Job opening: Tax Law Specialist (Knowledge Network (K-Net) Specialist)
Salary: $103 409 - 157 934 per year
Published at: Oct 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE TEGE- Tax Exempt/Government Entities 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 Employee Plans, Rulings & Agreement, Technical, Group 7577
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Serves as a subject matter expert on designated technical, procedural or administrative issue(s) or topic(s) for the K-Net and to the TE/GE community.
Provides expert advice and responds to requests for information, to include assistance to the Field using a customer-centric approach, providing collaboration in the identification, review, development and resolution of issues. Identifies, develops and delivers assistance for the field on emerging or strategic issues from all potential sources and effectively elevates as appropriate.
Develops, reviews and updates tools, technical information, forms, returns and correspondence in response to changes in law, procedures or inquiries.
Collaborates and communicates frequently among K-Net Core and Extended Core Teams, other subject matter experts and the broader Network on topics related to the relevant issue, development of responses to questions, and on the development of resources, assistance and training. Facilitates K-Net interactions with multiple stakeholders and senior level audiences to resolve issues.
Develops and delivers the most recent resolution strategies on issues, including complex and unusual audit procedures and innovative approaches for the solution of high impact issues or new approaches to emerging or existing issues to the broader community.
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-13 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: 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; In addition, you must have Experience using federal tax law research and publication systems; and Experience providing timely written analysis or training material regarding legislation, regulations, IRS releases, and court cases that impact employee plans; and Experience communicating effectively orally and in writing to provide written materials or oral briefings on the impact of new legislation and formal guidance on employee plans; and Experience resolving conflicting viewpoints on the meaning and impact of new legislation and formal guidance on employee plans.
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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 TEGE - Employee Plans
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
- Phone: 866-743-5748