Tax Law Specialist

Summary

What Is Taxpayer

SERVICES? A description of the business units can be found at: 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. 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. Performs advanced research and analysis of highly complex federal tax law provisions contained in the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures, judicial decisions, congressional committee reports, and proposed and enacted legislation. Assignments involve interpreting highly complex and interrelated statutory provisions, including those with significant economic, compliance, or administrative impact to all taxpayers. Evaluates legislative intent, identifies downstream effects on tax administration, and determines how legal requirements must be operationalized within tax products. Serves as a recognized subject matter expert and senior technical advisor providing authoritative guidance on complex tax law issues affecting nationwide tax administration, taxpayer compliance, and implementation of legislative and regulatory changes. This includes reviewing tax products developed by other BODs for legal sufficiency, technical accuracy, consistency with existing guidance, and alignment with current law and Taxpayer Services policy. Leads efforts to improve and modernize tax products to enhance clarity, usability, and compliance effectiveness. This includes applying plain language principles, improving logical structure and design, and reducing unnecessary taxpayer burden while maintaining strict adherence to legal requirements. Completes tax law research and evaluates the impact of new or revised legislation on existing products and determines whether new products are required or existing products must be modified or retired. This includes identifying gaps in taxpayer guidance and proposing solutions to address emerging needs. 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-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. 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).