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Amended to decrease vacancies to 36. Please see "Additional Information" section for updated locations and vacancies. Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information.
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12/08/2023 to 09/23/2024
$46,696 - $111,157 per year
GS 7 - 11
60 vacancies in the following locations:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
11
No
No
24-12233637C-APB-0930-7T11
764947900
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
Current federal employees of this agency.
Open to IRS Career/Career-Conditional, Treasury/IRS CTAP, & IRS RPP employees
WHAT IS THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF APPEALS 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: Independent Office of Appeals, Collection Appeals
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.
STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD21102, PD21103, and PD97908
Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.
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-07 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 with business issues & practices, basic accounting principles, and tax laws and regulations to analyze tax issues and use fact-finding techniques. Experience with oral and written communications to prepare documents, review statements and schedules to explain options to individuals or representatives to assist in resolving tax issues. Experience in organizing workload, work products and identifying priorities to timely resolve work related issues.
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EDUCATION:
One year of graduate education in a related field of study such as: business administration, finance, accounting, auditing, taxation, law or other related fields.
OR
Superior Academic Achievement may be met by having a Bachelor's degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in your major field of study or those courses in your major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of your class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.
OR
A 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.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-09 LEVEL:
You must have one 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 business issues & practices, basic accounting principles, and tax laws and regulations to analyze tax Experience with business issues & practices, basic accounting principles, and Federal tax laws and regulations to analyze tax issues and use fact-finding techniques. Analyze and review various types of tax returns or documents to determine tax liability of individual taxpayers, businesses, or corporations. Experience interpreting and applying Internal Revenue Code or Manual and related regulations and procedures to conduct comprehensive analytical examinations. Experience with oral and written communications to prepare closing statements, correspondence to taxpayers, exhibits and schedules to explain options to taxpayers/representatives to assist in resolving tax issues. Experience in planning and organizing workload, work products to complete assignments with changing priorities.
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EDUCATION:
Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two years of progressively higher level education leading to a graduate degree in business administration, accounting, auditing, finance, taxation, law or other related fields.
OR
LL.B. or J.D. if related.
OR
Combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equal to the amount required.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-11 LEVEL:
You must have (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with Appeals policies, procedures and practices relevant to the Appeals collection work in order to work cases and resolve issues; Experience using various collection procedures such as Offer in Compromise and installment agreement to advise and discuss collection alternatives with taxpayers. Experience with Internal Revenue Code, IRM, court decisions, and other tax publications related to assigned areas in order to research cases, apply relevant tax law to the facts presented and determine the appropriate resolution of collection issues; Experience applying basic accounting and financial analysis techniques to analyze financial information (e.g., analyzing taxpayer transcripts, case files, financial books and records and other information to determine collectability for case resolution). Experience using available on-line systems, research materials and technology to research taxpayer information and resolve taxpayer inquires. In addition, you must have experience in communications and interpersonal relationships to work effectively and professional with taxpayers and their representatives in resolving collection issues. Examples include: contacting taxpayers and their representatives to provide tax assistance and determine appropriate case settlement/resolution.
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EDUCATION:
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a doctoral degree in a related field of study such as: law, accounting, business or management, economics, math, and finance.
OR
LL.M. if related.
OR
You may qualify by a combination of experience and education.
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.
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 for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
This is an open continuous announcement which will be used to fill vacancies in the locations listed as they become available for the next 12 months contingent upon funding and space requirements. Applicants must apply and/or update their applications by 11:59 pm ET at the close of the following cutoff dates to be considered: 12/21/2023, 3/21/2024, 6/21/2024, and 9/23/2024. This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates within the 12month period if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional cut-off date(s). Eligible applicants who apply by the initial cut-off date will be referred in score order. If additional vacancies exist, remaining applicants will be considered in score order as needed. Selections from this announcement may be made no later than 12/23/2024. If the position(s) are no longer needed prior to the closing date, this announcement may be closed early.
