TAX Examiner 1 - Underfill

The Position

Tax Examiners are responsible for licensing/registration, collecting taxes and fees, and assisting taxpayers to ensure compliance with the applicable tax and registration statutes.

Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation. OR Incumbents perform basic tasks or elements of the job not requiring the additional knowledge, skills and abilities to perform at the next level in the series.

This announcement will be used to underfill a Tax Examiner 2 position within the Department of Motor Vehicles-Motor Carrier Division located in North Las Vegas. The Motor Carrier division is responsible for ensuring compliance with Nevada's Fuel Tax laws for special fuel users and motor fuel suppliers in an effort to collect and distribute the maximum tax revenue; responsible for the registration of all commercial vehicles, conducting audits of interstate commercial registrant motor carriers, fuel users, and fuel suppliers; and complying with the International Registration Plan (IRP) and the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA); responsible for the regulation of Motor Carriers and the Fuel Industry through customer service and education and the administration of Nevada's laws to ensure compliance. This position requires the incumbent to meet several hard deadlines throughout the year, multitask, problem solve, and successfully assist customers through face to face, telephone and email interactions.

The Tax Examiner is responsible for assisting commercial motor vehicle carriers with special fuel tax returns by applying the IFTA rules, the IRP, and Federal Motor Carrier regulations; assists Motor Carriers with licensing/annual renewal application requirements; title of commercial vehicles; verifying for accuracy, calculating and processing special fuel/IFTA tax and tax refunds; the ability to correctly calculate penalties, interest, fines and sanctions associated with delinquent payments and delinquent filing requirements; establishes and maintains strong working relationships with their out of state counterparts, and representatives of state agencies and local municipalities as well as other agency staff members. The incumbent must possess good written and oral communication skills and will use these skills to make presentations and prepare written documents and reports as necessary; must possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently; work under pressure, meet high volume workload demands and multiple deadlines.

Incumbents must demonstrate knowledge of State and Federal Regulations relative to Motor Carrier including but not limited to the IRP, IFTA, NRS and NAC sections 365, 366, 371, 482 and 706. The selected candidate may be required to attend 2 to 4 weeks training in Carson City, NV. The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them.

All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. * THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-7_0/