Tax Law Specialist

IRS-babd5cc6; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

The Internal Revenue Service in Fresno, CA seeks candidates with specialized experience at the GS-13 level in federal tax topics. You should be capable of applying tax laws, researching rulings, and producing clear explanatory material for taxpayer guidance.

Positions emphasize knowledge of federal taxation, strong written communication, and ability to simplify complex tax concepts for publication and education materials.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience at the GS-13 level or equivalent in Federal tax matters.
• Experience with Federal tax laws, regulations, rulings, and related technical matters.
• Ability to convert tax provisions into clear, organized, written materials.

Skills

Tax law knowledge

Legal research

Clear writing

XML skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

XML publishing systems

Job description

WHAT IS TAXPAYER SERVICES?
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 the following area(s):
  • TS - CARE-Customer Assistance, Relationship & Education - Media & Publications - Tax Forms & Publications

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application.

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-time work 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.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-13 LEVEL: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with legal, tax accounting, or other experience that required knowledge of Federal tax laws, regulations, precedent decisions, or other areas related to the position to be filled.

Examples of qualifying experience include:

• Preparing, reviewing, or applying rulings, advisory letters, memoranda, etc. related to Federal taxation.
• Analyzing and adjudicating tax claims, appeals, settlement offers, or similar work related to Federal tax operation.
• Work as an attorney that required legal research, analysis, and preparation of briefs or similar documents interpreting laws and regulations.
• Work as an accountant, auditor, or investigator that required application of Federal tax accounting principles and/or the Internal Revenue Code and related laws.

In addition, your experience must be sufficient to demonstrate the following:

• Experience with Federal tax laws, regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and other pertinent technical matters to address taxpayer's needs;
• Experience converting tax laws and other technical matters into clear concise, logically arranged, well written and easy to understand explanatory material;
• Experience with accounting methods, principles, techniques and practices to analyze the impact of tax law provisions on taxpayer reporting requirements, information reporting, income recognition, and/or other tax administration matters;
• Experience with tax law, research techniques that include using on-line and paper methods to research and analyze tax issues;
• Experience with learning theory and cognitive thinking, as they apply to the writing, design, and presentation of materials;
• Experience with Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) or other designated electronic composition and publishing system to design and produce materials and documents.

AND

You must also meet the following requirements:

• MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT: Minimum age for federal employment is 18 years old, or at least 16 years old and have:
  • Graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school; or
  • Completed a formal vocational training program; or
  • Received a statement from school authorities agreeing with your preference for employment rather than continuing your education.

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.