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Job Field: Hospitality Jobs
Location: Austin, TX
Salary: $15.00 - $19.50 / Per Hour
Job Type: Full-Time Seasonal - Career/Career Conditional Appointment
Phone: 512-477-5627

JOB SUMMARY:

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WHY IS THE IRS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK? At the IRS, you will use your skills in accounting, business, finance, law enforcement, information technology, advocacy and more to help make America stronger. The IRS is one of the largest financial institutions in the world and the work we do helps fund America. We are counting on bright, talented and dedicated individuals like you to achieve our goals. You will be both challenged and supported so whether you are just starting out or looking for new opportunities, consider the IRS and start making a difference today.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has a distinguished history dating back to the founding of our nation. As the steward of U.S. economic and financial systems, Treasury is a major and influential leader in today's global economy. We have over 100,000 employees across the country and around the world. Come Join the Department of the Treasury and Invest in Tomorrow.

WHAT IS THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)? The IRS is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury and one of the world's most efficient tax administrators. Yearly, the IRS collects more than $2 trillion in revenue and processes over 200 million tax returns. The IRS Mission is to provide the United States taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.

WHAT DOES A TAX EXAMINING TECHNICIAN DO? IRS employs Tax Examining Technicians (TETs) in many areas throughout the Service. In the SB/SE function, TETs contact taxpayers, their representatives, and third parties to secure payment of delinquent taxes and the filing of delinquent returns. They respond to a variety of telephone contacts; analyze and resolve tax processing problems; and provide information and recommend enforcement action on all types of individual and business accounts. In the W & I function, TETs assist management by providing oversight and direction, assigning case referrals, and answering taxpayer inquiries to resolve issues such as tax processing. In the LMSB function, TETs track IDRS status and updates, internal record systems, and control over group suspension of cases awaiting Joint Committee clearance. In the TE/GE function, TETs examine and process all statute and potential statute cases, and ensure that all statutes are correct. In the CI function, TETs perform work that involves analyzing, searching, determining, and initiating appropriate actions on all types of tax issues containing conditions and account relationships that must be resolved to close issues. In the Appeals function, TETs are responsible for computing complex restricted interest, closing complex cases, and providing assistance in processing problem resolution cases to taxpayers and their representatives.

WHAT IS THE WAGE AND INVESTMENT (W&I) DIVISION? The Wage & Investment Division (W&I) serves about 122 million taxpayers who file upwards of 94 million returns each year. Key W&I objectives are to provide high-quality taxpayer assistance, and to enable taxpayers to transact and communicate electronically to file their returns, make payments and receive assistance. W&I partners with private organizations to provide assistance to such disadvantaged groups as elderly and low-income taxpayers. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE EXTENDED OR MAY BE CLOSED EARLY DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS NEEDED TO FILL VACANCIES. Vacancies will be filled at the GS-05 level with potential to GS-6 and GS-05 level with potential to GS-7. Selections will be made in Enter on Duty order. Eligibility for life and health insurance coverage will be dependent on length of season for which selected. Positions are located in the Submission Processing - Austin, TX. The anticipated start dates range from December 2012 to January, 2013. These seasonal employees generally work 4 to 6 months on a recurring basis as determined by workload and budget. When the work is completed, you will be placed in non-pay/non-work status and returned to pay status when workload resumes.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS? If you want to find out more about IRS careers, visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.gov

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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You must be a citizen of the United States.

Males born after 12/31/59 - Selective Service Registration required.

Moving expenses are not authorized.

No reimbursement of expenses incurred during the hiring process.

Length of Season will vary.

Shift: Day and Night available - various tours/8 hrs per day.