Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, seeks enthusiastic individuals to serve taxpayers fairly and with integrity by providing correct and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws and the highest quality legal advice and representation for the IRS. Please click "Learn more about this agency" to find out more about Chief Counsel's various offices, to view some of the workplace attributes that Chief Counsel's workforce rates most favorably, and to hear from employees themselves.

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; Newark, NJ; 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. Our taxpayers are corporations, subchapter S corporations, and partnerships with substantial assets. We work with complicated issues of tax law and accounting principles in the context of an expanding global environment. LB&I employs over 380 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. As a General Attorney (Tax) (Assistant to the Associate Area Counsel) you will: Assist the AAC in the supervision of a group of attorneys and paralegals providing litigation support to the IRS. Assist the AAC in providing technical guidance on Tax Court litigation activities performed by the Group and assist the AAC in making determinations with respect to settlement of cases independently, or in consultation with the AAC or other senior managers. Advise the AAC on management and legal matters within the Group's jurisdiction, advising the AAC on unusual, sensitive, or potentially controversial cases, or issues requiring further development or elevation. Assist the AAC in establishing procedures to review and evaluate the effectiveness of Group litigation services and programs. Participate with AAC in promoting information sharing among the Group and other Counsel components, along with the IRS Appeals and Compliance functions in order to encourage communication networks and maintain awareness of new developments and initiatives which could impact Group or Area programs, goals or operations. Assist the AAC in ensuring that staff activities are coordinated, as appropriate, with other LB&I personnel, and other Division and Associate Chief Counsel Offices. Perform the full range of legal work typically assigned to a GS-14 attorney. This is not an all-inclusive list. THIS IS A DETAIL POSITION NOT-TO-EXCEED 1 YEAR. AT THE END OF THIS 1-YEAR ASSIGNMENT, INCUMBENT WILL RETURN TO THEIR FORMER POSITION OF RECORD. THIS POSITION MAY BE EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 YEAR WITHOUT FURTHER COMPETITION.

Requirements

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• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National

Qualifications

NO MINUIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR DETAIL ACTIONS, BUT YOU MUST BE A GS-14 ATTORNEY TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing and Classification Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: Laura Onan
• Phone: 469-801-1031
• Email: [email protected]