TAX AUDITOR

Tax Auditor Opportunity

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

This is a re-advertisement of JC-521342. If you previously applied under JC-521342 you would need to re-apply under this new Job Control, JC-530671 in order to be considered.

This is the recruiting and training level in the Tax Auditor (TA) series. Under close supervision of a Supervising Tax Auditor (STA) II, the Tax Auditor, in the Local Revenue Branch (LRB), reviews taxpayer sales and use tax returns, claims for refund, and discusses the application of tax laws with taxpayers and staff. The TA interprets and applies sales and use tax law, transactions tax law, regulations and annotations to ensure taxpayer compliance. The TA analyzes sales and use tax returns, reviews taxpayer correspondence, communicates with taxpayers and district office staff through verbal and written communication, establishes determinations for additional tax, prepares reallocations of local and district taxes, interest and penalties amounts due, performs return maintenance based on investigation findings, processes relief from penalty cases and makes recommendations, and assists billing and adjustment staff with more complex cases.

Here is the link to the exam bulletin for the Tax Auditor CalCareers 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.

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.

How did you hear about this opportunity? Tell us in this brief survey.

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