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Internal Revenue Service is Hiring an Internal Revenue Agent (Tax Exempt Bonds Agent - Examiner) 12 MONTH ROSTER Near Birmingham, AL

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

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

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-13 LEVEL: You must have at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes progressively responsible and diversified professional accounting or auditing work that requires experience 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; Interpreting and applying Federal tax law for governmental, municipal and/or private entities; Business and trade practices to develop tax issues based on analysis and evaluation of overall business operations and financial condition; Municipal financial transactions and financial management principles and practices; Interacting effectively with a broad range of individuals and in negotiating with specialists in accounting, legal, tax and other similar business-related professions.

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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.

AND

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.

Responsibilities:

WHAT IS THE TAX EXEMPT AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES (TE/GE) 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:
Tax Exempt and Government Entities, Exempt Organizations and Government Entities, Government Entities, Tax Exempt Bonds

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 assigned cases and conducts pre-examination/compliance analysis of available data regarding the bond issuances under review in order to develop plans for conducting the examinations or compliance contacts. Determines the most effective avenue for investigation and review of bond issuances, which normally requires adapting audit and investigative procedures to unique and special situations.
• Prepares the audit plan and conducts examinations of bond issuances. Examines the accounting practices and bookkeeping systems of a wide variety of government, municipal and private entities. Also, conducts compliance and compliance reviews of bond issuances. These cases involve scrutiny of computerized accounting data, extensive research of tax laws, regulations, etc. to locate pertinent related precedents. Prepares a comprehensive audit report on the results of the examination or provides feedback of the results of the compliance contact.
• Acts as a tax-exempt bond agent in other Exempt Organization, Indian Tribal Government, Federal, State and Local Government or other functional examinations.
• Confers with customers and representatives to explain the accounting, financial and other significant issues involved and the applicability of pertinent tax laws, regulations and related filing requirements. Explains corrective actions required or modifications to promote future compliance. Makes determination concerning continued entitlement of bond issuances to exempt status.
• Develops information for technical advice requests and responses to written requests. Prepares technical correspondence, information reports, and memorandum of law in accordance with established procedures dealing with tax-exempt bond issuances. Promotes future compliance and utilizes alternative methods of dispute resolution when needed. Presents technical tax information in a variety of forums such as: workshops, classes, speeches and industry panels.

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