Job opening: Tax Law Specialist
Salary: $143 736 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Mar 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE Tax Exempt/Government Entities (TEGE)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:
Tax Exempt and Government Entities: Exempt Organization and Government Entities
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Analyzes developments resulting from litigation, legislative action, regulations, and departmental policy and initiates changes in areas where necessary.
Advises the Division Commissioner or Division Director/Director, Technical Guidance, or Director ACAon issues pertaining to uniform interpretation and application of laws involving ACA or organizations exempt from income tax, and procedural and administrative provisions with respect to such organizations.
Reviews proposed legislation and regulations and proposed revenue rulings for adequacy and accuracy, and advises Division Commissioner or Division Director/Director, Technical Guidance or Director ACA on potential areas of controversy or conflict and overall technical soundness of proposals, and evaluates the effect of legislation and court decisions on programs.
Coordinates, on behalf of the Division Commissioner or Division Director/Director, Technical Guidance, or Director ACA with the Office of the Chief Counsel, Health Care Counsel, other Operation Divisions and/orJustice Department in providing technical advice and assistance in connection with ACA, employee plans, exempt organizations, or government entity or appeals matters in litigation or preparing to go to litigation.
Serves as liaison between the TE/GE or Appeals Division, or ACA and relevant Congressional Committees.Serves as liaison between Chief Counsel's office, Health Care Counsel, and the TE/GE or Appeals Division.
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-15 LEVEL:
You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience that demonstrated accomplishment of legal, tax accounting, or other project assignments that required a wide range of mastery knowledge of Federal tax laws, regulations, precedent decisions, or other areas directly related to this position. This experience must include an expert knowledge of exempt organizations (non-profit organizations) and demonstrate the ability to analyze several alternative approaches in the process of advising management concerning major aspects of Federal tax laws, regulations, and precedent decisions.
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
Education
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
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
- Email: [email protected]