Job description

Job Title- Taxpayer

Job Type- Full time

Job Location- Rockville Centre, NY (Hybrid)

Responsibilities:

• Heavy emphasis on tax research.
• Regular client contact and project management.
• Designing and structuring transactions to achieve income, gift, estate, GST, and state and local tax outcomes.
• Composing formal and informal client communications to assist in understanding complex tax matters.
• Drafting IRS Circular 230-compliant tax opinions.
• Supervising and training younger and less experienced staff.
• Writing short-form and long-form articles, compiling materials for presentations, and participating in marketing of the firm’s tax practice.

Perks:

• Robust benefits package, including group life and disability insurance for every employee, 401(k) safe harbor match, contribution toward health insurance premiums, complementary gym membership for you and your spouse, streaming service reimbursement (e.g., Netflix), and wholesale club reimbursement (e.g., Costco).
• Transparent communication across the department and the firm at large.
• Encouragement of continuing education (both presenting and attending), networking, and suggestions to improve firm operations.
• Mentorship about technical aspects of law practice and how to build a book of business.
• Unique path to the title of Partner.

Qualifications:

• Required: At least five years of experience at a law firm or accounting firm performing income tax work, with at least some experience in a combination of real estate taxation (Section 1031 exchanges especially), taxation of trusts/estates, and taxation of pass-thru entities
• Required: Familiarity with all aspects of Microsoft Office, with a particular emphasis on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; mastery of Microsoft Office preferred
• Strongly Preferred: Authorship of an IRS Circular 230-compliant tax opinion
• Strongly Preferred: Demonstrable history of direct client contact, project management, or supervision and training of younger staff
• Preferred: Master of Laws in Taxation from NYU, Georgetown, Boston U., or Miami
• Preferred:Dual-licensed attorney/CPAs
• Preferred: Experience performing employee benefits taxation work
• Preferred: Experience in any of the following areas: Qualified Opportunity Zones, fiduciary income tax, cross-border corporate tax, taxation of bankruptcy, or taxation of mergers and acquisitions
• Experience with Clio a plus
• Fluency in any language other than English a plus

Submit the following materials to jdone@frblaw.com when applying:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Tax-focused Writing Sample
• LL.M. Transcript, if you achieved your LL.M. within the last three years

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $110,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)

Experience level:

• 4 years
• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Rockville Centre, NY 11570: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Tax experience: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPA (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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