Source: https://deftridge.com/job/individual-return-workpapers-united-states-dt-3603080/ Title: Individual Return Workpapers, $93-110/h | Deftridge Summary: Individual Return Workpapers for a manager Tax Preparation Support, remote in the US. $93-$110 an hour, 8 to 12 hours a month. Starts within 2 weeks. Bundle Posted Nov 2 · DT-3603080 # Individual Return Workpapers Manager · Tax Preparation Support · Remote · United States **$93–$110** / hour About $810–$1,220 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** Industrial manufacturer making food packaging · 51–200 employeesCL-58701 · based in Bellevue - **Where** Remote · United States - **Format** Task bundle - **Time needed** 8–12 h a month - **Start** Starts within 2 weeks - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Evenings or weekends2 h a week overlap with PT **1,448** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This industrial manufacturer making food packaging (51–200 employees) is looking for a manager Tax Preparation Support for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 8–12 h a month. Collects source documents and prepares workpapers for review. The same kind of work comes back every month, so the company prefers one person with an hours cap over ad-hoc requests. It manufactures physical products, and the office team works to month-end and plant schedules. The work is fully remote. Any location in United States works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. Evenings or weekends are fine, as long as the agreed weekly output is there. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (PT). ## 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 named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost - A month-end summary with hours used against the cap ## 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:** 6 months, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price. ## Tools CCH Axcess Lacerte Excel ## Who fits - 7-12 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 - Experience in a similar industry - Has worked with a distributed team across time zones ## 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** Manager Tax Preparation Support - **Experience** 7-12 years in finance & accounting - **Tools** CCH Axcess, Lacerte, Excel - **Offers** 10 hours a month, weekday evenings - **Rate** $102 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $102 an hour, is **above** the median manager Tax Preparation Support rate in the United States ($95). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $95 This task $102 $64 $143 [All Tax Preparation Support jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/tax-preparation-support/united-states/) · [Tax Preparation Support rates in United States](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/united-states/) · [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-58701 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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