INTERNAL REVENUE AGENT (EXAMINER) 12 MONTH ROSTER (AMENDED)

Summary

This announcement has been amended to include an additional cut-off date of 07 / 03 / 2024. Past cut-off dates : 8 / 15 / 2023, 11 / 17 / 2023, 1 / 16 / 2024, 3 / 15 / 2024, 5 / 09 / 2024.

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This job is open to

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Federal employees who meet the definition of a surplus or displaced employee.

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of this agency.

Clarification from the agency

Open to IRS Career / Career-Conditional, Treasury / IRS CTAP, & IRS RPP employees

Duties

WHAT IS THE LARGE BUSINESS & INTERNATIONAL (LB&I) 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 : Large Business and International Director Wth and International Individual Compliance

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.

• Individually, or as a team member, plans and conducts examinations using extensive and specialized knowledge of accounting techniques, practices, and investigative audit techniques to examine and resolve various tax issues of individuals and business organizations that may include extensive subsidiaries with operations of national and / or international scope.
• Evaluate the priority issues identified as part of the central classification process and provide feedback regarding issues throughout the examination process.

Based on the feedback discussions, adjusts the scope of the examination by expanding or contracting the issues. May serve as a member of a classification team responsible for the identification of priority issues for examination.

• Works in partnership with the Senior Revenue Agent in developing significant tax compliance issues, by collaborating with appropriate practice areas, examiners, Counsel, Appeals, and other specialists to leverage and expand complex issue expertise and ensure consistent application and interpretation of tax law.
• Confers with taxpayers or their representatives to explain the accounting and other issues involved, the applicability of pertinent tax laws and regulations, and proposed adjustments.

Considers collectability of potential tax deficiencies at all stages of the examination. Solicits payment and coordinates uncollected deficiency agreement when appropriate.

Participates in the development and delivery of training programs, on the job training, technical guidance, work practices, and audit tools for other examiners, counsel attorneys, appeals officers, and / or specialists.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD) :

PD98369

Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

Telework Eligible Positions : Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework. Employees must meet and sustain IRS telework eligibility requirements (e.

g., reporting at least twice a pay period to your assigned Post of Duty (POD)) and supervisor's approval to participate in the IRS Telework Program.

Employees must also be within a 200-mile radius of their official assigned post-of-duty (POD) while in a telework status.

As a reminder - If you are selected for a position, you are responsible for reporting to your designated POD (location) on the negotiated start date or as directed by management.

Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Qualifications

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 :

BASIC REQUIREMENTS All GRADES :

A Certificate as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or a bachelor's or higher degree in accounting that included at least 30 semester hours in accounting or 24 semester hours in accounting and an additional 6 semester hours in related subjects such as business law, economics, statistical / quantitative methods, computerized accounting or financial systems, financial management, or finance.

A bachelor's or higher degree in a field other than accounting or a combination of education and experience equivalent to 4 years that included at least 30 semester hours in accounting or 24 semester hours in accounting and 6 semester hours in related subjects as described above.

Currently or previously held an Internal Revenue Agent GS-0512 position for at least one year.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below :

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : GS-13 LEVEL : You must have 1 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 : Specialized experience for this position includes : progressively responsible and diversified professional accounting or auditing work that required : experience in applying professional accounting principles, theory, and practices to analyze and interpret accounting books, records, or systems specifically to determine their effect on federal tax liabilities and their adequacy for recording transactions affecting tax liabilities;
• experience interpreting and applying federal tax law for individuals, business and / or exempt organizations, partnerships, and corporations;
• experience working with business and trade practices to develop tax issues based on analysis and evaluation of overall business operations and financial condition;

experience in corporate financial transactions and using financial management principles and practices; and experience interacting effectively with a broad range of individuals and negotiating with specialists in accounting, legal, tax, and other similar business related professions.

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.

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.

Education

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.

Additional information

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.
• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed.

The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

• This is a bargaining unit position.
• Tour of Duty : Monday-Friday, Day Shift
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
• Relocation expenses - no
• If this position is covered by a formal development plan, pay retention will be offered where applicable based on law and regulation.

