- Pulls/Refiles - 40 hours (March-July 2021) GS4
- Mail/Extraction - 40 hours (FEB -JULY 2022) GS4
- Association - 40 hours (JULY 2021 – OCTOBER 2023) GS5-02
TAX EXAMINER 1040X (OCTOBER 3, 2023 – PRESENT.) GS5-02
- Performs Daily Research
- Researches a variety of sources; analyzes and initiates actions on tax issues by obtaining applicable returns, schedules, and all required information for correction of accounts and records; verifies, analyzes, and adjusts taxpayer accounts.
- Review amendments submitted by taxpayers to include Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Additional Child Tax Credit, First-Time Homebuyer Credit, American Opportunity, Hope and Lifetime Credit, Telephone Excise Tax Refunds, Making Work Pay Credit, and other similar tax credits.
- Processes corrections to math errors, certain Combat Zone and Decedent returns, accounts where there is a previously posted or pending adjustment, and changes to filing status
- Identifies processing changes to amended Form 1040 when there is no Form 1040X attached. Sends formal disallowance letters when the taxpayer is not eligible for a credit and ensures account adjustments. Sends 369C letters to inform the taxpayer that Estimated Tax Penalties cannot be changed.
- Navigate Multiple Programs at the same time. Like IDRS, IAT, and AMS
- Completed daily logs for management review.
- Analyzes case information to determine the appropriate procedures to close cases involving multiple work streams.
- Maintains and updates various manual and automated tracking systems used in processing cases.
- Secures updates, and reviews case information to build the administrative record.
- Extensive knowledge of individual tax law, tax rules, IRMs, regulations, practices, tax forms, correspondence, and procedures concerning returns/documents, penalty and interest computations, correcting tax accounts, and advising taxpayers of options and consequences regarding tax liability to resolve a wide variety of cases.
- Extensive knowledge of Form 1040X to identify the nature and scope of problems or issues, make appropriate adjustments to accounts, and advise the taxpayer of options available for meeting tax obligations.
- Knowledge of various types of related schedules to analyze, determine, and resolve diverse tax issues.
- In-depth knowledge of a wide variety of automated systems and their interrelationships within all Service functions to control, enter, correct, update, and generate current and prior-year taxpayer account information.
- Knowledge of various computer master file systems, document processing, and the effects of transactions on existing records caused by entering new transactions. Knowledge is needed to change existing accounts while protecting information needed for historical reference.