A professional who prepares federal, state, or local tax returns of individual, business establishment, or other organization. Responsibilities include:

• Examines accounts and records and computes taxes owed according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations, using computer.
• Advises management regarding effects of business activities on taxes, and on strategies for minimizing tax liability.
• Ensures that establishment complies with periodic tax payment, information reporting, and other taxing authority requirements.
• Represents principal before taxing bodies.
• May devise and install tax record systems.
• May specialize in various aspects of tax accounting, such as tax laws applied to particular industry, or in individual, fiduciary, or partnership income tax preparation.