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Posted: January 9, 2026 (5 days ago)

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Lead Tax Examining Technician

Internal Revenue Service

Department of the Treasury

Fresh

Salary

$50,460 - $67,443

per year

Closes

January 23, 2026More IRS jobs →

GS-7 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of tax technicians at the IRS, where you'll manage workloads, ensure tasks are completed on time, train staff, and handle basic employee issues while applying tax rules to help taxpayers meet their obligations.

It's a supervisory role focused on processing tax documents and resolving simple problems in a busy service center.

A good fit would be someone with experience in tax processing or customer service who enjoys organizing teams and staying updated on procedures.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-06 level or equivalent, including knowledge of business tax law, IRM, IRC, IRS collection techniques, and enforcement actions
  • Experience with tax forms, notices, bills, and documents to advise taxpayers on obligations
  • Skilled in investigative and probing techniques to gather relevant information from taxpayers
  • Strong oral and written communication skills for interacting with internal and external customers on inventory management and tax procedures
  • Experience processing IMF Rejects and IMF RAW
  • Ability to meet Time in Grade (TIG) requirements, including at least one year at the next lower grade
  • At least 90 days of federal civilian service for current employees since competitive appointment

Full Job Description

Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTHER IRS CAREERS?

Visit us on the web at www.jobs.irs.gov You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-07 LEVEL: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience using business tax law, IRM, IRC, IRS collection techniques and enforcement actions, tax forms, notices, bills, and other documents to advise the taxpayer of options for meeting tax obligations; Investigative/probing techniques to solicit relevant information; Communicating specialized information orally or in writing with internal and external customers regarding inventory management procedures; Providing clear and concise replies to taxpayers or their representatives; Experience processing IMF Rejects and IMF RAW.

AND MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible.

To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to.

Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks.

AND TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment.

For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".

For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards. Major Duties:

WHAT IS THE TAXPAYER SERVICES DIVISION?

A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas: Taxpayer Services Service Centers, Austin Submission Processing, ITIN, ICO Taxpayer Services Service Centers Ogden Submission Processing, ICO The following are the duties of this position.

Distributes, balances, monitors and reports on workload in accordance with established workflow or job specialization.

Assures equitable distribution among employees and timely accomplishment of assigned workload.

Amends or rejects work not meeting established standards and refers to supervisor any problems on meeting performance standards.

Maintains current knowledge of procedures, policies and directives; answers questions; and provides both classroom and OJT instruction to employees.

Resolves simple informal complaints, refers others to supervisor, reports on performance, progress and training needs of employees and on disciplinary problems.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/9/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/10/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-12861931A-TSB-0592-7