Source: https://deftridge.com/job/individual-return-workpapers-california-dt-9202785/ Title: Individual Return Workpapers, remote, California | Deftridge Summary: Individual Return Workpapers for a specialist Tax Preparation Support, remote in California. $68-$77 an hour, 8 to 12 hours a month. Starts next week. Bundle Posted Oct 27 · DT-9202785 # Individual Return Workpapers Specialist · Tax Preparation Support · Remote · California only **$68–$77** / hour About $580–$870 a month. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Property developer · 501–1,000 employeesCL-65100 · based in San Bernardino - **Where** Remote · California only - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 8–12 h a month - **Start** Starts next week - **Level** Specialist · 2-5 years - **When you work** Two set slots a week **1,445** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This property developer (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a specialist Tax Preparation Support for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 8–12 h a month. Collects source documents and prepares workpapers for review. A named list of recurring items keeps the month predictable for both sides. It works in real estate and construction, where project documents change often. The work is fully remote, but the company can only contract people who live in California, so this one is for residents there. The work runs in two set slots a week, agreed with the team at the start. ## What you deliver - Prepare workpapers for 15 individual returns from client documents, with open questions listed for the preparer. - A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week - A month-end summary with hours used against the cap - The monthly list of items completed, each with a link to the result ## What a month looks like - Start of month: the company shares the items and the priorities - Mid-month: progress check of 15 minutes - Month end: hours used against the cap, results and open items **Duration:** 8 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted when the company contact confirms the deliverable against the written checklist. One round of edits is included. ## Tools CCH Axcess Lacerte Excel ## Who fits - 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Tax Preparation Support, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in CCH Axcess, Lacerte and Excel - A professional qualification is required for any sign-off; the company keeps the final signature, you prepare and review. - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader - Experience in a similar industry ## Not included - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so - Managing other contractors or employees - A signature or opinion in your own name: sign-off stays with the company ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Specialist Tax Preparation Support - **Experience** 2-5 years in finance & accounting - **Tools** CCH Axcess, Lacerte, Excel - **Offers** 10 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** $72 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $72 an hour, is **below** the median specialist Tax Preparation Support rate in California ($115). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $115 This task $72 $63 $143 [All Tax Preparation Support jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/tax-preparation-support/united-states/) · [Tax Preparation Support rates in California](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/california/) · [Finance & Accounting jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/finance-and-accounting/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-65100 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Individual Return Workpapers is noted. 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