Those at IRS chief counsel, pros and cons?

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Cons: the pay. You’re tied to the GS scale, and bonuses, while sometimes given, aren’t enormous.

Pros: interesting, complex work (though I suppose how interesting your work is depends on exactly where in counsel you are and what you’re interested in), work/life balance, flexibility, benefits. Also, if you’re a newer attorney, you’ll likely get substantive experience more quickly at chief counsel than you would in private practice.

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Attorney 1,

If you feel comfortable sharing, in what division of chief counsel did you find the work most interesting?

I was in LB&I. I agree with what has already been said, but one other con to mention as it particularly applies to LB&I (and SBSE on larger, complex, or hot issues) is the amount of red tape and bureaucracy you have to wade through to get some things done. I was a field attorney and a lot of what I did needed the blessing of the national office before I could proceed. Was a bit annoying but it comes with the fact that the IRS speaks with “one voice.”

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