Single Scope Auditor - Withholding

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Single Scope Auditor - Withholding

695 Oklahoma Tax Commission

Withholding Audit

Continuous if Blank

Full time

Regular

Salary - $62,400

The Audit Services Division is responsible for the review, analyzation, and conduct of single or limited scope audits of businesses and/or individuals, to determine compliance or non‑compliance with Oklahoma and Federal tax laws and regulations. The Audit Services Division uses generally accepted auditing/accounting principles to review financial documents, tax forms, business records and other relevant documents. Auditors in the Audit Services Division are expected to conduct research and analysis and can apply tax law using Internal Revenue Code and Oklahoma’s rules and statutes for taxation as well as the agency’s procedures.

Auditors prepare audit reports to provide documented recommendations concerning changes in policies or operating procedures and strictly adhere to both state and federal laws and regulations regarding the confidentiality of all tax information obtained from records, files, tax returns, and departmental investigations. The Auditor position supports the Audit Services Division by conducting fair and ethical single issue and limited scope audits of various tax returns.

The primary function of the position is to execute audits efficiently ensuring adherence to the Internal Revenue Code and Oklahoma Tax Statutes and Rules while maintaining a high level of accuracy in calculations and procedures.

The general functions performed by employees in this job family will vary by level, but will include the following:

• Create, print, review and distribute audit correspondence items
• Review Internal Revenue and Oklahoma tax statutes
• Provide written and verbal communication while providing excellent customer service to taxpayers
• Other duties as assigned

• Responsible for ensuring taxpayer compliance with Withholding tax statutes and rules by reviewing and auditing withholding tax returns submitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
• Review two areas of non‑compliance, which include under reporting and non‑reporting wages or withholding collected by businesses.
• Analyze and audit withholding financial records, including the withholding return, internal and external withholding reports, OESC (Oklahoma Employment Security Commission) data, compiling and submitting audit review packets.

• Exemption auditors review sales that businesses deduct from their total taxable sales to ensure the deductions fall within the requirements defined by Oklahoma Statutes.
• 1099K auditors compare credit card sales reported by a taxpayer to gross sales reported to the Internal Revenue Service to identify areas of non‑compliance and under reported sales.
• 4797 auditors compare the sale of tangible personal property reported to the Internal Revenue Service to the total sales reported to the OTC to identify areas of non‑compliance and under reported sales.
• Ensure compliance by reviewing the business tax returns, invoices, sales records, and other financial documents.
• Analyze and audit bookkeeping, general ledger and financial records, including the Oklahoma sales tax return, federal business returns and individual income tax returns, exemption files and internal data, compiling and submitting audit review packets.

• Compare tax returns filed to information reported from outside sources to identify areas of non‑compliance and any potential irregularities in deductions that may offset tax owed on oil and gas production.
• Analyze and audit the gross production records, including the gross production tax return, taxpayer invoices, and reports from outside sources such as OERB (Oklahoma Energy Resource Board), compiling and submitting audit review packets, reviewing Internal Revenue and Oklahoma tax statutes.

• Review application and documentation from taxpayers,…