Tax Appeals Hearing Officer pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 07560
- Class code
- 07560
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Tax Appeals Hearing Officer is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 07560.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 11/30/2017.
What the state says the job is
This is professional and quasi-judicial work in the adjudication of tax appeal cases in the Department of Revenue. An employee in this job adjudicates tax appeals involving any of the taxes or corollary programs administered by the Department of Revenue. Work involves reviewing petitions from taxpayers appealing tax matters, filing status, bond requirements, or other related matters to determine whether all necessary material for making a decision has been submitted, and, if necessary, requesting the petitioner to submit additional information substantiating the claim being made in the appeal; reviewing tax audits conducted by the department or the detailed analysis of books, records, and tax returns submitted by petitioners to substantiate tax liabilities or refunds; conducting formal quasi-judicial hearings by administering oaths, hearing testimony, and obtaining evidence necessary to ...
Examples of the work
• Adjudicates issues involving any of the taxes or corollary programs administered by the Department, including Sales and Use Tax, Personal Income Tax, Employer Withholding Tax, Inheritance Tax, Motor and Alternative Fuels Taxes, Realty Transfer Tax, Cigarette Tax, Malt Beverage Taxes, Corporation Taxes, Property Tax/Rent Rebate program, and bond requirements. • Requests additional information from petitioners to substantiate the claim being made in the appeal to include financial statements, expense vouchers, proof of tax payment to other states, rent or tax receipts, deeds, wills, exemptions, and other documentation. • Schedules and conducts hearings on appeals.
Minimum qualifications
• Two years of professional tax accounting or tax auditing experience and a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 15 credits in accounting; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training including or supplemented by 15 credits in accounting.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.