Tax Policy Analyst

Summary

WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS & SELF-EMPLOYED DIVISION? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): SBSE COLL - Collection Operations - Headquarters, Collection Policy, Employment Tax Remain in POD - The vacancy will be filled at the selectee's official permanent position of record, post-of-duty (POD). REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Duties

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. Provides necessary technical advice and staff assistance to executives, field managers, and employees in the assigned compliance program area. Develops and prepares operating guidelines, instructions, and other material pertaining to assigned program areas. Assigned program areas may include any of a range of tax activities including but not limited to taxpayer burden reduction, taxpayer assistance, taxpayer education, taxpayer information, field or campus activities. Assigned program(s) involve highly specialized technical aspects of Federal Tax Law and processes. Comprehensive understanding of Tax Compliance Policies, with ongoing skills in recognizing tax issues and enforcement changes as well as developing/revising procedures for updates to IRMs, job aids, etc. The incumbent serves as an analyst responsible for developing guidance, interpreting guidance on program planning, execution, and evaluation for the tax compliance functions. Plans, analyzes, determines cost/benefit relationships and coordinates a variety of functions, operations, and teams. Studies problems facing operating unit functions or those of particular concern within the organization assigned. This may require coordinating input from activities outside the division and identifying new methods of performing work. This requires the incumbent to demonstrate analytical, technical, and process analysis skills. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD26062 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. 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/day/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. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GRADE-12: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position must include the following: Leading the evaluation of mission critical tax compliance by being responsible for an assigned area, including system implementation, problem detection, and conducting analytical studies. Acting as a primary liaison between customers and other government entities which includes sensitive and/or confidential information. Leveraging management planning, program analysis, and process analysis to implement new or revised procedures to assigned area. Assisting in coordinating the organization's position on industry issues and assisting in reconciling inconsistent positions with taxpayer interactions, protests, or appeals. Sets precedent and influences guidance, procedures, and actions for compliance specialty, or compliance related programs. Communicating both orally and in writing to present plans/proposals to individuals and groups, which includes written reports, disseminating information, and documenting recommendations. AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): 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". TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-5, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03, or 04 positions. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

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 (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions. We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).