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Resume Roast for Tax Preparers

Tax preparer resumes are checked for credentials, return volume, and complexity, in that order. EA, CPA, or PTIN with hours, then how many returns a season and what kind. Prepared individual and business returns covers everyone from a strip-mall shop to a specialist. The reviewer wants 400 returns a season, S corps and multi-state, clean amendment record. Say the numbers.

What Gabe checks first on a Tax Preparer resume
  • Lead with credential status: EA, CPA, AFSP, or PTIN. Credentials decide which returns you can sign and which desks you can sit at.
  • Give season volume and mix, like 350 returns per season, 60 percent individual, 40 percent small business. Volume plus mix is the whole profile.
  • Name complexity you handle: multi-state, S corp and partnership, rental schedules, foreign income. Complexity is what separates preparers who charge more.
Worth knowing

Referred candidates are roughly 40 times more likely to reach an interview than cold applicants. (referral-to-interview research)

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