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Duties

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER SERVICESDIVISION? 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: Taxpayer Services Customer Assistance, Relationship and Education, Media and Publications, Tax Forms and Publications The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Performs research and analysis on matters of tax law, to interpret specific Federal tax laws, regulations, congressional committee reports, revenue rulings, revenue procedures, pending legislation, and translate these matters into tax forms, instructions, explanatory publications and other materials to enable taxpayers to understand and meet their filing and other tax responsibilities. Prepares drafts of selected new or revised material to assure that needs of internal customers are met, and to assure that the Federal tax laws are administered effectively. Coordinates the interests of the various Service organizational units. Reviews and assists with suggestions from taxpayers, tax practitioner, industry, public interest and other groups, and internal customers, regarding simplification, burden reduction, and other improvements to division products. Assists in developing specific paperwork reduction, and other improvements to division products. Recommends creation of additional products to reflect tax law, etc. chances, and to address previously unmet customer needs. Provides assistance on tax law matters to other Service functions, including review of products dealing with tax law matters created by other functions. This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.

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-11: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with 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. OR LL.M. degree with specialization in taxation. OR A combination of qualifying graduate education and experience as described above. 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 (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.

Contacts

• Address TS - CARE-Customer Assistance, Relationship and Education 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748
• Email: [email protected]