This is advanced professional tax policy development work. Work involves the analysis of tax policy issues, preparation of recommendations for policy options and the development of methods to implement tax policies. An incumbent in this class researches laws in cases affecting many taxpayers, writes revenue ruling statements which involve a variety of technical factors, and reviews taxpayer requests which raise complex legal questions.
Work also includes the preparation of tax policy training and operations manuals.
At this level, employees are free to plan, develop and organize all phases of the work necessary for its completion within program guidance. Generally, they can develop and utilize any procedures and methods which do not conflict with major policies. Supervision is generally exercised over them through staff conference-type discussions and a review of progress reports. Considerable - Duties which require a high degree of concentration because of the many factors which must be considered and weighed before a decision can be reached. Usually positions that require planning, developing, and coordinating programs and directing fairly large groups of people fall into this category.