Appeals Officer (Settlement Officer) 12 Month Roster/Register

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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:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-07You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with business issues & practices, basic accounting principles, and tax laws and regulations to analyze tax issues and use fact-finding techniques. Experience with oral and written communications to prepare documents, review statements and schedules to explain options to individuals or representatives to assist in resolving tax issues. Experience in organizing workload, work products and identifying priorities to timely resolve work related issues.One year of graduate education in a related field of study such as: business administration, finance, accounting, auditing, taxation, law or other related fields. Superior Academic Achievement may be met by having a Bachelor's degree, with one of the following: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in your major field of study or those courses in your major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of your class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. Combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equal to that described above.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with business issues & practices, basic accounting principles, and tax laws and regulations to analyze tax Experience with business issues & practices, basic accounting principles, and Federal tax laws and regulations to analyze tax issues and use fact-finding techniques. Analyze and review various types of tax returns or documents to determine tax liability of individual taxpayers, businesses, or corporations. Experience interpreting and applying Internal Revenue Code or Manual and related regulations and procedures to conduct comprehensive analytical examinations. Experience with oral and written communications to prepare closing statements, correspondence to taxpayers, exhibits and schedules to explain options to taxpayers/representatives to assist in resolving tax issues. Experience in planning and organizing workload, work products to complete assignments with changing priorities. Master's or equivalent graduate degree or two years of progressively higher level education leading to a graduate degree in business administration, accounting, auditing, finance, taxation, law or other related fields. LL.B. or J.D. if related. Combination of qualifying graduate education and experience equal to the amount required.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:GS-11 LEVEL: You must have (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience with Appeals policies, procedures and practices relevant to the Appeals collection work in order to work cases and resolve issues; Experience using various collection procedures such as Offer in Compromise and installment agreement to advise and discuss collection alternatives with taxpayers. Experience with Internal Revenue Code, IRM, court decisions, and other tax publications related to assigned areas in order to research cases, apply relevant tax law to the facts presented and determine the appropriate resolution of collection issues; Experience applying basic accounting and financial analysis techniques to analyze financial information (e.g., analyzing taxpayer transcripts, case files, financial books and records and other information to determine collectability for case resolution). Experience using available on-line systems, research materials and technology to research taxpayer information and resolve taxpayer inquires. In addition, you must have experience in communications and interpersonal relationships to work effectively and professional with taxpayers and their representatives in resolving collection issues. Examples include: contacting taxpayers and their representatives to provide tax assistance and determine appropriate case settlement/resolution. You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a doctoral degree in a related field of study such as: law, accounting, business or management, economics, math, and finance or LL.M. if related or You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

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MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: Under merit promotion procedures, applicants must satisfy time-in-grade requirements contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. Time is credited based on calendar time served in a grade, regardless of the number of days or hours worked.
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.Employment Type: FULL_TIME