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WHAT IS THE RESEARCH, APPLIED ANALYTICS AND STATISTICS (RAAS) DIVISION? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: RAAS-KNOWLEDGE- TAXPAYER BEHAVIOR LAB Research Applied Analytics & Statistics (RAAS) leads a data driven culture through innovative and strategic research, analytics, statistics, and technology services to support effective and efficient tax administration in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. This is an opportunity with the RAAS Taxpayer Behavior Lab (TBL) to provide tax law subject matter expertise and apply advanced tax law research to support TBL's Taxpayer Burden Modeling and Estimation Program, RAAS's role in Regulatory Impact Analysis work, and domestic and international tax projects conducted with internal and external stakeholders. TBL focuses on understanding taxpayer needs and behavior through surveys, behavioral research, and data analytics. Specific focus areas include compliance costs, behavioral insight research, and studies related to domestic and international tax compliance and noncompliance. The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Serves as subject matter expert in tax matters related to all taxpayer segments such as individuals taxpayers, corporations, S corporations, partnerships, tax-exempt organizations, estates, trusts, employers, information return issuers. Serves as subject matter expert in specialized research involving implementation of, or compliance with, the Internal Revenue Code and regulations. Provides subject matter expertise regarding tax and regulatory changes that impact taxpayer burden to inform the creation and modification of burden survey data collection instruments. Serves as an expert technical tax advisor in areas covered by obscure or difficult to interpret segments of independent statutes as they apply to TBL's Taxpayer Burden Modeling and Estimation Program and RAAS's role in Regulatory Impact Analysis work. Analyzes new and proposed legislation and recent court decisions to evaluate their potential impact taxpayer burden for TBL's Taxpayer Burden Modeling and Estimation Program, new and revised IRS regulations, and related behavioral research conducted with internal and external partners. Provides technical direction, instruction, and assistance on complex situations involving tax related Disclosure issues and privacy statutes to RAAS personnel. Serves as an expert technical tax advisor in areas covered by obscure or difficult to interpret segments of independent statutes as they apply to privacy and confidentiality issues. Develops confidentiality-related policies for RAAS application. Ensures that Disclosure programs and policies are fully compatible with related technical and administrative provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and regulations and rulings. Coordinates and conducts, from a confidentiality viewpoint, the review of the Internal Revenue Manual and procedural guidelines and materials prepared by functions within RAAS. Analyzes proposed and new statutory provisions and court decisions to evaluate their potential effect on Disclosure and privacy guidelines within the RAAS organization.

Requirements

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-14 LEVEL: You must have at one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Legal, tax accounting, or other experience that required knowledge of Federal tax laws, regulations, precedent decisions, or other areas related to the position to be filled. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Preparing, reviewing, or applying rulings, advisory letters, memoranda, etc. related to Federal taxation. Analyzing and adjudicating tax claims, appeals, settlement offers, or similar work related to Federal tax operations. Work as an attorney that required legal research, analysis, and preparation of briefs or similar documents interpreting laws and regulations. Work as an accountant, auditor, or investigator that required application of Federal tax accounting principles and/or the Internal Revenue Code and related laws. In addition to the above you must have experience with Federal tax laws, regulations, revenue rulings, and revenue procedures to develop clear, concise, well-written and easy-to-understand explanatory material, such as executive briefings and research papers. Experience applying tax law related to individual, business entity, exempt organization, trust, and estate tax situations. Experience researching and analyzing new and proposed tax legislation, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Experience preparing and delivering written and oral communications to internal and external stakeholders to explain the application and impact of new and proposed tax legislation. Experience providing information to taxpayers, their representatives, and others regarding the proper application of tax law to the taxpayer's tax situation. AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks. AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens". For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

A copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If the position has specific education requirements and you currently hold, or have previously held, a position in the same job series with the IRS, there is no need to submit a transcript or equivalent at this time. Applicants are encouraged, but are not required, to submit an SF-50 documenting experience in a specific series. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Contacts

• Address RAAS - Knowledge 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748