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Internal Revenue Agent (Senior Employee Plans Agent)
Internal Revenue Service · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
WHAT IS THE TAX EXEMPT AND GOVERMENT ENTITIES DIVISION (TEGE)? 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 - Employee Plans - Examinations and Rulings & Agreement. This job (or announcement) is open to current permanent IRS competitive service employees in Tax Exempt/Government Entities business units. REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS
What You'll Do
- →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.
- →Analyze applications and issue determination letters on most complex pension, multi-employer, profit-sharing and stock-bonus plans under applicable Internal Revenue Code provisions.
- →Examines and interprets the provisions of plans and documents accompanying applications.
- →Audit returns filed in connection with the plans.
- →Review operating mechanics, considers probable effects of contributions and benefits and ensures that plans are benefiting employees in general and do not discriminate in favor of the highly compensated employees.
- →Examines accounting practices and bookkeeping systems of pension, multi-employer, profit sharing 403(b)/457 plans, and related operations of the trust if applicable.
- →Prepares all necessary reports such as IDRS and 5701s as they pertain to Employee Plans.
- →Explains adjustments to customers and/or their representatives and attempts to secure concurrence of the recommended changes.
- →STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD90857 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.
Requirements
- ✓Probationary Period - A person who is required to go through a probationary period and then is transferred, promoted, demoted, or reassigned before he or she completes such period is required to complete the remainder of the probationary period in the new position.
- ✓Government Credit Card - Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- ✓Tax Audit - The employment of any candidate, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classification and/or audit of federal tax returns.
- ✓This audit may include up to 2 years of returns.
- ✓ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN QUALIFICATIONS SECTION 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.
- ✓We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).
Benefits
- ★As a current employee, you know the great benefits we offer.
- ★Should you have any questions about benefits, please contact the Employee Resource Center (ERC) at 1-866-743-5748 option #1 for ERC.
Personality Fit
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