Occupation Atlastax advisor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/59c22779-4d89-4bc9-ba8b-d64bea236723
tax advisor
Tax advisors use their expertise in tax legislation to provide commercially-focused advisory and consultancy services to a wide range of clients from all economic sectors. They explain complicated tax-related legislation to their clients and assist them in ensuring the most efficient and beneficial payment of taxes by devising tax-efficient strategies. They also inform them of fiscal changes and developments and may specialise in tax strategies concerning mergers or multinational reconstruction for business clients, trust and estate taxes for individual clients etc.
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.79
- E Enterprising3.38
- I Investigative2.38
- S Social2.26
- R Realistic2.17
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Tax Preparers (13-2082.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on tax planning
- advise on tax policy
- calculate tax
- disseminate information on tax legislation
- inform on fiscal duties
- inspect tax returns
- inspect taxation documents
- interpret financial statements
- manage personal finances
- observe confidentiality
- prepare financial statements
- prepare tax returns forms
- research taxation procedures
- secure sensitive customer's information
- sign income tax returns
- tax legislation
- value-added tax law
Optional (25)
- accounting entries
- advise on efficiency improvements
- advise on financial matters
- advise on legal decisions
- business management principles
- cadastral taxation
- check official documents
- civil law
- collect tax
- commercial law
- compile legal documents
- conduct financial audits
- develop taxation policies
- fraud detection
- international financial reporting standards
- international taxation of transfer prices
- legal department processes
- legal terminology
- make strategic business decisions
- manage payroll reports
- national generally accepted accounting principles
- negotiate in legal cases
- prepare financial auditing reports
- provide legal advice
- use consulting techniques
O*NET equivalents
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