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Tax Advisor (CPA)
Micro1 • Remote
Education
Not stated
Type
Hourly
Pay Rate
$80–$110/hr
Actively Hiring
20 openings
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Role Title: Tax Advisor (CPA) Role Type: Contractor (Part Time) Location: Remote (US Only) micro1 is engaging Tax Advising Experts to contribute to a customer's project focused on tax preparation and advisory services. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
Scope of Work
- Prepare and review personal (Form 1040) and small business (Schedule C, S-Corp 1120-S, Partnership 1065) income tax returns to ensure accuracy and compliance with current tax laws.
- Advise on tax optimization strategies and clarify complex tax concepts in clear written and verbal communication for clients.
- Assess and critique AI-generated tax advice or content against provided rubrics, delivering concise written feedback to drive model improvement.
- Verify documentation and support clients with questions regarding tax filing status, deadlines, and required forms.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of evaluation rubrics and grading criteria for tax-related outputs.
- Stay up to date with changes in federal and state tax codes relevant to client cases and project deliverables.
Required Qualifications
- Active CPA license in good standing, with eligibility to practice in the United States.
- Extensive experience in preparing and filing both personal and small business tax returns.
- Proficiency in current federal tax regulations and at least one state's income tax requirements.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to translate technical tax topics for diverse audiences.
- 5+ years of professional tax preparation/advisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with AI model evaluation, red-teaming, or providing feedback on machine-generated outputs (e.g., RLHF), though not required.
- Demonstrated ability in drafting rubrics, assessment guidelines, or scoring criteria for complex subject matter.
- Experience working with professional tax software such as ProSeries, Lacerte, or Drake is a plus.
Requirements
- CPA
- Income Tax Prep
- Income Tax Filing
- Communication
- Rubric
- AI Traning
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
Key responsibilities
- Prepare and review personal (Form 1040) and small business (Schedule C, S-Corp 1120-S, Partnership 1065) income tax returns to ensure accuracy and compliance with current tax laws.
- Advise on tax optimization strategies and clarify complex tax concepts in clear written and verbal communication for clients.
- Assess and critique AI-generated tax advice or content against provided rubrics, delivering concise written feedback to drive model improvement.
- Verify documentation and support clients with questions regarding tax filing status, deadlines, and required forms.
Why this role
Micro1's Tax Advisor (CPA) role pays $80-$110 per hour for part-time, US-based work with CPAs experienced in income tax preparation and filing. The project centers on tax preparation and advisory services, with reviewers applying a written rubric to grade AI-generated tax guidance. A CPA credential and hands-on filing experience are the qualifying background here.
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Can I apply to Micro1 from outside the US or UK?
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What does the day-to-day workload look like for elite-expert AI training roles?
Slow and deep, not fast and repetitive. A single task can take 45-60 minutes of researching citations or verifying complex calculations. Quality is what's being measured here, not throughput.
What does Accounting work look like for a Tax Advisor (CPA)?
Tasks here are scoped to Accounting, not generic labeling. As a Tax Advisor (CPA), expect to draw on real domain judgment (evaluating outputs, correcting errors, or providing expert reasoning specific to Accounting) rather than following a one-size-fits-all rubric. If you don't have hands-on Accounting background, this is likely not the right listing to start with.
What specific skills does this listing call for?
CPA, Income Tax Prep, Income Tax Filing, and Communication are named directly in the listing. If you don't have hands-on experience with these, expect the screening process to test for them directly rather than accepting adjacent experience as a substitute.
What does the 'openings' count on this listing mean?
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