Indirect Tax Researcher

The role

You will research complex US sales and use tax and global VAT questions. You will translate these conclusions into structured rules, logic, and data for the product and tax engine.

What you will do

• Research sales and use tax laws across US jurisdictions and VAT laws across global markets.
• Analyze taxability, sourcing, nexus, exemptions, rates, and filing requirements.
• Interpret statutes, regulations, administrative guidance, rulings, forms, and EU directives.
• Monitor US and international legislative and regulatory changes.
• Translate sales tax and VAT law into structured rules, decision trees, and product categories.
• Work with Product and Engineering to turn tax rules into product behavior.
• Build test cases covering common scenarios, edge cases, and exceptions.
• Use AI agents and research tools to find authority and extract structured information.
• Review sales tax and VAT content, classifications, and product logic.
• Help define tax ontology, research standards, and review processes.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of indirect-tax experience, with deep knowledge of US sales and use tax and VAT.
• Significant experience researching and interpreting US and international primary tax authority.
• Ability to translate complex sales tax and VAT conclusions into clear, structured, and testable requirements.
• Comfort working with structured data, spreadsheets, tax research platforms, and technical systems.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.
• Hands-on interest in using AI tools to improve tax research and content development.

Nice to have

• Experience at a tax technology company, tax content provider, Big Four firm, SALT practice, or indirect-tax advisory firm.
• Experience researching VAT for digital services, SaaS, e-commerce, or cross-border transactions.
• Familiarity with EU VAT directives and country-specific VAT guidance.
• Experience working with tax engines, product taxability classifications, rates, sourcing rules, place-of-supply rules, or tax content.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, APIs, data models, or rule-based systems.
• Experience building or reviewing AI-assisted tax research workflows.
• CPA, CMI, JD, LLM, MST, or another relevant tax credential.

Benefits

• Company-covered benefits
• Meaningful equity
• Paid time off

About the company

Taxwire is building an AI-native global sales tax engine and managed service for finance teams. They handle sales tax and VAT for mid-market companies and accounting or tax firms.