Tax Regulations Specialist 2

• Title: Tax Regulations Specialist 2
• Location: Albany, NY
• Schedule: Monday-Friday
• Work hours: 9:00am-5:00pm
• Salary: $86,681-$109,650
• Apply by: 05/28/2025

Minimum qualifications

Seven years of accounting, auditing, or tax examination experience

Substitution: 

Associate’s degree with 6 credit hours in accounting, auditing and/or taxation may substitute for two years of experience

Bachelor’s degree with 6 credit hours in accounting, auditing and/or taxation may substitute for four years of experience

How to apply

For more information on the position, view the job announcement (link to https://statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacancyDetailsView.cfm?id=187866) for Vacancy ID 187866

Apply now using our Web Application (link to https://www7b.tax.ny.gov/HELP/gateway/HELP.home)

Job Duties

• Draft guidance documents that explain technical tax issues such as technical memoranda, tax bulletins, publications, tax forms and instructions for both paper forms and web applications, and web pages, including FAQs for the web; update the guidance document tracking system; and review draft guidance documents prepared by other staff.
• Effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, to provide guidance, and supervision to any assigned staff through leadership and training.
• Review for technical accuracy and comment on documents drafted by others, including proposed legislation, draft regulations, draft advisory opinions, and audit guidelines.
• Review other tax related material such as Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determinations, Tribunal decisions, court cases, and enacted Federal and State tax legislation.
• Keep apprised of pertinent technical, legal, policy and economic developments; read pertinent articles appearing in tax journals.
• Navigate various computer systems, applications, and electronic reference tools; perform legal research using a variety of electronic and/or manual resource tools.
• Travel when needed to attend meetings and confer with Department staff and, at times, representatives of other State agencies, tax practitioners and industry representatives.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in response to technical inquiries from legal representatives, taxpayers and other department staff and update the contact database.
• Speak before taxpayers, tax practitioners and Department personnel to explain various aspects of the Tax Law, Regulations and Department policy.
• Adhere to Department's time and attendance rules and regulations.
• Create and submit various administrative reports such as probation reports, performance evaluations, and monthly narrative reports for any assigned staff.
• Adhere to Department policies and procedures, Affirmative Action, Code of Conduct, Ethics, and Internal Control rules and discipline procedures.
• Perform such other duties that are necessary for the efficient operation of the unit or that may be assigned by the TRS3 or TRS4. These duties will vary depending upon the unit to which the TRS2 is assigned.