Can tax lawyers in public accounting feasibly make to a move to IRS counsel? Also, would it be worth that move?

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You might get more response to this in the Tax bowl. I’m very curious to see a discussion on this topic myself, because IRS attorney opportunities have always been interesting to me.

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Yes. Know multiple people that made this move and are very glad they did

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This happens all the time. Folks go to chief counsel. They aren’t always easy to get but they are good jobs that can open doors in the future. Pay isn’t the greatest but manageable.

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Yes, I know someone from EY who did this.

The compensation opportunities after such a career are endless.

This isn’t entirely true. It’s those that get into Treasury and work on “popular” regs that end up walking away with seven figure offers.

I know people who did from my LLM program.

Definitely. It’s more common from the National Tax practice.

My professor is a counsel at the IRS and was trying to recruit me several times. It sounded like they were pretty understaffed.

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