Tax Examining Technician (Closing Technician)

Summary

What Is

Small Business Self Employed (SBSE)? A description of the business units can be found at: Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s):

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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. Receives, reviews, and establishes Innocent Spouse claims in applicable inventory and case management systems. Utilizes Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), Enterprise Case Management (ECM, Document Upload Tool (DUT), Ephesoft, and other IRS systems to control, route, and process incoming claims. Verifies required documentation, performs initial case processing actions, updates case controls, and maintain accurate inventory records to ensure proper case establishment and assignment for technical review. Performs initial case processing actions, verifies required documentation, updates case controls, and maintains accurate inventory records throughout the claim lifecycle. Completes taxpayer notifications based on determinations made by higher graded technicians, updates tracking systems, monitors suspense inventories, and follows up on taxpayer responses.

Standard Position Descriptions

(SPD): PD26478 Visit the

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Library to access the position descriptions. Qualifications 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. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience/education for

GS-05: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes experience that is in or related to this position and provides you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Examples of qualifying experience include: Performing a variety of miscellaneous tasks involving researching and processing financial documents, reviewing information, and determining corrective action on accounts. Researching for missing/unclear accounting information to make appropriate adjustments. Review and process taxpayer account information per organizational guidelines (e.g., Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Internal Revenue Manual (IRM), and Audit Information Management Systems (AIMS)) and maintain current knowledge of tax law and internal processing procedures. Identifying account discrepancies and applying tax laws to correct account issues. Providing information at the request of taxpayers, taxpayer representatives, and third parties through telephone, written, and digital communication, including automated systems to generate notices and taxpayer correspondence. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: four (4) years of education above high school in any related field of study from an accredited college or university. OR You may qualify by a combination of experience and education 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. Education 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. We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).