Please consider each location carefully when applying. If you are selected for a position at one of your location selections, that location will become your official post of duty.

If the position(s) are no longer needed prior to the closing date, this announcement may be closed early. 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 : Cutoff date(s) : This announcement has been amended to include a 6th cut-off date of 7 / 3 / 2024.

Past cut-off dates : 8 / 15 / 2023, 11 / 17 / 2023, 1 / 16 / 2024, 3 / 15 / 2024, 05 / 09 / 2024. This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates within the 12-month period if needed, no less than 10 days prior to additional cut-off date.

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 (NLT) 8 / 1 / 2024.

Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

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.

Required Documents

The following documents are required and must be provided with your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.

Resume - Your resume MUST contain dates of employment (i.e., month / year to month / year or to present). To ensure you receive full credit for relevant experience, include the hours worked per week.

If including Federal service experience, provide pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Your resume and optional cover letter must NOT include photographs, inappropriate content, or personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number.

If your resume does not contain the required information specified, or contains prohibited information as listed above, your application will be determined incomplete, and you will not receive consideration for this position.

Cover letters are optional.) Please view Resume Tips.

• Online Application - Questionnaire responses
• Education - See Education Section above
• Performance Appraisal / Awards - Submit a copy of your most recent completed performance appraisal. If a revalidated appraisal is used for merit promotion, the supervisor must prepare a narrative for each critical job element that does not have a narrative describing the performance in the appraisal period covered by the rating.

Note : If you are a manager or management official, your most recent annual performance appraisal must be used for the overall rating identified.

• Registration / License (if applicable) - active, current registration / license
• IRS Reassignment Preference Program (RPP)(if applicable) - You MUST meet the requirements in your RPP notice. Submit a copy of your RPP Notice along with a copy of your most recent annual performance appraisal.

Your performance appraisal must have a fully successful or higher overall rating.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)(if applicable) - You MUST submit the required documentation as outlined at : Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP).

If you are an IRS CTAP eligible, you can apply for jobs within and outside the commuting area. If you are a Treasury CTAP eligible can apply for jobs within the commuting area.

Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, your application will be determined incomplete, and you will not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

How to Apply

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 08 / 01 / 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 08 / 01 / 2024.

To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link : https : / / apply.usastaffing.gov / ViewQuestionnaire / 12072076

• To begin the application process, click the Apply Online button.
• You will be re-directed to USASTAFFING to complete your application process; answer the online questions and submit all required documents.

To submit supporting documents, import documents from USAJOBS to the appropriate document types. If the document you need was not imported from USAJOBS, you may upload it directly into this application.

To protect your privacy, we suggest you first remove your SSN).

To complete, you must click the Submit Application button prior to 11 : 59 PM (ET) on 08 / 01 / 2024.

To update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account (https : / / my.

usajobs.gov / Account / Login). There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Update Application.

This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.

To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account : https : / / my.

usajobs.gov / Account / Login . All of your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application Information page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application.

The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit : https : / / www.

usajobs.gov / Help / how-to / application / status / .

Agency contact information

ERC) Employee Resource Center

Phone 866-743-5748 Website https : / / irsgov.sharepoint.com / sites / EmployeeResources / SitePages / ERC-Help-Desk.aspx

Address LBI - Director Wth International Individual Compliance

1111 Constitution Ave NW

Washington, DC 20224

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Next steps

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.

Fair & Transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

• Criminal history inquiries
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
• Financial suitability
• New employee probationary period
• Privacy Act
• Reasonable accommodation policy
• Selective Service
• Signature and false statements
• Social security number request

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Overview

• Accepting applications
• Open & closing dates

08 / 02 / 2023 to 08 / 01 / 2024

Salary

$98,496 - $158,432 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 13

• Remote job
• Telework eligible

Yes-as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required

25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

• Relocation expenses reimbursed
• Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

0512 Internal Revenue Agent

• Supervisory status
• Security clearance

Not Required

• Drug test
• Position sensitivity and risk

Moderate Risk (MR)

Trust determination process

Suitability / Fitness

Announcement number

23-12072076P-LBB-0512-13

Control number

741063800

This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov / job / 741063800. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.

usajobs.gov will be considered.