Would you like to help serve fellow Americans while being exposed to the work of a Federal Career, including experience with solid work assignments that will help you grow professionally through training and mentorship? If your answer is YES, the IRS Office of the Chief Counsel Adopt-A-School/Pathways Internship Program is for you! This exciting program offers students paid internship opportunities to work in agencies and explore Federal careers while still in school.

Duties

The Office of Division Counsel, Large Business and International (LB&I) is headquartered in Washington, DC and has five Area Counsels located in Manhattan, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; and San Francisco, CA. Each Area Counsel is responsible for legal work within a defined geographic group. Large Business and International provides legal services to the LB&I Division of the Internal Revenue Service. LB&I taxpayers are corporations, subchapter S corporations, and partnerships with substantial assets. LB&I works with complicated issues of tax law and accounting principles in the context of an expanding global environment. LB&I employs over 340 attorneys nationwide, who provide a full range of legal services on all issues, including advising LB&I compliance agents, handling litigation in the U.S. Tax Court, and referring and recommending litigation to the Department of Justice. The Office of Division Counsel, Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) is made up of approximately 500 trial attorneys, paralegals, and leaders charged with representing the Commissioner in the vast majority of cases before the United States Tax Court (over 30,000 cases in 2015). SBSE takes its mission of representing the Commissioner and our nation very seriously every time we appear before a judge. SB/SE supports the client every step of the way from providing advice on a specific case to the largest agency-wide initiatives. SB/SE advises and assists the client in many ways, including legislative and guidance proposals, enforcement projects, the development and delivery of training, crafting questions for witness interviews, drafting summonses, and review of documents. SB/SE works on a wide variety of issues, from corporations, S corporations, LLCs, LLPs, estates, and partnerships with assets less than 10 million dollars, to those involving individuals filing Schedules C, E, F, and Form 2106. SB/SE also works on employment tax issues, Affordable Care Act (ACA) issues, all aspects of collection, penalties and interest, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Reports of Foreign Financial Accounts (FBAR), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and most international issues faced by individual taxpayers. The following are the duties of the Student Trainee (Administrative & Office Support) IRS Chief Counsel Adopt A High School Intern at the GS-01 grade level within either LB&I or SB/SE. You will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this developmental position.

Requirements

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• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this internship position, ALL of the following requirements must be met: Academic Enrollment: You must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, two-year or four-year college or university, graduate, or professional school (go to https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/ to verify accreditation status). Individuals who are enrolled must be taking at least a half-time academic, vocational, or technical course load leading to a degree, diploma, or certificate. "Half-time" is defined by the school in which the student is enrolled. Please note, enrollment in summer school is not required. Good Academic Standing: Applicants must have at least a 2.5 GPA. Qualification Requirements: Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications for this position as outlined below: Qualification Requirements: To qualify for the GS-01 level, students must be enrolled in a high school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) program. This requirement must be met by the closing of this announcement. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PATHWAYS PROGRAM? For additional information regarding the Pathways Program, please refer to the following website: www.usajobs.gov/StudentsAndGrads.

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.

Contacts

• Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing and Classification Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: Corri Munro
• Phone: 469-801-1028
• Email: [email protected]