How to Answer: Tell us about a time when you had to defend a decision you made even though other important people were opposed to your decision.
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2. Tell us about a time when you had to defend a decision you made even though other important people were opposed to your decision.
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1. I attended a 501 Settlement meeting which is part of our legal process. These meetings are called when a taxpayer has appealed their determination and has offered a settlement that is more than $50,000 apart from us. In attendance are the AG who would have to defend us in court, two commissioners, the division administrator, bureau chief, and the auditor (and myself, her supervisor). Without getting into details of the case, the AG was opposed to our position of declining the offer and going to court due to the tax type and arguments raised. Prior to the meeting, I had meetings with the bureau chief and DA, and had to strongly urge we go to court. Certain tax concepts can be hard to defend and there was a chance we could lose on this alone. However, even with a loss, there could be benefit in getting codes changed based on the judge's decision in order to strengthen the law. I used this same argument "upstairs". Yes we are going to court.
2. When you had to defend a decision you made even though other important people were opposed to your decision.