Position TAX SPECIALIST, TAX ACCOUNTANT

Education
2010, May-September: passed Enrolled Agent Exams (part 1, part 2, part 3, the A
pplication for Enrollment to Practice Before the Internal Revenue Services filed
with the IRS).
2008-2010 H&R Block advanced tax courses (including Estates, Trusts, Partnership
s, Corporations, and Tax exempt organizations taxation) and H&R Block certificat
ion exams for Tax Specialist III, Tax Advisor I, Tax Advisor II, Tax Advisor III
, and Tax Advisor IV.
2008-2009 Advanced Accounting (124A, 124B, UCLA, CA);
2008 - Intermediate Accounting (120A, 120B, 120C, UCLA, CA).
2007 Financial accounting, Managerial accounting (Golden West College, CA).
2007 - Income Tax Fundamentals (including tax withholding, estimated payments, p
ayroll taxes), UCLA, CA.
2004 - Certification in bookkeeping (International Accounting Principles) from t
he International Association of Bookkeepers, London.
1993 - Masters degree in Business, specialization in Operations Management. The
State Academy of Public Service (previous name: Moscow Technological Institute,
Russia). Thesis title: Development of measures to form the management system fo
r professional growth of specialists at an enterprise.
1992 - Bachelors degree in Business, with Honors. Moscow Technological Institute
, Russia.
Employment
(last 10 years)
November 2009-April 2010
Tax Advisor IV, H&R Block (seasonal job), Orange county, CA
Prepared tax returns for individuals (Federal and California tax returns) with
education expenses, job-related expenses, Schedule A Itemized Deductions, Schedu
le B Interest and Dividend Income, Schedule C Profit or Loss From Business, Form
4797 Sales of Business Property, Form 8824 Like-Kind Exchanges, Schedule D Capi
tal Gains and Losses, Schedule E Supplemental Income and Loss, Canceled Debts, F
oreclosures, Repossessions, Abandonments (for Individuals). Advised clients on t
ax savings and avoiding penalties.

April 2009-August 2009

Tax Advisor I, H&R Block (seasonal job)
Orange county, CA
Prepared tax returns for individuals (Federal and California tax returns) with
education expenses (form 8917, 8863), job-related expenses (form 2106), Schedule
A Itemized Deductions, Schedule B Interest and Dividend Income, Schedule C Prof
it or Loss From Business, Schedule D Capital Gains and Losses, Schedule E Supple
mental Income and Loss.

November 2008-April 2009

Tax specialist II
H&R Block (seasonal job)
Orange county, CA
Prepared tax returns for individuals (Federal and California tax returns) with
education expenses (form 8917, 8863), Schedule A Itemized Deductions, Schedule B
Interest and Dividend Income, Schedule C Profit or Loss From Business, Schedule
D Capital Gains and Losses.

December 2007-August 2008

Tax associate
H&R Block (seasonal job)
Orange county, CA
Prepared tax returns for individuals (Federal and California tax returns) with
Schedule A Itemized Deductions, Schedule B Interest and Dividend Income, Schedul
e D Capital Gains and Losses.

September 2003 - June 2005

Corporate Secretary
JSC Togliatti-Khleb"
Togliatti, Russian Federation
Safeguarded the rights and interests of shareholders by providing observation o
f compliance of the Procedural Requirements of Corporate Governance by the corpo
rate bodies and officers; Prepared and sent Reports to the FCSM (Federal Commiss
ion for the Securities Market of Russian Federation).
November 2000-September 2003 Accountant for the back-office
Stock Brokerage Company Tekt, Ltd.
Togliatti, Russian Federation
Monitored monetary and share transactions; Prepared invoices; Researched and re
solved accounts receivable issues with clients; Calculated fees and expenses, ga
ins and profits on stock trading.

Skills MsOffice: Word (intermediate), Excel (intermediate: using charts, formula

s, writing macros, filtering, sorting and conditionally formatting data), Access
(intermediate), PowerPoint (intermediate); QuickBooks (basic), 10-key (by touch
).
Languages English, Russian