Tax Preparer, Individual Income Tax (Form 1040), TY2025 (EA/CPA) remote job
The Form 1040 Tax Preparer job is a remote contract role for active Enrolled Agents and CPAs who prepare individual returns. You would prepare full tax-year 2025 returns by hand, write notes that explain every figure, build complex tax scenarios, and review AI-generated returns for errors, ranking each by severity.
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Role facts, as shown on the listing
- Pay
- $50–$75 per hour
- Taken from the listing's pay field; the written description does not repeat a rate.
- Our arithmetic on the listed ranges: the midpoint here is $62.50 an hour, the lowest of the 8 Law & tax roles on this site; midpoints there run from $62.50 to $270.
- Hours
- Not stated in the listing
- Location
- Remote, United States
- Contract
- Contractor
- Openings
- 30 (as listed)
- Listed
- 5 Nov 2026
- Checked
- 6 Nov 2026
- Field
- Law & Tax
- Individual income tax preparation (form 1040)
- Tax law expertise (TY2025 rules)
- Complex return preparation (Schedule C, K-1s, investments, credits)
- Federal tax computation and analysis
What the work involves
- Prepare complete TY2025 federal individual returns from scratch, by hand, including worksheets, phase-outs, limits and carryovers.
- Write preparer notes so each number can be traced and reproduced.
- Build self-contained scenarios involving self-employment, K-1s, investments and credits.
- Review AI-generated returns and sort errors into critical, secondary and minor.
Before you apply: what the listing asks for
Listed as required
- An active EA or CPA who currently prepares individual returns.
- Three or more tax seasons on complex returns such as Schedule C, K-1s, investments and credits, not mainly W-2 work.
- Fluency in TY2025 rules, and the ability to compute a full return by hand and explain each number in writing.
Also stated in the listing
- Levels: Contributor meets the requirements above; Expert needs five or more tax seasons; Adjudicator needs ten or more years with review or sign-off duties.
Listed as preferred
- Specialties named: foreign tax credit, K-1 reporting, small-business items (Schedule C, Section 179, QBI), capital gains, and energy and education credits.
Who this is not for
Not a fit if you are not an active EA or CPA, or if your experience is mostly simple W-2 returns: the listing asks for complex-return experience and a US base.
Questions about this role
What does the Form 1040 tax preparer job pay?
The listing's pay field shows $50 to $75 per hour. The written description does not state a rate or hours.
Are there different levels?
Yes. The listing describes Contributor, Expert and Adjudicator levels, with more tax seasons or years of review responsibility at each step up.
Source: the role's job listing on micro1. Facts were checked on 6 Nov 2026; the description above is condensed and reworded by us. Confirm details on the original listing before you apply.