Job opening: Tax Examining Technician (Penalty Examiner)
Salary: $43 642 - 56 731 per year
Published at: Oct 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS/SELF-EMPLOYED (SB/SE)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: SB/SE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER EXAM SPECIALTY EXAMINATION BSA EXAMINATION
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Analyzes and resolves processing problems such as missing information, improperly submitted filings, and makes adjustments to the filer's account. Assesses penalties within established limits based on standard violations such as habitual errors, late filings, or non-response.
Conducts research in Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS) and Currency and Banking Retrieval System (CBRS), assembles case files, researches issues, determines and levies penalties and responds to various inquiries from Revenue Agents, penalized taxpayers, Taxpayer Advocate Staff, other IRS employees, taxpayer attorneys, and other taxpayer representatives concerning IRS/FinCEN Form 8300.
Inputs penalties into IDRS and processes IDRS account changes as necessary. Issues determination letters to sustain or waive the proposed penalty and transmits penalty letters for mailing. Provide filers or their representatives appropriate information concerning appeal rights and procedures. Perfects filed documents and makes corrections in the CBRS data base.
Accesses the Examination Returns Control System (ERCS) to update status codes when the case is received for closure processing, closes the Penalty record or updates the Administrative and Penalty records on ERCS to the group status if the file needs to be returned to the group for correction.
Conducts research in Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN Query) and the internet.
Opens, sorts, date stamps, distributes and answers incoming correspondence received.
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:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-5 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience that is in or related to this position and provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying experience include experience performing a variety of miscellaneous tasks involving researching and processing financial documents, reviewing information, and determining corrective action on accounts, researching for missing/unclear accounting information, and reviewing financial documents submitted for completeness.
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EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: four (4) years of education above high school in any field of study from an accredited college or university.
OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.
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.
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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 (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or
here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Contacts
- Address SBSE EXAM - Examination Deputy Operations
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
- Phone: 866-743-5748
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