Tax Accountant / Specialist

RemoteCONTRACTORPosted 3 months ago

Remote

About the Role

Role Overview

Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced tax professionals. You'll translate real tax compliance, provision, and planning work into structured, high-quality training data that teaches AI to reason about how tax accountants actually work.

Focus Areas

Tax — across corporate, individual, partnership / pass-through, SALT, and international sub-specialties.

Key Responsibilities

Design realistic scenarios from your tax work — return preparation (1040 / 1120 / 1120-S / 1065), tax provision (ASC 740), responses to notices / IDRs and controversy support, tax planning and estimated payments
Review and compare AI-generated tax outputs for technical accuracy and defensible positions
Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs tax tasks
Collaborate asynchronously with the research team

Ideal Qualifications

CPA or EA (Enrolled Agent)
A clear tax sub-specialty — corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, or international / cross-border
Public accounting (firm) or in-house tax experience
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
Strong written communication and attention to detail

Application Process

Submit a resume or a short summary of your tax experience
Complete a short form on your practice area, specialties, and certifications
Selected applicants may complete a brief sample task

What You'll Do

Role Overview Mercor is collaborating with a leading AI lab to engage experienced tax professionals.

You'll translate real tax compliance, provision, and planning work into structured, high-quality training data that teaches AI to reason about how tax accountants actually work.

Focus Areas Tax — across corporate, individual, partnership / pass-through, SALT, and international sub-specialties.

Key Responsibilities Design realistic scenarios from your tax work — return preparation (1040 / 1120 / 1120-S / 1065), tax provision (ASC 740), responses to notices / IDRs and controversy support, tax planning and estimated payments Review and compare AI-generated tax outputs for technical accuracy and defensible positions Provide clear written feedback that improves how AI performs tax tasks Collaborate asynchronously with the research team Ideal Qualifications CPA or EA (Enrolled Agent) A clear tax sub-specialty — corporate, individual, partnership, SALT, or international / cross-border Public accounting (firm) or in-house tax experience Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field Strong written communication and attention to detail Application Process Submit a resume or a short summary of your tax experience Complete a short form on your practice area, specialties, and certifications Selected applicants may complete a brief sample task