These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current tax accountant job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Tax Accountant
  • Senior Tax Accountant
  • Tax Associate
  • Tax Senior
  • Tax Manager
  • Tax Analyst
  • Corporate Tax Accountant
  • Individual Tax Preparer
  • Tax Preparer
  • Tax Specialist
  • International Tax Analyst
  • SALT Analyst
  • Transfer Pricing Analyst
  • Tax Compliance Manager
  • CPA Tax Accountant
  • EA Tax Preparer
  • CTA

Credentials

  • CPA
  • Enrolled Agent
  • EA
  • CTA
  • ATT
  • ADIT
  • CGMA
  • Tax LLM
  • CPA candidate
  • Series 79
  • PCAOB

Tax forms — individual

  • Form 1040
  • Schedule A
  • Schedule B
  • Schedule C
  • Schedule D
  • Schedule E
  • Schedule K-1
  • FBAR
  • FinCEN 114
  • Form 8938
  • Form 2555
  • Form 1116
  • Form 8621 PFIC
  • Form 5471
  • Form 709
  • Form 706
  • AMT Form 6251
  • Form 8960 NIIT
  • Form 8997 QOZ

Tax forms — business

  • Form 1120
  • Form 1120-S
  • Form 1065
  • Form 990
  • Form 1041
  • Schedule M-1
  • Schedule M-3
  • Schedule UTP
  • Form 5471
  • Form 5472
  • Form 8975
  • Form 6765 R&D credit
  • Form 8992 GILTI
  • Form 8993 FDII

Tax concepts

  • ASC 740
  • tax provision
  • ETR
  • effective tax rate
  • deferred tax
  • DTA
  • DTL
  • valuation allowance
  • FIN 48
  • uncertain tax position
  • UTP
  • TCJA
  • Sec. 199A
  • QBI
  • Sec. 163(j)
  • Sec. 174
  • Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation
  • R&D tax credit
  • SALT
  • nexus
  • apportionment
  • transfer pricing
  • GILTI
  • FDII
  • BEAT
  • BEPS
  • Pillar Two
  • foreign tax credit
  • FTC
  • FBAR
  • FATCA

Software

  • CCH Axcess Tax
  • CCH ProSystem fx
  • Lacerte
  • UltraTax CS
  • ProConnect
  • Drake Tax
  • ONESOURCE
  • Corptax
  • Bloomberg Tax
  • Vertex
  • Avalara
  • Sovos
  • Checkpoint
  • BNA
  • CCH AnswerConnect
  • RIA
  • Excel
  • Sage
  • QuickBooks

Long-tail phrases

  • tax accountant resume
  • CPA tax resume
  • tax associate resume
  • tax senior resume
  • tax accountant cv
  • tax accountant resume examples
  • tax accountant resume 2026
  • how to write a tax accountant resume
  • corporate tax accountant resume
  • individual tax preparer resume
  • tax manager resume
  • SALT tax resume
  • international tax resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Tax Accountant resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.