Emile
Taw Law Specialist

My primary duties are to work on forms, instructions, and/or publications 
to get them ready for each new tax year. Your goals -- you have to be goal-oriented. 
That drives the tax law specialist. You have to be able to understand what you're 
reading and be able to interpret it. That's what a tax law specialist is all about.

I joined with the IRS as a data transcriber and a tax-examining clerk -- so six 
months out of the year, I was doing one job, and the other six months, I was 
doing the other job. But then I felt I had to do more, and what that meant is, I 
went to college and got my accounting degree. Then I returned back to the IRS in 
1994 as a taxpayer service representative, working the toll-free lines. Ultimately, 
it led up to myself being a tax law specialist and being recruited by our senior 
technical adviser to become a tax law specialist in Washington, D.C.

They really, really do try to make sure that someone that is disabled is taken 
care of. So that makes you feel like you're a part of a big family. The IRS 
values their employees.

But you have to remember, as an employee, you have to enjoy your work, you have 
to have fun. I have fun, I enjoy my job, yes. The IRS does take care of their own.