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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: SBSE - Campus Exam/AUR Ops The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Performs a product review and analysis of all phases of the Innocent Spouse Project, e.g., on closed cases to identify underlying causes of problem conditions; determine that tax law was correctly and consistently applied; and confirm that taxpayers' concerns are addressed, and their rights protected. Provides technical and procedural expertise to clerks and tax examiners in all phases of the project. Analyzes new or revised National Office procedural guidelines and makes recommendations to update local procedures, ensuring consistency with previously established guidelines. Prepares informational and technical review alerts on identified problem areas. Provides and develops job aids. Work special projects, complex Innocent Spouse open cases, and employee cases; reviews request for appeals; and makes initial contact on all alleged spousal abuse cases. Handles expedited resolution and/or routing of Taxpayer Advocate cases, and addresses collection and account related issues that are separate from taxpayers' examination issues. Develops and presents training materials on tax law and procedures.

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-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-9 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with the structure, legal provisions, and technical interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code, the Innocent Spouse law, interpretative manuals, regulations and administrative procedures, to identify, interpret, cite and relate clauses of the law to unusually difficult innocent spouse claims. Experience with tax laws, rules, regulations, as they relate to individual income tax. Experience with current and past tax laws, regulations, and IRS policies and procedures with emphasis on Examination, Underreporter, Collection, Adjustments, Statute and other assigned programs. Experience with basic accounting principles and investigative methods into evaluate federal income tax requirements presented in correspondence or reported on tax returns. Experience with filing requirements and the many kinds of offsets used to claim credits, and deductions from taxes and income from arriving at a tax liability or refund status for individuals. OR EDUCATION: A Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a related field of study that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a related field of study that demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work; OR LL.B. or J.D., if related; 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. AND 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 CAMP EXAM - Campus Exam/AUR Cincinnati 1111 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20224 US
• Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
• Phone: 866-743-5748