Tax Examining Technician
What you'd do
WHAT IS LARGE BUSINESS AND INTERNATAIONAL? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): LBI - Director Pass Thru Entities - Pass Thru Entities, Deputy Director, Any team in Territory 5 BBA REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS
Major duties
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Researches and analyzes each case to determine the scope and nature of the complex interest calculation issues and problems. Research or reconstruct data completing analysis of the conditions and complicating factors including numerous computational errors, multiple tax years, and multiple adjustment issues to compute complex interest calculations. Prepares appropriate documentation and inputs adjustments, credit transfers, etc. to current and prior year tax accounts involving complex account interrelationships or codes to override controls and incorporates computation to initiate resolution of all case issues including tax, penalties and interest. Prepares internal procedures that provide for consistency in the application of tax law under manual computation procedures or for issues that are not covered by existing procedures. Identifies computer conditions and programming errors resulting in inconsistent interest computations and provides analysis for the correction of computer errors. Serves as a technical advisor to internal and external customers or as an OJT coach. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD22353 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.
What you need to qualify
Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through 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/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for this position, you must meet the qualification requirements outlined below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-08: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must have at least one (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 tax returns, tax reporting schedules, and related records to correct taxpayer accounts by calculating full-year and partial-year tax liabilities and computing penalties and interest using applicable interest rates. Experience preparing a variety of adjustments and supporting documents including payment transfers, credit transfers, manual refunds, and quick assessments, to resolve taxpayers accounts and/or plan, input and monitor for unpostables conditions. Experience applying Privacy Act and disclosure procedures when releasing taxpayer's account information. AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): 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" TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-05, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03 or 04 positions. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
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