Use this step by step explanation to craft a good employee performance feedback review for a tax accountant. Find the right words with quality phrases.

A tax accountant is responsible for the compilation of all the tax-related information and reporting it to taxation authorities at the State, county or local levels at the right time. He/She also provides ledger system support for the practical issues of financial and management reporting.

Besides providing advice on taxation, more duties include, filing federal, state or local tax documents in preparation for tax returns, preparing tax provision schedules by reviewing, consolidating and developing programs, maintaining legislative materials by examining, interpreting and implementing both new and revised laws, identifying profits of potential mergers and acquisitions by analyzing tax information and accomplishing accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Employee Performance Review Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Rating: Rate the employee against the core skills based on how well he/she demonstrates each skill. Give scores 1, 2, or 3 for each rating depending on the employee's performance.
  2. Comments: Use this area to give examples of employee's performance phrases. The phrases should describe how well an employee has performed on previously set goals based on the given core skill.
  3. Summary: Use this section to give a summary of the employee's strengths and areas for improvement or development. Recommend a step increase for an employee who has met the expectations and performance improvement plans for one who doesn't meet expectations.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources manager must examine and indicate whether he/she concurs with the evaluation and comments. If the manager agrees, then he/she must sign the evaluation form. If he/she doesn't concur, then he/she must provide reasons explaining why this is so.
  5. Signatures: Sign the evaluation form and give it to the employee to go through and answer the Self Evaluation Questions. Ask him/her to sign and date the evaluation form before giving it back to the human resources for filing.

Rating Meaning

The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies.

1

Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results.

2

The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work.

3

Supervisor's Feedback

Skill

Comments

Rating

CRITICAL THINKING: Critical Thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally while understanding the logical connection between ideas in a reflective and independent thinking.

Knows how to communicate ideas and issues easily in a very clear and concise manner.

Takes in into consideration different and varied perspectives when solving problems.

3

INNOVATION: Innovation is the process of translating new invention into a service that creates value or brings better solutions that meet the requirements.

Identifies problems easily and then comes up with potentially workable solutions

Always tries to suggest new alternatives of achieving pre-set goals and objectives.

3

ACCURACY: Accuracy refers to the closeness of a measured value to a known value or standard that is passed by the governing laws.

Listens actively and keenly to instructions and executes every detail or task required.

Looks at situations from different perspectives and not only in a one-sided way.

3

ADAPTABILITY: Adaptability is the ability to cope with and adapt to unexpected situations in any environment and staying connected with a great attitude.

Encourages others to take the initiative when new projects come along and to quickly adapt to situations

Volunteers to take the lead for an important presentation when a colleague comes down with an illness

2

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: Personal Relationships is the relationship between individuals who have or have had a continuing relationship of any nature either professional or informal.

Demonstrates to colleagues that one is listening carefully by paraphrasing what they have said and asking follow-up questions

Does own job well and makes a point of finishing own work on time in order to gain respect from other employees

3

PROBLEM/SITUATION ANALYSIS: Problem/Situation Analysis is the ability to solve problems and assess situations to know what kind of solution is required to calm it down.

Tries to break the problem down into smaller, manageable parts in order to decrease anxiety and think more clearly

Takes full responsibility for mistakes made from solutions that one has implemented and refrains from blaming other people

2

QUANTITY OF WORK: The quantity of Work is the amount of work accomplished by an employee against the expectations set by the employer.

Makes a list of short and long-term goals in order to stay focused and keep on top of the projects that one needs to complete

Sets realistic, attainable goals and regularly tracks their progress in order to know what level one is currently working at and what level one needs to be

3

BUSINESS TREND AWARENESS: Business Trend Awareness is the capacity to be conscious of the changing ways in which the companies are developing in the marketplace.

Possesses an enhanced forecasting ability and predicts future trends with a high level of accuracy

Stays up-to-date with the latest trends and implements policies that drive change towards the latest trends

3

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: Knowledge Management is the ability to manage knowledge and information that is presented to the company from different sources without overlooking any of them.

Demonstrates awareness of personal responsibility to manage knowledge and uses the set guidelines, processes, and standards to manage knowledge

Appreciates the importance of sharing knowledge appropriately and initiates activities that facilitate and encourage sharing of knowledge

3

WRITING REPORTS AND PROPOSALS: Writing Reports and Proposals is the ability to record business reports and plans for the company or project following the policies and procedures of the company.

Excels at connecting with the target audience when writing reports and proposals

Excels at developing paragraphs that introduce, develop, connect, and conclude ideas

3

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

CRITICAL THINKING:

How well do you research and gather facts and information before solving an issue?

Do you usually look at issues in a one-sided manner or at different angles?

[employee comments]
INNOVATION:

Explain how you go about when solving a problem or an issue?

Describe the best and the worst decision you have ever made?

[employee comments]
ACCURACY:

Give an instance you overloaded yourself with work and how you would rate the work you submitted.

How do you do your research and do you use factual data and information while doing any task?

[employee comments]
ADAPTABILITY:

Were there times you had to take in a new task when you were still heavily involved with another one?

When have you been forced to attend to an emergency in an unusual way and what was the outcome?

[employee comments]
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

In your opinion, what are the key ingredients in building and maintaining a successful business relationship? How have these worked for you?

What have you done to improve the relationship between you and your bosses? How has this relationship benefited your career?

[employee comments]
PROBLEM/SITUATION ANALYSIS:

Can you explain the steps you have taken to troubleshoot a problem? How effective have these steps been?

Describe a time when you have found a creative way to solve a problem. How did you feel?

[employee comments]
QUANTITY OF WORK:

Describe how you schedule tasks in a normal work day. What kind of tasks do you reserve for when you are most productive?

Is there an instance when you have used shortcuts to get a job done? How did this affect your productivity?

[employee comments]
BUSINESS TREND AWARENESS:

Can you think of any business trends that you predicted accurately?

What efforts are you making to know what customers want?

[employee comments]
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT:

What are you doing to improve your capabilities of reviewing knowledge requirements for new tasks?

How often do you encourage others to participate in networking opportunities that can assist in gaining more knowledge?

[employee comments]
WRITING REPORTS AND PROPOSALS:

What are you doing to improve how you connect with target audience when writing reports and proposals?

How often do you encourage others to employ writing styles that are reader-friendly?

[employee comments]

Summary

Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 5: To be completed by the employee

1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations

2. Areas to improve

3. Goals completed since last performance feedback

4. Goals for next period

5. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:
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