Senior Tax Associate (Attorney) at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP in Rockville Centre, NY

Job description

• We are currently hiring an experienced associate or partner for our Long Island office to join the Tax practice group. This position is remote optional.

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.

Requirements

• · Required: At least five years of experience at a law firm or accounting firm performing income tax work
• · 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: Experience performing employee benefits taxation work
• · Preferred: Master of Laws in Taxation from NYU, Georgetown, Boston U., or Miami
• · Preferred: Experience in any of the following areas-- Section 1031 exchanges, Qualified Opportunity Zones, estate/gift/GST tax planning, fiduciary income tax, cross-border corporate tax, taxation of bankruptcy, or taxation of mergers and acquisitions
• · Fluency in any language other than English a plus

Skills

Required

• Tax research
• Client communication
• Project management
• Drafting tax opinions
• Supervision and training

Preferred

• Mastery of Microsoft Office
• Direct client contact
• Employee benefits taxation
• Clio

Benefits

• Estimated annual salary for the role is $150K-$210K