IRS Recruitment – Appraiser

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs unique, often controversial, and precedent setting appraisals of real and personal property where the appraisal will have significant tax impact, affect large segments of taxpayers, and will involve intense public scrutiny, with potential to affect legislative change.
• Provides expertise to government attorneys on cases with probable litigation potential.
• Serves as expert witness in U.S. Tax Court or U.S. District Court.
• Personally performs appraisals and reviews appraisals prepared by recognized experts and authorities in the industry and other valuation specialists in the group.
• Conducts conferences with taxpayers, representatives, and experts to explain findings which are often vigorously contested.
• Prepares appraisal reports which represent the Service’s position and documents conclusions with accurate facts and arguments for unagreed issues.
• Examines and appraises extensive property holdings in estate portfolios of prominent, recognized business, entertainment and industry leaders often widely publicized and intensely scrutinized.
• Identifies and develops significant issues which may be unusual and unique, subject to interpretation and may be adopted as the Service position in all similar cases.

Job Requirements:

• To qualify you must have one year or twelve (12) months of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal government.
• Specialized Experience is experience in independently preparing and completing self contained appraisal reports of residential and commercial properties (does not include reviewing reports); applying the methodology for discount cash flow; conducing field appraisal work; experience with the three methods (market, income, cost) of appraising properties; defending work product in front of a local government authority, court or IRS audits; using National and local property databases to research; gather and interpret information to determine their effect on value and arrive at fair market value; writing logical, succinct and meaningful written documents; experience dealing with hostile customers regarding valuations; and experience using computers and off the shelf software (including Microsoft word and excel).

Job Details:

Company: Internal Revenue Service

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: San Antonio, TX, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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