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WHAT IS TAX EXEMPT/GOVERNMENT ENTITIES?
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):
  • TEGE - Exempt Organizations and Government Entities, Tax Exempt Bonds Technical Group

• This job (or announcement) is open to current permanent IRS competitive service employees in TE/GE Entities business units.

REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS 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 GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Legal, tax accounting, or other experience that required knowledge of Federal tax laws, regulations, precedent decisions, or other areas related to the position to be filled. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:

• Preparing, reviewing, or applying rulings, advisory letters, memoranda, etc. related to Federal taxation.
• Analyzing and adjudicating tax claims, appeals, settlement offers, or similar work related to Federal tax operations.
• Work as an attorney that required legal research, analysis, and preparation of briefs or similar documents interpreting laws and regulations.
• Work as an accountant, auditor, or investigator that required application of Federal tax accounting principles and/or the Internal Revenue Code and related laws.

and you must have one 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 must include:

• Worked as an attorney that required legal research, analysis, and preparation of briefs or similar documents interpreting laws and regulations related to compliance with complex Federal taxation of tax advantaged bond rules that include tax credit and tax exempt bond issuances.
• Provided legal opinions with respect to the validity of tax advantaged bonds, particularly the federal tax treatment of interest on tax advantaged bonds and advising on legal tax questions and public finance transactions.
• Tax legal writing experience applicable for analyzing and responding to request for interpretation of Internal Revenue legislation and regulations, private letter rulings, revenue rulings, technical advice memoranda, Chief Counsel advice and other advice memoranda dealing with Federal taxation of tax advantaged bonds.
• Performing analytical services related to the structuring of municipal financings including tax advantaged bonds and other financial products beyond traditional tax advantaged bonds including: Short-Term Debt and Cash Flow Management which include Tax Anticipation Notes, Revenue Anticipation Notes, Bond Anticipation Notes, and Commercial Paper. Leases & Asset Financing: Certificates of participation, and Lease-Purchase Agreements. Derivatives & Risk Management Products: Interest Rate Swaps, Guaranteed Investment Contracts, Letters of Credit, and Liquidity Facilities, Direct Bank & Specialized Financings: Bank Loans, and Direct Placements.
• Interacts and negotiates effectively with governmental entities and their representatives in accounting, legal, tax and other similar municipal finance-related professions to address compliance with Federal tax exempt and tax credit bonds.

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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.
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