General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Technician Reviewer (Qualified Plans)

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In order to qualify, you must meet the education and / or experience requirements detailed below by the closing date of this announcement.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Basic Requirements for General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Technician Reviewer :

• Possess at least the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; AND
• Applicants must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

GS-15 Experience Requirements :

• 1 year of general professional legal experience from any area of expertise; plus
• 3 year(s) of professional legal tax experience
• Professional Legal Tax Experience is defined as : Extensive legal knowledge and a broad technical knowledge of tax law related to the role of the Office of Chief Counsel in qualification rules for qualified retirement plans;
• certain employee annuity plans; individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) and Roth IRAs; certain eligible deferred compensation plans;
• governmental plans; church plans; exemption from tax for qualified retirement plan trusts; taxation of distributions from qualified retirement plans;

withholding and rollover rules for distributions from qualified retirement plans penalties and excise taxes related to qualified retirement plan failures.

At least one year of this experience must be equivalent to the work performed at the next lower grade / level position in the federal service (GS-14).

Note : Only experience gained after Bar Admission may be credited as Professional Legal Experience.

Education Substitution : An LL.M. degree in the field of the position (tax) may be substituted for the one year of the general legal experience listed above.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.

g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

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.

Time in Grade Requirement for GS-15 : Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

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