TAX SPECIALIST I - 73002198

Requisition No: 870843 

Agency: Department of Revenue

Working Title: TAX SPECIALIST I - 73002198

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 73002198 

Salary:  $46,583.04 / annually 

Posting Closing Date: 03/06/2026 

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Florida Department of Revenue

General Tax Administration

Tax Specialist I

Location Negotiable

This is an advertisement for in-state offices in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Daytona, Orlando, Largo, Coral Springs, and Miami.

Positions may not be available for every location

This is an Internal Agency Advertisement

The Florida Department of Revenue’s General Tax Administration program collects the revenue that maintains the state’s infrastructure, funds schools, protects the environment, and much more. The Department invites you to apply to become an essential member of our team. We are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and providing employment opportunities to veterans and individuals who have a disability. To learn more about the Department of Revenue’s excellent array of benefits, including career training, tuition waivers, paid vacations, insurance, and retirement programs, visit our website.

JOB SUMMARY:

This is a Tax Specialist I position in the General Tax Administration Program, Field Operations, Criminal Investigations Process. The incumbent processes, maintains, tracks, and archives Reports of Cash Payments over 10K (Form 8300) and approves Criminal Investigation Process cases, with emphasis on Prosecution and Tax Collection Enforcement Diversion Program (TCEDP) cases. The incumbent assists in adapting processes, reports, charts, and spreadsheets to reflect any administrative or operational changes, establishes, maintains, monitors, and processes obligations and monetary recoveries relative to the Court Ordered Restitution Program. The incumbent also assists with establishing, maintaining, monitoring, and processing obligations and monetary recoveries relative to the TCEDP, coordinating with field staff and other Department personnel to ensure proper establishment of liability, payment processing, data integrity, and resolution of deficiencies, independently researches case and statistical information, gathers and compiles necessary data, verifies data accuracy, and prepares periodic (monthly or ad hoc) reports to identify the status and statistics for the TCEDP, Pre-Trial Intervention, and court ordered restitution obligations for statistical reports used to monitor the Process’ action plan.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently employed with the Florida Department of Revenue.  
• Two years of collections experience, at the Revenue Specialist III level or above, in Receivables Management within the General Tax Administration Program.

PREFERENCES:

• Preference will be given to those who have high level experience in the System for Unified Taxation (SUNTAX), researching, reviewing, and analyzing data.
• Preference will be given to those who have experience testifying in a judicial proceeding.

SPECIAL NOTES:

• This position requires regular travel for field visits, training, meetings, conferences and other job-related responsibilities. You will be required to provide your own means of transportation. Mileage will be reimbursed according to existing Department of Revenue policies at the time of travel.

SALARY: The hiring salary for this position generally will not exceed $3,881.92 monthly/$46,583.04 annually.

BENEFITS:

Benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance, life insurance, tuition waivers, paid sick and personal leave, 10 paid holidays annually, retirement savings, and vision and dental insurance.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW

CONTACT INFORMATION: Charlotte Ortiz, (850) 717-7816, Charlotte.Ortiz@floridarevenue.com         

SCREENING DISCLAIMER: Your responses to qualifying questions must be verifiable by skills and/or experiences you stated on your candidate profile and/or resume.

SKILLS VERIFICATION TEST OR ONLINE SKILLS ASSESSMENT: If you meet the minimum job requirements, we might require you to take a skills verification test or an online skills assessment to be considered for an interview.

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS: You will be required to undergo a National Level-2 criminal background check which requires you to provide your fingerprints.

REMINDER: Male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website at http://www.sss.gov.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.