General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Counsel

General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Counsel Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel, Tax Exempt/Government Entities Division Counsel Summary With nearly 1,700 torneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nionwide. Our torneys are among top tax law practitioners and some of the very best legal minds found anywhere. Together with the IRS, we serve the public by applying the tax code with fairness and integrity. After pausing hiring in 2025, we now seek new law gradues and experienced torneys to join us.

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IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions Learn more about this agency Summary With nearly 1,700 torneys, IRS Chief Counsel is the largest tax law firm nionwide. Our torneys are among top tax law practitioners and some of the very best legal minds found anywhere. Together with the IRS, we serve the public by applying the tax code with fairness and integrity. After pausing hiring in 2025, we now seek new law gradues and experienced torneys to join us.

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IRS Office of Chief Counsel Careers Site Meet Our People Learn about our Legal Divisions Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $166,928 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: East Hartford, CT Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0905 Attorney Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

CCKC-26-12946655-ATTY

Control number 867839100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Citizens and U.S. Nionals; no prior Federal experience is required. Duties Help A Senior Counsel of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division Counsel (TEGEDC) serves as a senior litigor with significant legal expertise on mters under the jurisdiction of the office and acts as a consultant to the Division Counsel, the Deputy Division Counsel, Area Counsel, or other designed Division Counsel personnel. TEGEDC provides legal services on program mters, including tax issues reling to employee benefits (including qualified retirement plans, deferred compension arrangements, and health and welfare programs), executive compension, exempt organizions, federal, ste, local and Indian tribal governments, tax-exempt bonds, and employment tax. As a General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Counsel, you will: Be responsible for independently working on and reviewing some of the office's most complex, important, or novel trial/case/project assignments, particularly those with broad or potentially controversial ramificions. Serve as team leader on large-scale TEGEDC litigion th may include representives from other Counsel Divisions or IRS offices. Research complex issues and trends affecting TEGEDC legal services and determine likely legal ramificions on TEGEDC, TE/GE and, when applicable, SBSE and LB&I programs. Act as a recognized legal resource specialist to other office staff for the purpose of providing substantive guidance and assistance to junior torneys to facilite the development and completion of legal work assignments. Serve as a TEGEDC representive and advoce in senior-level meetings and conferences with IRS and Treasury personnel, as well as in meetings with Congressional staff or the staff of other Federal agencies. This is not an all-inclusive list. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Refer to "Additional Informion" Click "Print Preview" to review the entire announcement before applying. Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or experience requirements detailed below by the closing de of this announcement. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. To qualify for this position of General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Counsel, you must meet the qualificion requirements listed below by the closing of this announcement: Basic Requirements for: General Attorney (Tax) - Senior Counsel Possess least the first professional law degree (LL.B. or J.D.) from a law school accredited by the American Bar Associion; AND Applicants must be an active member in good standing of the bar of a Ste, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; GS-15

Experience Requirements:

1 year of general professional legal experience from any area of expertise; plus 3 year(s) of professional legal tax experience Professional Legal Tax Experience is defined as: (1) Comprehensive professional knowledge and understanding of Federal tax stutes and regulions as well as relevant Treasury and IRS guidance in one or more of the following areas: exempt organizions, employee plans, employment tax, health and welfare benefits, executive compension, tax-exempt bonds, Indian and Tribal Governments, and/or government entities AND (2) Extensive experience with cases or projects while having primary responsibility for conducting complex research and in-depth legal analysis, such as decision-making, providing advisory opinions, and reviewing, training, or advising others on specific cases or compliced issues. At least one year of this experience must be equivalent to the work performed the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-15).

Note:

Only experience gained after Bar Admission may be credited as Professional Legal Experience.

Educion Substitution:

An LL.M. degree in the field of the position ( tax, GLS-reled, or P&A- FOIA/Disclosure reled field ) may be substituted for the one year of the general legal experience listed above. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prored basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indice des of employment by month/year, and indice number of hours worked per week, on your resume. Educion For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Educion Accredition page .

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. If you are qualifying based on foreign educion, you must submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency. For further informion, : Recognition of Foreign Qualificions | Internional Affairs Office (ed.gov) Additional informion We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. Relocion expenses are not authorized. This is aNon Bargainingunit position. We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

Conditions of Employment Continued:

Subject to a 1-year trial period. All newly appointed employees to the competitive (or excepted) service are subject to a probionary (or trial) period. During this time, your performance, conduct, and suitability for continued employment evalued. You will not automically convert to permanent stus the end of the probionary (or trial) period. Your supervisor must affirmively determine th continued employment is in the best interest of the Federal service. If no certificion is made before the probionary (or trial) period ends, your appointment termined. You are encouraged to actively engage with your supervisor, seek feedback, and understand role expections. Additional guidance and support provided during onboarding. Subject to a Tenure Commitment of up to 3 years Complete a Declarion for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, the time requested by the agency If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. Go through a Personal Identity Verificion (PIV) process th requires two forms of identificion from the Form I-9 . Federal law requires verificion of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-reled travel. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Undergo an income tax verificion. The employment of any candide, including a current employee or a new hire, selected for this position may be conditional upon classificion and/or audit of federal tax returns. This audit may include up to 2 years of returns. This position requires th the successful candide undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigion and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automed record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candide will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notificion from the FBI of criminal mters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. There are three key documents th contain important informion about your rights and obligions. Please read and retain these documents: Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights , for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back, FD-258 Privacy Act Stement - FBI (this is the same stement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigion), and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov) (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified informion) Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants considered based on their overall background as it reles to the position to be filled. Interviews may be held the option of the office. All applicion merials and interviews, if conducted, used in the final evaluion and selection process.

