General Attorney - Washington, United States - Department Of The Treasury

Description

Summary

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Duties

The Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits, Exempt Organizations, and Employment Taxes) provides published guidance, field support and taxpayer advice on tax matters involving employee plans, exempt organizations, employment taxes, executive compensation, health and welfare benefits, and certain federal, state, local and Indian tribal government issues to a wide variety of internal and external customers.

As a General Attorney (Tax) Senior Counsel, you will:

• Serve as a legal expert on matters under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits, Exempt Organizations, and Employment Taxes) (EEE), acting as consultant to the Branch Chief (Health and Welfare Benefits), the Deputy Associate Chief Counsel, and the Associate Chief Counsel on issues focusing on health and welfare benefits.
• Serve as Senior Counsel with responsibility for handling and performing technical review of some of the office's most complex, important, or novel case and project assignments, particularly those with broad, or potentially controversial ramifications. Provide expert advice and litigation support services on complicated tax matters involving health and welfare benefits to a wide variety of internal and external customers and clients. As delegated by the branch chief or executives, independently plan, develop and complete complex legal work products without review, and provide technical guidance and review of work products produced by other staff. Ensure such products are technically complete and adhere to office policy, while exercising signature authority in accordance with delegated authority. Apply a high level of sophisticated analysis and research to identify and assess approaches to make recommendations on behalf of the Office to program executives and managers. As appropriate, interact with personnel from other Counsel offices, IRS, Treasury, other federal agencies, and outside parties on behalf of EEE to exchange information or coordinate actions in the handling and completion of assignments.
• Serve as team leader on large-scale EEE guidance and publication projects that may include representatives from other Counsel or IRS offices. Direct and coordinate work of other team members and oversees related administrative and logistical matters.
• Develop procedural guidelines in conjunction with the review of complex advisory opinions, private letter rulings, closing agreements, Chief Counsel Advice, technical advice, revenue rulings, revenue procedures, notices, announcements, briefs, defense letters, affirmative suit letters, settlement letters, and other technical materials for publication, to assist EEE attorneys in the development and issuance of office products.
• Research complex issues and trends affecting EEE legal services and determines the likely legal ramifications on EEE programs. Ensure that the legal or administrative consequences of potential actions to handle these issues are fully considered and write decision papers to determine Counsel's position on these matters. Decision papers can serve as future guidelines in the handling of these legal issues.
• Serve as a primary reviewer on proposed legislation with potential impact on EEE programs and prepare final comments and recommendations on behalf of the Office. Identify the need for and develop and draft new procedures and regulations to implement new or amended legislation to ensure that policies are consistent with the intent of the law, administratively sound and economical in operation, and to enable EEE to effectively achieve its mission.