Corporate Tax Expert

Finance & Accounting • Independent Contractor • Remote • Weekly Payouts

About the work

We're building a high-quality library of corporate tax work products. You'll complete self-contained tax exercises from mock files (trial balances, intercompany agreements, deal documents) and produce the deliverable for each, graded against a rubric.

What you'll do

• Build quarterly and annual income tax provisions under ASC 740 with current and deferred calculations and rate reconciliation.

• Prepare returns and supporting workpapers across federal, state apportionment and international regimes, and forecast cash taxes by jurisdiction.

• Produce technical computations and studies: GILTI, FDII, BEAT, Pillar Two, 163(j) limitation, and net operating loss and attribute analysis.

• Build transfer pricing master file and local file documentation with intercompany agreement and policy review.

• Work transaction tax: diligence of exposures and attributes, structuring memos, and documented tax positions including FIN 48 reserves.

You're a fit if you have

• 4+ years in corporate income tax, in-house or Big 4.

• Depth in at least one of: provision and compliance, international and transfer pricing, or M&A tax.

Nice to have

• CPA; JD or LLM in Taxation; EA; CTA. Tax equity and HLBV modeling experience.

Assessment

An ASC 740 provision from a mock trial balance; a transfer pricing benchmarking memo; a deal tax structuring recommendation.

Note: this is corporate income tax. Individual return preparation, payroll tax, and sales-tax-only backgrounds are out of scope.

Details

• Pay: $2000 per task (task-based)
• Commitment: 15 hours per week • remote
• Eligible locations: United States
• Platform: Mercor (weekly payouts via Stripe or Wise)

Submit your application via the link below. Qualified candidates move through Mercor's short AI interview and selection process. Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.