Tax Examining Clerk (12 - Months Roster)

Duties

WHAT IS THE Small Business / Self Employed (SBSE) 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 :

Small Business / Self Employed (SBSE), Collection Non-Campus Collection (Various IRS Nationwide Locations)

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.

Reviews taxpayer information to determine action and processing requirements. Examines original / other documents for completeness.

Codes and prefects tax return / documents; receives, records, sorts, batches, associates, controls, stages, collects, mails, extracts, and distributes incoming / outgoing work.

Maintains updates, purges suspense / closed files; examines and perfects documents; determines header data and numbers returns / documents;

maintains supplies and prepares requisitions. Verifies and updates entries on automated tax systems so that any batch of work or documents can be located and information given on the status and location of cases.

Performs a variety of clerical and procedural tasks using an automated tax system which involves assigning, maintaining, monitoring or updating work status and inventory records;

ordering research; acknowledging correspondence; and performing other support activity.

Prepares and maintains regular production / inventory reports using established formats and sources of data applicable to the program, functional, or organizational reporting requirements.

Prepares special reports as directed, verifies certified mail listings, and prepares statutory notices for mailing.

Performs less complicated tax closing procedures (i.e. no changes and signed agreements). Initiates contact letters to taxpayers;

makes determinations regarding closed cases versus reconsiderations.

Performs other duties as assigned.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD) :

PD96933

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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 :

GENERAL EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION FOR GS-04 : You must have 1 year of general experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-03 grade level in the Federal service.

General experience for this position includes progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the competencies needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled.

This may be paid or non-paid experience.

You may substitute general experience with education experience as follows : Two (2) years of education above the high school level in an accredited junior college, college, university, business, secretarial or technical school.

You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

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.

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.

Additional information

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Additional jobs may be filled.
• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed.

The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.

• This is a bargaining unit position.
• Tour of Duty : Day Shift
• Alternative work schedule, staggered work hours or telework may be available.
• Relocation expenses - None
• Pay retention may be offered based on applicable laws and regulations.
• Travel may be required for this position
• If this position is covered by a formal development plan, pay retention will be offered where applicable based on law and regulation.
• Remain in POD : The vacancy will be filled at the selectee's official permanent position of record, post of duty (POD).

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.

CURRENT LOCATIONS :

30 vacancies in the following locations :

• 5000 Corporate Drive, Holtsville, NY
• 5333 Get-well Road, Memphis, TN
• 1040 Waverly Avenue, Holtsville, NY

The number of vacancies has not yet been determined for the remaining 250 locations mentioned above. If vacancies become available in any of these 250 locations, this announcement will be amended, and a new cutoff date will be established to fill the additional vacancies as needed.

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 will be used to fill vacancies in the locations listed as they become available for the next 12 months contingent upon funding and space requirements.

Applicants must apply and / or update their applications by 11 : 59 pm ET at the close of the following cutoff dates to be considered : Cutoff date(s) :

1st Cutoff Date : June 13, 2023

2nd Cutoff Date : October 4, 2023

3rd Cutoff Date : January 2, 2024

Closing Cutoff Date : April 1, 2024

This announcement may be amended to include additional cut-off dates within the 12-month period if needed, not later than 10 days prior to the additional cut-off date(s).

Eligible applicants who apply by the initial cut-off date, will be referred in score order. If additional vacancies exist, remaining applicants will be considered in score order as needed.

Selections from this announcement may be made no later than (NLT) July 1, 2024.

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