Internal Revenue Agent (Senior Revenue Agent/Lead Tax Computation Specialist)

Job Title

Technical Expert in Tax Computations

Job Description

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.

• Serves as a technical expert in the performance of tax computations in cases with significant tax compliance issues and provides expert advice that may impact tax compliance strategy and the Appeals program as a whole. Cases typically concern large, complex businesses, including those with extensive subsidiaries, diversified activities, multiple partners and national and international scope of operations.
• Drafts or reviews work projects involving emerging issues and areas of non-compliance.
• Serves as an issue expert in the handling of tax computations and exercises significant authority and responsibility in coordinating cases where there is little or no previous interpretation of statutory provisions, laws are highly subjective, precedents are nonexistent, obscure or conflicting, and there are significant amounts of money at issue, or precedent setting issues.
• Serves as a lead for other revenue agents and tax computation specialists assigned to a case. Leads the team in conferences with appeals officers, issue specialists and Counsel, including issue resolution meetings involving complex tax computations. May be assigned to multiple complex tax computational cases simultaneously.
• Functions as a resource in certain technical areas of expertise. Collaborates and coordinates with other experts, revenue agents, counsel attorneys, appeals officers, and/or specialists throughout IRS to leverage and expand expertise and ensure consistent application and interpretation of tax laws within those areas.

STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD21091 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.