and analysis functions
- Maintain accounts receivable and accounts payable records, ledgers and journals
- Perform payroll calculations, analyze and record business transactions
- Perform HST calculations and prepare HST reports
- Prepare basic financial statements
Working Conditions
Accountants and Bookkeepers usually work in an office setting. Their hours of work vary depending on the organization and level of responsibility. Extended hours are required at company budgeting time, month end or in late winter and early spring.
For more information on a career as a CANFIN Income Tax Specialist, Accountant or Bookkeeper, please request a confidential and personal interview by filling in the Get Career Info form. Click Here
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