Deputy Attorney - Tax Team; Advice - Attorney's Office

Deputy City Attorney - Tax Team (Advice) - City Attorney's Office (8177)

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Appointment Type:
Permanent Exempt (PEX) position; individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be "at-will."

• Application Opening
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  November 4, 2025

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated state and local tax attorney to join its Tax Team.

About the Office

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally‑recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents. With nearly 350 talented and dedicated employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments. Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive, and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services, and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, and experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work. We aspire to recruit, employ, retain, and promote talented individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age, and candidates with disabilities.

We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of people want to come and stay, grow professionally, and find purpose and engagement, and where all employees feel welcomed and respected, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City. To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide an inclusive workplace where employees feel they belong and can meaningfully contribute, please visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

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The Office provides a hybrid work schedule for eligible employees.

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About the Tax Team and the Position

The Tax Team advises City elected officials and departments with respect to local tax issues, including drafting all tax legislation; advises the Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector and Office of the Assessor‑Recorder on both tax and non‑tax issues; represents the City with respect to tax claims filed against the City; and defends the City in tax suits filed by taxpayers.

This tax advice position would draft tax legislation; advise City elected officials and departments with respect to local tax issues; represent the City with respect to administrative claims for tax refund filed against the City; and work with our litigators to defend the City in tax suits filed by taxpayers. The position would advise on a wide range of local taxes, including the City’s business taxes, hotel taxes, parking taxes, and others.

And it would provide advice on a wide range of issues related to those local taxes, including federal and state constitutional issues (Commerce Clause, special vs. general taxes); issues interpreting federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to the City’s taxes; and issues relating to the application of the City’s taxes to the diverse and emerging industries comprising San Francisco’s business community.

Minimum Qualifications

• Licensed to practice law in California.

Desired Qualifications

• Five or ideally more years of experience in state and local tax law, including gross receipts taxes, local excise taxes, transfer taxes, and others.
• Knowledge or background in restrictions on state and local taxes under the Federal and State Constitutions and statutes.
• Ability to assume responsibility quickly, work both independently and collaboratively, and identify and assess substantive and procedural legal issues.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently, meet multiple competing deadlines, manage workload changes, and dive…