Legal Administrative Specialist (Estate & Gift Tax)-DIRECT HIRE - 12 MONTH REGISTER - AMENDED
Company: Internal Revenue Service
Location: Toledo
Posted on: October 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Duties
WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS/SELF EMPLOYED (SB/SE) DIVISION?
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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
SB/SE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER EXAM
The following are the duties of this position at the full working
level.
This position has career progression. If you are selected at a
grade level lower than the full working level, you may be
non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example,
you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career
progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in
as little as three years.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
****REQUIREMENTS CONTINUED UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SECTION****
Qualifications
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been
gained in the public sector, private sector or One year of
experience refers to full-time work; part-timework 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 REQUIREMENT :
All GRADES -- SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: To be eligible for this
position, at any grade level, applicants must demonstrate the
following: Knowledge of Legal Industry, including legal practices,
federal codes and regulations, and application of complex legal
principles to facts. This knowledge may be met through experience
and/or education. To meet this requirement, the applicant must
demonstrate the following experience: Substantive knowledge of
state and federal laws, judicial decisions and precedents, legal
codes, court procedures, legal practices, legal instruments and
documents, government regulations, executive orders, and agency
rules specific to tax administration and compliance. Exceptional
skill in researching, interpreting, examining, analyzing and
applying relevant state and federal laws, regulations, related
statutes, and sub-regulatory guidance, sufficient to produce
written reports, relevant forms, instructions, explanatory
publications, legal memoranda, proposed legislation, and other
materials, sufficient to address taxpayer rights and
responsibilities, propose tax legislation or regulation, and issue
opinions and/or decisions specific to tax administration or
compliance.
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-11: You must have 1 year of specialized
experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent
to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized
experience for this position includes: Experience working in a
legal environment whereby you provided technical advice on legal
requirements, conducted legal research and analysis,
drafted/authored written opinions, decisions, and/or proposals on
matters involving federal tax laws, rules, regulations, and
practices. Experience must be sufficient to demonstrate- Knowledge
of Federal tax laws, various State and foreign laws, judicial
decisions, and precedents; Organizing, analyzing, and managing
voluminous case information; Skill in researching and evaluating
complex legal questions involving state and federal laws; Ability
to reach a determination and take appropriate action to impact
compliance with federal laws.
OR
Three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate
education in Law from an Accredited College or University
OR
a Ph.D., or equivalent doctoral degree education in Law from an
Accredited College or UniversityORan LL.M from a full course of
study in a School of Law accredited by the American Bar
Association
OR
A combination of education and experience as described above.
Specialized Experience GS-12: You must have 1 year of specialized
experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent
to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized
experience for this position includes: Experience working in a
legal environment whereby you provided technical advice and
guidance on Federal tax law requirements. Experience conducting
legal research and analysis on complex Federal and State tax laws.
Experience authoring legal opinions, decisions, determinations, or
proposals on matters involving federal tax laws, rules, and/or
regulations. Experience working with Federal, Gift, and
Generation-Skipping Transfer tax laws, including Internal Revenue
Code, Tax Regulations, IRS Revenue rulings and procedures and
precedent decisions. Experience analyzing and adjudicating tax
matters, appeals, settlement offers, or similar work related to
Federal tax operations.
Specialized Experience GS-13: 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: Experience interpreting and
applying tax laws to Federal estate and gift tax returns and
interpreting and applying tax laws, judicial decisions, and
precedents to fields of law such as wills and trusts, probate,
contracts, real and personal property, corporations, commercial law
and insurance. Experience researching, evaluating, and responding
to complex legal questions to determine tax liability pertaining to
Federal estate and gift tax returns. Experience interpreting and
explaining complex points of law and valuation matters to legal and
factual situations and to persuade highly competent representatives
concerning determinations made on tax issues and liability.
Experience working with financial, professional or business
accounting practices to analyze fiduciary, estate or gift assets
(such as intangible factors, large corporation).
Specialized Experience GS-14: You must have 1 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 working all
aspects of Federal estate and gift taxation laws and important
judicial decision and procedures. experience writing clear and
concise reports and work papers that include significant tax
issues, findings and analyses of legal and factual situations
encountered. Experience in researching and evaluating complex legal
questions to determine tax liability pertaining to Federal estate
and gift tax returns; and skill in interpreting and explaining
complex points of law and valuation matters to legal and factual
situations and to negotiate with highly competent representatives
concerning determinations made on tax issues and liability.
Experience working with financial, professional or business
accounting practices to analyze complex fiduciary, estate or gift
assets, such as proposing adjustments for sizeable tax deficiencies
(e.g., intangible factors, large corporation) resulting from
investigation of the deceased estate.
For more information on qualifications please refer to .
Education
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are
qualifying for this position by substituting education or training
for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An
official transcript will be required if you are selected.
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 .
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 for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Additional information
****REQUIREMENTS CONTINUED FROM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SECTION****
Though many locations may be listed, you will be limited to a
maximum of 6 location choices. 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 allows applicants to
apply up to the closing date of the announcement, 01/16/2025, .
This announcement will establish an inventory of applicants.
Contingent upon funding and space requirements, one or more
vacancies may be filled at the locations listed in this
announcement as they come available. Cut-off date(s): 11/20/2024.
Past cut-off date(s) 4/19/2024, 06/07/2024, 08/07/2024.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a
comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your
family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold
and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific
benefits offered.
Required Documents
The following documents are required and must be provided with your
application. All application materials, including transcripts, must
be in English.
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).
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification
requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to
be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the
attendance and/or degrees from
.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in
this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may
affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
This Direct Hire Public Notice is to gather applications that may
or may not result in a referral or selection. Your application will
remain active through the open period of this Public Notice.
Applicants will be referred on a first in, first out basis. Those
applicants who are applying earlier in the process will stand a
much better chance of being referred for consideration in the
selection process.
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 01/16/2025 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 01/16/2025.
To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the
following link:
To update your application, including supporting documentation, at
any time during the announcement open period, return to your
USAJOBS account (). 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: . 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: .
Agency contact information
IRS Philadelphia External
Email
Address
SBSE EXAM - Examination Deputy Operations
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
Next steps
Treasury believes in a working environment that supports inclusion;
please view our reasonable accommodation policies and procedures at
. We provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with
disabilities on a case-by-case basis; 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.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent.
Please read the following guidance.
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