Forest Tax Compliance Manager

6 days ago


Olympia, Washington, United States Washington State Department of Revenue Full time

Job Summary

The Washington State Department of Revenue is seeking a highly skilled Revenue Forester 3 to manage forest tax assessments and compliance for a multi-county region. As a key member of our team, you will identify and investigate evaded or avoided forest tax, determine potential tax discovery and liability, and confirm accuracy of complex accounts.

Key Responsibilities

  • Verify species and volume of timber reported, as well as engineering encountered in road building and logging on timber harvest sites.
  • Provide forest tax law and administrative rule assistance to taxpayers.
  • Conduct records reviews of Small Harvester accounts.
  • Prepare final field audit reports for review by Forest Tax Operations Manager.
  • Work with counties and cities to ensure receipt of local permits for timber harvesting.
  • Perform log scaling and timber cruising when needed.
  • Represent the agency at meetings, hearings, classes, and conferences as required.

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in forest management, forest engineering, forest economics, or forest science, and three years of professional experience in timber sales administration, timber tax administration, forest practices enforcement, forest inventory and appraisal, logging engineering, log scaling, or timber marketing.
  • Or, two years as a Revenue Forester or equivalent.
  • The successful candidate must possess a valid State of Washington driver's license within 30 days of appointment.
  • Within 18 months of appointment to this class, incumbent must demonstrate successful completion of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) course in market valuation of real property or a minimum of three credit hours of related coursework from an accredited technical or vocational institution.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of professional principles, practices, and concepts of forestry, particularly in the area of forest engineering, timber harvesting, timber sales, timber marketing, and timber appraisal.
  • Knowledge of Arc GIS software, use of GPS, and handheld field computing devices.
  • Aerial photo interpretation and map/compass skills.
  • General computing skills, including applications in the Windows environment.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, sometimes in confrontational situations.
  • Knowledge of Forest Tax procedures, WACs, and RCWs.


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