Tax Examining Clerk - Cincinnati, United States - Department Of The Treasury

Description

Summary

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Duties

WHAT IS THE TAX EXEMPT AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES DIVISION?

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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:

Tax Exempt and Government Entities,Exempt Organizations and Government Entities, Rulings & Agreement, Determinations Areas 1, 2 and 3

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level:

• Reviews and analyzes internal documents and/or taxpayer returns, prepares coded entries to amend and complete records, refers questionable returns and documents to appropriate areas to determine corrective action.
• Processes individual or small business returns and cases that involve relationships among different accounts that span more than a single tax period. Assigns Employee Identification Numbers (EIN) and temporary Social Security Numbers (SSN). Requests and interprets taxpayer information. Perfects documents and initiates research to correct missing or inaccurate account information, inquiries to third parties, and changes to taxpayer accounts to correct errors.
• Compiles and maintains functional and/or assigned area records or reports to provide status of work.
• May serve as a technical advisor, on-the-job (OJT) coach, classroom instructor, or reviewer to provide technical assistance on systemic problems and inconsistencies in Internal Revenue Manuals (IRM).

This position has career progression. If you are selected at a grade level lower than the full working level, you may be non-competitively promoted as your career progresses. For example, you may be hired as a GS-05, but if the position has career progression to GS-11, then you may move from a GS-05 to a GS-11 in as little as three years.