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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-08 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 working/adjusting individual and/or business accounts, applying tax laws, regulations, practices, tax forms, notices, bills, and other documents relative to this position. Your experience should be sufficient to identify the nature and scope of problems or issues; make appropriate adjustments to accounts and advise the taxpayer of options available for meeting tax obligations. In addition, you should be familiar with on-line systems, such as PCS, TEFRA, and RGS, research materials, technology and tools to resolve taxpayer's inquiries/issues. 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.
WHAT IS THE LBI - Large Business and International 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 Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA), Pass Thru Entities (PTE) The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. Resolves difficult, complex issues and problems for examination cases including regular examination, special interests, and special handling cases which may involve restricted interest issues. In such cases, law under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code restricts underpayments and overpayments. Processes special handling audits or more complex special handling cases. Determines if cases require priority handling and if any of the wide variety of other factors exist which impact on the processing of the case. Compares audit agreement with returns, amended returns, examination reports, transcripts of taxpayer's accounts, and verifies tax (deficiencies/overassessments). Obtains missing information. Retracts adjustments to previous tax, penalty, and interest assessments, and varying rate computations. Examines cases for expiration of statutes. Verifies office or service center statutes dates for correctness. Reconciles all tax returns with the examination report to determine the existence of carry-backs. Determines the applicability of the Internal Revenue Code and the impact of adjustments involving net operating loss carry-back/carry-forward.