Internal Revenue Service is Hiring an Appeals Officer (Appeals Technical Guidance Coordinator) 12-month Roster Near Birmingham, AL

Qualifications:

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

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-14 LEVEL:
You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying professional accounting principles, theory, and practices to analyze and interpret accounting books, records, systems, or legal issues specifically to determine effect on tax liabilities or financial statements; Experience with business and industry practices to understand tax issues based on analysis and evaluation of overall business operations and financial condition; Experience with corporate financial transactions and financial management principles and practices; Applying litigation procedures and making judgments involving matters of law particularly as they relate to resolving tax disputes. Coordinate with internal or external professionals to plan and complete work and/or conduct conferences or meetings. Recognizing and assessing the complexity of accounting or legal issues; Experience interpreting the law in situations where there are uncertainties or conflicts in statutes, regulations, case law, precedence or other guidance to determine and apply the appropriate intent of the law in tax situations; Conducting legal research and applying the law to tax situations; Applying accounting topics to the resolution of tax issues (e.g., stockholder equity, income recognition and other special reporting topics; financial characteristics of business entities; journal and ledger entries; present value application; inventory valuation; investments and revenue recognition, auditing standards and generally accepted accounting principles associated with asset and liability measurement and their related effect on net income).

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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.

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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'.


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.

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

Responsibilities:

• Organizes work independently, identifies priorities, applies knowledge and skills to expeditiously and efficiently control and resolve ACI/SME issues contained under the assigned industry Coordinates issues in all industries in which the issues appear by consulting with Technical Specialists assigned to those other industries. Prepares and/or directs preparation of paperwork necessary for the completion and dissemination of appeals settlement positions and guidelines.
• Determines whether coordinated ACI/SME issues are either legal, where the primary dispute pertains to a determination of the legal standard to be applied, or factual, where the primary dispute is the determination of the underlying facts or application of the underlying facts to the legal standard.
• Develops and revises, as needed, Appeals settlement positions for those coordinated ACI/SME issues determined to be legal in nature, specifically detailing the hazards of litigation deemed to be present. Once developed, comments and concurrence, as required by the IRM, will be solicited.
• Develops and revises, as needed, Appeals Settlement Guidelines (ASG) for those coordinated ACI/SME issues determined to be factual in nature, specifically detailing facts which must be considered in the settlement of the issues. Conducts extensive research and analysis of case issues to determine and apply the law to the highly complex factual and legal issues presented. Exercises a high degree of judgment in conducting original and creative legal research to obtain a reasonable balance of conflicting interests to develop the ASG. Once developed, comments and concurrence, as required by the IRM, will be solicited.

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