Top Tax Associate Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Provide tax planning, compliance, and strategy for insurance clients: analyze financial data, prepare and file tax returns, validate regulatory compliance, draft tax documents, identify optimization opportunities, develop client relationships, navigate complex situations, and mentor junior staff.

Provide tax advice to financial services clients (real estate focus), manage local and international tax matters, advise on pricing between related parties, support tax structuring for transactions, drive digitization and automation, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, and uphold professional and technical standards.

Advise private companies and high-net-worth clients on partnership tax planning and compliance. Analyze complex tax issues, mentor team members, deliver high-quality reports, build client relationships, leverage technology and spreadsheets, and support business development and innovation.

Provide tax advisory to private companies and high net worth clients, analyze complex tax issues for US subsidiaries, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, promote process standardization and uphold professional standards while using technical tools to drive efficiency.

Provide specialized tax advice on complex areas including R&D tax credits and accounting methods. Analyze tax regulations, optimize client tax positions, document strategies, and uphold PwC technical standards. Collaborate with clients, mentor junior staff, build relationships, and apply analytical and technical writing skills to support tax planning and compliance in a hybrid professional environment.

Provide specialized tax advice on complex areas (accounting methods, fixed-assets, R&D and energy tax credits), analyze tax structures, advise on compliance and planning, build client relationships, mentor juniors, and apply changing legislation to optimize client tax positions.

Provide tax advisory and compliance services to banking and capital markets clients, including tax structuring, cross-border transaction guidance, financial statement tax analysis, regulatory compliance, and operational tax risk management. Mentor junior staff, build client relationships, conduct tax research, and deliver strategic solutions that align with clients' business objectives while staying current on tax regulations.

Lead and contribute to State and Local Tax strategy for financial services clients, analyze complex SALT issues (income, franchise, payroll, credits, indirect tax, abandoned property), recommend compliance and tax planning solutions, mentor junior staff, and drive digitization and automation to increase efficiencies while building client relationships.

Perform tax form and regulation research, interpret tax code updates, guide programmers on calculation changes, design and execute tests, document calculations, contribute release notes and customer guidance, and support tax software products remotely.

Prepare and review federal and state tax returns, primarily for partnerships and other flow-through entities. Manage client engagements from planning through completion, research tax issues, review workpapers, resolve technical comments, and communicate directly with clients. Provide coaching to junior staff, collaborate with onshore and offshore teams, and use tax technology and automation to improve service delivery.

Provide international tax consulting, compliance, and planning for multinational clients. Prepare and review Forms 5471/5472/8865/8858 and related disclosures, conduct technical research (GILTI, Subpart F, treaties, foreign tax credits), analyze tax data for planning opportunities, produce client deliverables and technical memoranda, collaborate with firm-wide engagement teams, monitor legislative developments, and support professional development and knowledge-sharing.

Prepare and review individual, corporate, partnership, and fiduciary tax returns; manage engagement deadlines and workflows; support tax reporting for business management clients; advise high-net-worth individuals and closely held businesses; resolve tax and accounting issues; communicate with clients and external advisors; mentor associates; and assist with tax planning and financial organization.

Assist with preparing and electronically filing federal and state tax returns, extensions, estimated tax payments, household employer payroll filings, and IRS or state notices. Maintain tax refund ledgers, client deadline databases, reporting system data, and gain/loss comparisons. Organize tax documents and coordinate printing, mailing, and client delivery of tax returns and vouchers.

Reviews nonprofit tax-exemption applications, serves as an IRS representative under powers of attorney, manages IRS correspondence, advises on exempt-organization classifications, trains fulfillment staff, and develops quality procedures. The role requires CPA or Enrolled Agent credentials, nonprofit tax and IRS representation expertise, responsible use of Claude and AI tools, and full-time onsite work in Austin.

Lead and manage R&D tax credit and Sec.174/174A engagements: conduct technical client interviews, produce technical reports, prepare calculations and tax forms, supervise and mentor junior staff, manage engagement economics, perform technical tax research, support business development, and act as client representative with the IRS. Work remotely across many clients and industries while ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables and strengthening R&D tax expertise at the firm.

Provide federal income tax research and analysis for partnerships, S and C corporations; support M&A tax structuring, internal restructurings, and due diligence; draft memos, firm alerts, and training materials; mentor and advance within the National Tax Office.

Provide live virtual tax consultation and preparation via Intuit’s TurboTax platform. Review and sign returns, advise on federal and California tax issues, assist customers with software navigation, optimize deductions, and ensure accuracy. Participate in paid training and use company tools (video chat, CRM, research databases) to deliver secure, customer-focused service during peak tax season.

Manage federal, state, local, and international tax compliance, including income, sales and use, VAT, withholding, and property taxes. Oversee tax filings, reconciliations, projections, audits, controls, regulatory monitoring, third-party consultants, and tax planning. Drive process improvements, support internal and external audits, prepare journal entries, and communicate tax risks and opportunities to leadership. The role may require occasional evenings or weekends.

Lead and manage state and local income and franchise tax engagements, including planning, compliance, return preparation and review, tax research, audit defense, multi-state analyses, staff supervision and client communication.

Prepare complex partnership and corporate tax returns involving transactional tax matters, reorganizations, basis adjustments, waterfall allocations, multi-state exposure, and 1031 exchanges. Support private equity and family office clients, conduct technical tax research, resolve issues with senior team members, and gradually assume review responsibilities while managing multiple engagements remotely.

The role involves working on Indirect tax audits and providing consulting services. Responsibilities include tax analysis, research, and project management for clients in various industries.

The Tax Senior Associate reviews tax information, prepares various tax returns, conducts tax research, and maintains client confidentiality while providing tax advice.

Prepare and review individual, corporate, partnership, nonprofit, trust, estate and gift tax returns; handle complex multi-state and international issues; assist with tax planning, IRS audits, tax research, supervise staff, and meet client deadlines.

Prepare and review individual, corporate, partnership, nonprofit, trust, estate, and gift tax returns; handle complex multi-state and international tax issues; assist with tax planning, projections, and audits; supervise and train staff and interns; perform tax research; and manage project deadlines while maintaining up-to-date knowledge of tax rules and regulations.

The Tax Controversy Associate will research tax laws, assist with IRS exams, and manage penalty abatement requests. Requires effective communication and team collaboration.