Tax Internship
About the role
Atherton & Associates, LLP is a quality firm founded more than 100 years ago with a strong commitment to providing the highest possible level of service to our clients. We provide tax planning and preparation, estate planning, accounting, auditing, and general business advisory services for a diverse client base, including agriculture, food processing, cooperative, real estate, transportation, manufacturing, warehousing, and medical industries.
This internship offers self-motivated college students a glimpse into working in a professional CPA firm environment. It’s an opportunity to observe daily challenges, routines, cycles, and tax and accounting language while developing people skills, collaboration, communication, time management, and teamwork in a professional setting. Work schedules will be arranged around academic commitments.
Responsibilities
- Perform administrative and clerical tasks related to tax return preparation.
- Support the onboarding of new clients by coordinating system setup across internal platforms.
- Curate and organize client documentation to facilitate efficient and accurate tax preparation.
- Contribute to the management and flow of client information throughout the firm.
- Assist with the development of comprehensive client tax support files.
- Support the preparation of selected client tax forms in alignment with firm standards.
- Support the offboarding of departing clients.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing an associate degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a related discipline, with an interest in accounting.
- In good academic standing, making satisfactory progress toward degree.
- Full-time or part-time availability according to school schedule.
- Positive “can-do” attitude and passionate about learning.
- High attention to detail.
Pay
$20 per hour.
Benefits
- California Paid Sick Leave.