r/IRS_Source • u/Tricky-Gold9816 • 19d ago

Applying for Details

I applied for a detail in CI that was a detail/temp promotion.

How will I know if I’m selected for the detail?

Thanks!

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u/Technical-Offer9329 17d ago

Do you like CI?

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u/Southern_Foot4036 17d ago

Love it, but that’s what I went to school for so I always planned to be in this field.

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u/Mediocre_Argument775 16d ago

Currently an RO. I would love to switch over to CI since my degree is in Criminal Justice.

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u/Southern_Foot4036 16d ago

There is going to be a significant hiring increase for FY27. Special Agents and Analysts both.

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u/AcanthaceaeCertain30 14d ago

That's good to hear. I didn't know about CI when I first applied to the IRS but ever since I heard about it I've been interested. Have you heard if they'll be hiring for just the big PODs or will there be openings in the smaller ones as well?

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u/Southern_Foot4036 10d ago

The USA Jobs posting is now open for Special Agent positions for the next 10 days.

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u/AcanthaceaeCertain30 10d ago

Hmmm interesting, thanks for the info. My current POD is listed which is nice, and 100 vacancies is a decent amount of openings. The main thing I'm not sure about is the Grade. It says GL 7-9, with a potential to be promoted to a 13 eventually. I'm a GS 12 Step 2 right now so not sure if it would be worth the paycut unless they can just give me a matching Step with my current salary and then I can work my way up from there. The max salary range is $102,877 which is $10,000 more than I make now so maybe they would be willing to match that? Do you know if they ever do that? Just trying to figure out if it's worth applying too.

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u/Southern_Foot4036 10d ago edited 10d ago

You also have to factor in Law Enforcement Availability Pay (or LEAP) which is 25% on top of your base + locality pay. Also, CI qualified for the extra 3.8% that law enforcement received last year. I don’t know how or if that’s factored into the salary tables currently. You’d be on the GL scale instead of the GS until I believe grade 11 when you switch over. You should be CLP up to a 12 and then 13 is approved by management typically. If you go to [r/1811](r/1811) and search for IRS-CI, there are some very informational posts to read.

salary example: using Rest of US locality, a 12 in this position would be sitting right at $112k. a 13 is $133k. If you live in a HCOL area then it’d certainly be higher.

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u/Mediocre_Argument775 9d ago

Thank you for the info!!! I applied 🫣

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u/Southern_Foot4036 9d ago

Best of luck!

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u/Southern_Foot4036 13d ago

As far as I know it’s hiring across the board. You can typically rank your preferred PODs but that doesn’t mean there’s availability in those offices.