General Attorney (Tax) - Special Counsel
Office of Chief Counsel, IRS, seeks enthusiastic individuals to serve taxpayers fairly and with integrity by providing correct and impartial interpretation of the internal revenue laws and the highest quality legal advice and representation for the IRS.
Duties The General Attorney (Tax) - Special Counsel serves as staff official and advisor to the Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax & Accounting). The Special Counsel assists the Associate in the formulation of policies and programs for the operation of the Office and handles special assignments of a case or project nature. The Special Counsel represents the Associate in the regulations and revenue ruling process, and both the Associate and Deputy Associate Chief Counsel(s) on a variety of legal, technical, and tax litigation matters involving recognition and timing of income and deductions by individuals and corporations, sales and exchanges, capital gains and losses, accounting methods and periods, installment sales, long term contracts, inventories and alternative minimum tax.
As a General Attorney (Tax) - Special Counsel, you will:
- Independently consider and review very significant tax issues. Act as legal and technical consultant to the Associate on the most difficult, important and complex issues arising in the administration of the Internal Revenue laws.
- Perform exhaustive and detailed research on complicated legal problems and prepare recommendations as to the position to be taken by the Associate Chief Counsel's Office. Sign such recommendations for the Associate within his/her delegated scope of authority.
- Represent the Associate at top level Service and Treasury policy level conferences, as well as in meetings with Congressional staff or the staff of other Federal agencies or instrumentalities.
- Review and advise on the impact of proposed legislation and participate in the development and coordination of legislative proposals.
- Act in an advisory capacity to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and other top Service and Treasury officials.
- Develop positions and precedents guiding the conduct of the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department.
Salary : $163,964 - $191,900/year
Qualifications To qualify for this position of General Attorney (Tax) - Special Counsel, you must meet the qualification requirements listed below:
- Possess at least the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association; AND
- 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 years of professional legal tax experience.
Professional Legal Tax Experience is defined as experience with transaction planning or tax controversy work experience with cases involving realization and recognition of items of income; deductions, losses, credits, or adjustments to gross income; timing and income tax accounting.
How to Apply
The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 PM Eastern Time (ET) on 09/12/2024. To begin, click Apply to access the online application.
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