Equipment Leasing Sr Tax Accountant - Twp of Washington NJ

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Sales & Use Tax:

• Sales & Use tax preparation and filings for all 50 states, and various county & city jurisdictions (M, Q, A).

• Responsible for researching tax rates and taxability of various types of lease transactions.

• Evaluation of customer presented Exemption Certificates.

• Provide Proof of Sales Tax paid for customer audits.

• Prepare and Issue Highland Resale Certificates for all states and multi-state jurisdictional form.

• Business Licenses:

• File Business Licenses annually for states, counties, cities (new and renewals).

• Tax Research:

• Research tax implications of various lease transaction structures.

• Research Tax Regulations and Reporting requirements for all 50 states and county & city jurisdictions.

• Respond to internal sales force tax questions/issues via contact with appropriate jurisdiction.

• Handle any correspondence received from jurisdictions.

• State Corporate Income & Franchise Tax :

• Preparation of Sate Corporate Income / Franchise Tax returns for Highland Capital Corp approximately 46 states.

• Preparation and Filing of Quarterly Estimate and Extension payments.

• Calculate Allocations / Apportionments by State.

• Provide supporting documentation to VNB Corporate Tax Dept with regard to the NY & NJ returns.

• Prepare Book-to-Tax Rollforward file.

• Federal Tax Support:

• Preparation of data required of Valley Tax Department for purposes of filing the Highland Capital Corp 1120 return.

• Preparation of support for form 1120 M1 items: Depreciation on true leases and fixed assets, Rentals on True leases, Interest income deduction, Non-accrual Income.

• Secretary of State (SOS) Annual Reports:

• Responsible for Highland's registration with every state's Secretary of State Department.

• Preparation of each state's SOS Annual Reports.

• Personal Property Tax:

• Liaison between Highland and 3rd party outsource company Advance Property Tax Compliance Group (APTC).

• Provide details relating to Property Tax Charges for lessees requesting the information.

• Tax Audits and General Tax Compliance:

• HCC contact person for all Tax Auditors from various states (Sales & Use, State Corporate Income / Franchise).

• General Ledger:

• Insure that General Ledger tax accounts reconcile to tax return activity.