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Duties

WHAT IS THE Tax Exempt & Government Entities Division (TE/GE)? 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: 1 Vacancy in: TEB Group 7220 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. Leads national analysis of tax issues involving significant tax transactions related to specific taxpayers or across taxpayer, industry, and international boundaries. May initiate, plan, implement, control, modify, and execute all or parts of a national project or assignment associated with certain areas of issue specialization. Functions as a resource in technical areas of expertise. Collaborates and coordinates with other experts, revenue agents, counsel attorneys, appeals officers, and/or specialists throughout IRS to leverage and expand expertise and ensure consistent application and interpretation of tax laws within those areas. Serves as a technical expert on significant Tax-Exempt Bonds issuances and Tax-Exempt Bonds return activity. The incumbent provides expert advice that potentially impacts the organization's overall tax compliance strategy and the Tax-Exempt Bond programs. Coordinates or participates in management-initiated studies such as compliance initiative projects, congressional studies, regulation projects, tax shelters, and emerging issues. As necessary, coordinates such activities with management, counsel, IRS teams, and subject matter experts in Knowledge Networks, industry representatives, and groups analyzing news media, market reports, trade publications, corporate prospectus, and stakeholder reports.

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-time work 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: BASIC REQUIREMENTS All GRADES: A Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or a bachelor's or higher degree in accounting that included at least 30 semester hours in accounting or 24 semester hours in accounting and an additional 6 semester hours in related subjects such as business law, economics, statistical/quantitative methods, computerized accounting or financial systems, financial management, or finance. OR A bachelor's or higher degree in a field other than accounting or a combination of education and experience equivalent to 4 years that included at least 30 semester hours in accounting or 24 semester hours in accounting and 6 semester hours in related subjects as described above. OR Currently or previously held an Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512 position for at least one year. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-14: You must have at least one year of specialized experience in tax advantaged municipal finance transactions at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes progressively responsible and diversified professional accounting or auditing work that requires experience in legal, tax accounting, or other experience in one or more positions that required as a primary responsibility frequent application of Federal tax laws, regulations, precedent decisions, or other guidance related to tax advantaged municipal finance transactions or tax-exempt bonds. Experience applying professional accounting principles, theory, and practices to analyze and interpret accounting books, records, or systems specifically to determine their effect on complex tax exempt and tax credit bond issuances and their adequacy for recording transactions; Interpreting and applying Federal tax laws, regulations, precedent decisions, or other guidance to tax advantaged municipal finance transactions for governmental, municipal and/or private entities; experience with business and trade practices to develop tax issues based on analysis and evaluation of tax advantaged municipal finance transactions, based on business and/or governmental operations and considering financial conditions; Municipal financial transactions and financial management principles and practices; Interacting effectively with a broad range of individuals and in negotiating with specialists in accounting, legal, tax, governmental and other similar business-related professions; Experience effectively and persuasively writing and orally communicating complex technical positions related to tax advantaged municipal finance transactions; Reconciling arbitrage computations in determining rebate and yield restriction liabilities and arbitrage claims for compliance with Federal tax laws; Presenting and/or developing workshops, formal training, classes, outreach, or in industry panels on technical information on the tax advantaged bond compliance requirements; Analyzing and adjudicating claims, appeals, settlement offers, examination issue resolutions, or alternate resolution opportunities related to tax advantaged municipal finance transactions; Resolving complex tax issues involving overall financing structures, issues, and transactions requiring in-depth knowledge of tax advantaged municipal finance law 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 TEGE - Exempt Organizations and Government Entities 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748