Hooray! Tax Forms in Bloom

0 Comments | Insight on the News, Jan 10, 2000 | by John Elvin

Winter is upon us, but signs of spring are evident d assuming that you live in a part of the country where the deadline for paying federal income taxes corresponds somewhat with the arrival of "sweet days and roses," to quote the poet George Herbert, as we often do here in the Briefs Bunker.

At any rate, the sign we noted is an IRS notice that it is hiring seasonal employees as clerks, data transcribers, tax examiners and customer-service representatives.

Hundreds of these seasonal jobs will be available at wages of $8 to $12 per hour. Applicants must fill out a batch of forms and take some tests, plus provide proof that they are who they say they are. Oh, and, as an indication that decentralization is the rule of the day, applicants also should be prepared to show up for work in Covington or Florence, Ky., or Dayton, Ohio. More information may be obtained at the IRS' rather funky Website, http://www.irs.gov/, or by calling the service's recruitment office at (513) 263-4280.