Tax Technician - Collector

Tax Technician III

All applicants will be considered, however SROA/Surplus candidates will be given priority.

Are you interested in making life better for Californians? Are you looking for a career and not just a job? Do you want to create a meaningful impact in your community? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) has a career opportunity waiting for you! California not only needs you, it wants you as part of the growing workforce.

New employees, new ideas, and new creative perspectives are needed in all areas at the CDTFA. We value staff and are dedicated to employee career development. Our agency supports the development of staff by offering training to flourish in their position and programs to promote and explore upward mobility. To learn more about us, please see CDTFA Gateway to New Opportunities video.

Position is located in the Sacramento Field Office.

Under general direction of the Business Taxes Administrator (BTA) I, the Tax Technician (TT) III serves as an experienced staff resource and performs the most difficult and complex tax technician duties. The Tax Technician III assists taxpayers to ensure compliance with tax laws and performs a variety of collection functions. The incumbent initiates, responds, and resolves compliance inquiries from taxpayers involving active, delinquent, closed, and revoked sales and use tax cases.

Travel may be required up to five percent (5%) of the time for training purposes.

The incumbent may be eligible to receive additional compensation each month for public contact through the telephone per Pay Differential 186.

Under Government Code 14200, this position may be eligible for partial telework for eligible candidates residing in California. All telework/hybrid schedules require staff to report to the office a minimum number of days per week. Schedules are subject to change.

Currently, per the California Budget Act of 2025, all California Department of Tax and Fee Administration salaries are subject to the provisions of the State of California's Personal Leave Program.

This recruitment has been posted for more vacancies than currently exist as it may be used to fill additional identical vacancies which occur within 180 days of the closing date of this bulletin.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.