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Indiv Tax Paraprofessional

Red Rocks Community College

Short-Term CertificateCIP: 52.1601

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Lakewood, Colorado

    13300 W Sixth Ave, Lakewood, Colorado, 80228-1255

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingMonitoringWritingActive LearningComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision MakingTime ManagementService OrientationMathematics

Knowledge

English LanguageMathematicsCustomer and Personal ServiceEconomics and AccountingLaw and GovernmentAdministration and ManagementAdministrative

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionOral ExpressionNear VisionDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningInformation OrderingSpeech ClarityProblem SensitivitySpeech RecognitionWritten ExpressionCategory FlexibilityNumber FacilityMathematical Reasoning

Tasks

  • Compute taxes owed or overpaid, using adding machines or personal computers, and complete entries on
  • Use all appropriate adjustments, deductions, and credits to keep clients' taxes to a minimum.
  • Furnish taxpayers with sufficient information and advice to ensure correct tax form completion.
  • Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
  • Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved
  • Notify taxpayers of any overpayment or underpayment, and either issue a refund or request further pa
  • Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior managem
  • Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institut
  • Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and so
  • Write descriptions of the property being appraised.
  • Determine the appropriate type of valuation to make, such as fair market, replacement, or liquidatio
  • Document physical characteristics of property such as measurements, quality, and design.
  • Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
  • Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations
  • Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or no

Technology

Financial analysis softwareAccounting softwareProject management softwareTax preparation softwareElectronic mail softwareCompliance softwareData base user interface and query softwareHuman resources softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareDocument management softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareSpreadsheet softwareOffice suite softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP software

Tools

10-key calculatorsDesktop computersNotebook computersComputer laser printersComputer scannersLaptop computersMulti-line telephone systemsPersonal computersPhotocopiersComputer data input scannersLaser facsimile machinesPersonal digital assistants PDAPhotocopying equipmentScannersTablet computers

Work Values

RelationshipsSupportIndependenceAchievementWorking ConditionsRecognition
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Tax Preparers13-2082.00
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents13-2081.00
  • Financial Examiners13-2061.00
  • Appraisers of Personal and Business Property13-2022.00
  • Accountants and Auditors13-2011.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Short-Term Certificate)

  • Basic tax forms and instructions — locate and interpret under direct supervisor guidance during initial client file review.
  • Adding machines and personal computers — operate to compute taxes owed or overpaid on straightforward individual returns under close oversight.
  • Standard tax tables and rate schedules — reference and apply following step-by-step protocols provided by a senior preparer.
  • Client intake interviews — conduct with structured question guides to gather basic information on taxable income and deductible expenses.
  • Simple individual tax returns — assist in preparing by entering data into tax preparation software under direct supervision in a retail tax office.
  • Income statements and basic expenditure records — review to identify which tax forms are needed, with supervisor confirmation of each selection.
  • Data entry totals on forms prepared by others — check for arithmetic errors using spreadsheet software following a defined verification checklist.
  • Common federal and state tax filing deadlines — recognize and track using a shared calendar or project management tool to support timely submission.
  • Tax preparation software interfaces — navigate to input client data accurately into designated fields on standard W-2 and 1099-based returns.
  • Client communication — respond to routine questions about form requirements using scripted guidance provided by the supervising tax professional.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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