Job opening: Correspondence Examination Technicians
Salary: $39 576 - 71 999 per year
Published at: Nov 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER SERVICESDIVISION?
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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
Taxpayer Services Return Integrity and Compliance Services - Refundable Credits Examination Operations (RCEO)
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level.
Performs case analysis on pre-classified returns and unresolved responses such as those involving unagreed/complex IRP issues referred from other areas of the service center to determine the nature, scope, and direction of the examination. Incumbent identifies and resolves additional issues as they arise during the course of examination.
Keeps abreast of Examination programs and tax law changes.
Contacts taxpayers through correspondence or telephonically to obtain information, explain liability, and encourage compliance.
Performs necessary research using IDRS and AIMS generated material, and orders documents and transcripts pertinent to issues. Computes/recomputes gross income and makes appropriate adjustments based on information on the tax returns and schedules, information supplied by the taxpayer, taxpayer's representative, and/or third party, as well as individual judgment of overall case intent.
Reconstructs transactions for which records are sketchy and identifies prior processing errors to determine whether to assess or waive tax liability.
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.
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-05 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 related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance.
Examples of experience qualifying as specialized include:
Preparing, receiving, reviewing, and verifying documents.
Processing transactions; maintaining office records.
Locating and compiling data or information from files and other data sources
Contacting customers through correspondence or telephone to obtain information, explain liability, and encourage compliance.
OR
EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:
A bachelor's degree or 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. Only education in excess of 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours or 1440 classroom hours is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement for the GS-5 level. For example, one full year of academic study (30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or 720 formal classroom hours) beyond the second year is equal to 6 months of specialized experience. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, college or university.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-6 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance.
Examples of experience qualifying as specialized include:
Preparing, receiving, reviewing, and verifying documents.
Processing transactions; maintaining office records and locating and compiling data or information from files and other data sources.
Processing a variety of tax returns and reports.
Examining tax returns and supporting documents for current and prior year and amended returns.
Contacting customers through correspondence or telephone to obtain information, explain liability, and encourage compliance.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-7 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: experience that is related to the work of this position and has provided you with the competencies required for successful job performance.
Examples of experience qualifying as specialized include:
Preparing, receiving, reviewing, and verifying documents.
Processing transactions.
Maintaining office records; and locating and compiling data or information from files and other data sources.
Processing a variety of tax returns and reports; ensuring that all required identification, schedules, income tax deposits, or other required information is available.
Contacting customers through correspondence or telephone to obtain information, explain liability, and encourage compliance.
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 - RICS-Return Integrity and Compliance Services
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: IRS Kansas City External
- Email: [email protected]