Referral:

Professional Order used to refer and select eligible candides. Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference eligibles listed the top of the certifice in alphabetical order and considered before non-preference eligibles. All other candides listed in alphabetical order. If you are among the top qualified candides, you may be required to participe in a selection interview. We will not reimburse costs reled to the interview, such as travel to and from the interview site. If you are a GS-14 applying for a promotion or you are a GS-15 reassignment (non-hardship), please apply to the announcement. In regard to this announcement, the MFCL is only for hardship reassignments of employees currently occupying GS-15 Senior Counsel positions. Current GS-15 Senior Counsel employees seeking reassignment due to a hardship given first considerion and must be on the Master First Considerion List. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). 1. RESUME - All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. Please limit your resume to two pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. Resumes MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position (ex.

MM/YY - MM/YY

), whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to detail the position series and grade level. The resume should detail relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. Please view resume tips .

Note:

Resume must be presented in a font size and font style th is legible, no less than 10-point size with no less than half an inch margin all around. 2.

VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable: An unofficial or official transcript(s) for your J.D. degree or LL.M. degree (an official transcript is required if you are selected). Transcripts must detail degree awarded/conferred including de . Proof of active bar admission A memorandum of interest summarizing your interest in the position Current Chief Counsel Employees are also required to submit: A copy of your most recent, signed, completed annual performance appraisal which includes the final ring. If it is not ded within the last 12 months or if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your applicion A Supervisory Report regarding your suitability for the position as completed by your current supervisor. You are responsible for notifying your supervisor th this report must be received no ler than five workdays after the closing de of this announcement.

Educion Documention:

For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. See "Educion" for more details.

Certifice of Good Standing:

A certified original copy of your certifice of good standing from your Ste Bar required if you are selected.

VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Office of Chief Counsel considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in torney hiring. If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (Member 4 copy), or other official documention from a branch of the Armed Forces or the Department of Veterans Affairs showing des of service and type of discharge. Ten-point preference eligibles must also submit an Applicion for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15 , along with the required documention listed on the back of the SF-15 form. For more informion on veterans' preference, view FedsHireVets . How to Apply Help The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 05/18/2026 and/or cut-off des in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m ET, Monday - Friday). To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12946655 If you require a reasonable accommodion for a disability or medical condition during any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact Kimberly Johnson, Reasonable Accommodion Coordinor, HR Labor & Employee Relions Division, by phone 503-265-3841 or by email Kimberly.

F.Johnson@irscounsel.treas.gov . The IRS - Office of Chief Counsel provides reasonable accommodions to qualified applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. You must contact us by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the announcement's closing de to request accommodion. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunicions relay services. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Please limit your resume to two pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . Agency contact informion Kelley Campbell Phone 469-801-1593 Fax 855-562-3827 Kelley.

C.Campbell@irscounsel.treas.gov Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing and Classificion Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help A complete applicion includes items described below. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). 1. RESUME - All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creing one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. Please limit your resume to two pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. Resumes MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position (ex.

MM/YY - MM/YY

), whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to detail the position series and grade level. The resume should detail relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. Please view resume tips .

Note:

Resume must be presented in a font size and font style th is legible, no less than 10-point size with no less than half an inch margin all around. 2.

VACANCY QUESTION/ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES

Responses are automically submitted through USA Jobs when you apply to this vacancy. 3.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to submit the following supporting documention if applicable: An unofficial or official transcript(s) for your J.D. degree or LL.M. degree (an official transcript is required if you are selected). Transcripts must detail degree awarded/conferred including de . Proof of active bar admission A memorandum of interest summarizing your interest in the position Current Chief Counsel Employees are also required to submit: A copy of your most recent, signed, completed annual performance appraisal which includes the final ring. If it is not ded within the last 12 months or if you have not received a performance appraisal, please explain why in your applicion A Supervisory Report regarding your suitability for the position as completed by your current supervisor. You are responsible for notifying your supervisor th this report must be received no ler than five workdays after the closing de of this announcement.

Educion Documention:

For positions with an educion requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript required if you are selected. See "Educion" for more details.

Certifice of Good Standing:

A certified original copy of your certifice of good standing from your Ste Bar required if you are selected.

VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION

There is no formal ring system for applying veterans' preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Office of Chief Counsel considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in torney hiring. If you are claiming veterans' preference, you must submit a copy of your Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (Member 4 copy), or other official documention from a branch of the Armed Forces or the Department of Veterans Affairs showing des of service and type of discharge. Ten-point preference eligibles must also submit an Applicion for 10-point Veteran Preference, SF-15 , along with the required documention listed on the back of the SF-15 form. For more informion on veterans' preference, view FedsHireVets . How to Apply Help The following instructions outline our applicion process. You must complete this applicion process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 05/18/2026 and/or cut-off des in this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m ET, Monday - Friday). To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12946655 If you require a reasonable accommodion for a disability or medical condition during any part of the applicion and hiring process, please contact Kimberly Johnson, Reasonable Accommodion Coordinor, HR Labor & Employee Relions Division, by phone 503-265-3841 or by email Kimberly.

F.Johnson@irscounsel.treas.gov . The IRS - Office of Chief Counsel provides reasonable accommodions to qualified applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. You must contact us by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the announcement's closing de to request accommodion. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunicions relay services. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. Please limit your resume to two pages. Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages removed from considerion. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Kelley Campbell Phone 469-801-1593 Fax 855-562-3827 Kelley.

C.Campbell@irscounsel.treas.gov Address Office of Chief Counsel, IRS Staffing and Classificion Branch 1111 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20224 US Next steps To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/04/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $166,928 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: East Hartford, CT Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CCKC-26-12946655-ATTY

Control number 867839100