A Tax Accountant works for business owners and individuals. Thier job is to review and summarize the previous years financial data for their client, and then to accurately report that information to the governing tax athourity.

In most cases the Internal Revenue Service is the government agency for the United States, but each state has a department of revenue, and some local municipalities also have some tax forms.

It is important to realize that Tax Accountants often offer additional services such as bookkeeping, and financial analysis; however these are at the discretion of the tax accountant. Many Tax Accountants are quite qualified to offer these additonal services, but they are acting in a capacity other than tax accountants when these services are rendered.