Nine (9) vacancies in any of the following locations:
East Hartford, CT (CT3323); New Haven, CT (CT0061); (2) Andover, MA (MA0137); Portsmouth, NH (NH6185); South Portland, ME (ME4276); Boston, MA (MA0153); Buffalo, NY (NY7340); Syracuse, NY (NY7357); Holtsville, NY (NY7184); New York, NY (NY0350); Westbury, NY (NY6412); Newark, NJ (NJ4555); Philadelphia, PA (PA0277); Pittsburgh, PA (PA0233); Bridgeport, WV (WV0318)
Nine (9) vacancies in any of the following locations:
Miami, FL (FL0061); Plantation, FL (FL2533); Tampa, FL (FL2971); Jacksonville, FL (FL0067); Atlanta, GA (GA0087); New Orleans, LA (LA0034); (2) Florence, KY (KY3016); Philadelphia, PA (PA0277); Jackson, MS (MS0083); Columbia, SC (SC0068); Charlotte, NC (NC2598); Greensboro, NC (NC2668); (2) Memphis, TN (TN0005)
Nine (9) locations in any of the following locations:
Chicago, IL (IL0236); Peoria, IL (IL2551); Denver, CO (CO1656); Indianapolis, IN (IN0133); Milwaukee, WI (WI1720); Oklahoma City, OK (OK1356); Des Moines, IA (IA0112); Louisville, KY (KY0086); Baltimore, MD (MD0055); Washington, DC (DC0198); Richmond, VA (VA0088); Detroit, MI (MI0800); Grand Rapids, MI (MI2210); St. Paul, MN (MN1600); Kansas City, MO (MO1840); St. Louis, MO (MO0106); Omaha, NE (NE0051); Cincinnati, OH (OH0189); Cleveland, OH (OH2028); Columbus, OH (OH0208); Nashville, TN (TN0052); Knoxville, TN (TN0076); Austin, TX (TX0227); Farmers Branch, TX (TX0302); Houston, TX (TX0297); San Antonio, TX (TX2982)
Nine (9) locations in any of the following locations:
Tucson, AZ (AZ0058); Salt Lake City, UT (UT1522); Boise, ID (ID0025); Albuquerque, NM (NM1464); Las Vegas, NV (NV7516); San Bernardino, CA (CA8050); San Francisco, CA (CA8207); Laguna Niguel, CA (CA0521); Portland, OR (OR0043); Sacramento, CA (CA6139); San Jose, CA (CA6116); San Diego, CA (CA6109)
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated on the Critical Job Elements (CJE) of the position to be filled, in accordance with Article 13 of the IRS/NTEU National Agreement. Your application will also be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions/assessment. Your experience, education, training, prior performance, and awards, relevant to the position being filled, will be considered throughout the hiring process. IRS employees may obtain most recent awards listing at https://persinfo.web.irs.gov/.
Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview (telephonic and/or in person at the discretion of the Selecting Official in accordance with hiring polices). We will not reimburse costs related to the interview such as travel to and from the interview site.
If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), you must receive a score of 80 or better to be rated as well qualified to receive special selection priority.
The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 09/23/2024 and/or cut-off dates in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on 09/23/2024.
To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12233637
Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion; please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at https://www.jobs.irs.gov/midcareer/reasonable-accommodation.html. We will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; please contact us if you require this for any part of the application and hiring process.
Once your application package and online questionnaire is received you will receive an acknowledgement email. You are responsible for checking status updates and notifications in USAJOBS. Hard copy notifications will not be sent to you. You may check the status of your application for this position at any time by logging onto the USAJOBS "My Account" tab and clicking on "Application Status." For a more detailed update of your application status, you may click on "more information." Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. If your email mailbox is full or blocked (SPAM) you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.
As a current employee, you know the great benefits we offer. Should you have any questions about benefits, please contact the Employee Resource Center (ERC) at 1-866-743-5748 option #1 for ERC.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/764947900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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