Tax Discovery Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03852
- Class code
- 03852
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A1
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Tax Discovery Specialist is $53,008 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03852.
- 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 01/12/1995.
What the state says the job is
This is specialized tax discovery work in the Department of Revenue in reviewing and analyzing tax data to identify potential taxpayers, make tax determinations, request the filing of tax returns or reports, and collect tax monies due. An employee in this class is responsible for reviewing and analyzing tax data to determine whether businesses or individuals have business activities in Pennsylvania and whether they are subject to Pennsylvania tax requirements for sales and use, corporation, employeer withholding, motor fuels, personal income, or any taxes administered by the Department. Work involves analyzing Business Activity Questionnaires received from businesses or individuals to determine how they conduct business activities in Pennsylvania or what properties are owned or leased in Pennsylvania and determines the status of taxes.
Examples of the work
Analyzes Business Activity Questionnaires sent to corporations or individuals to determine how they conductbusiness activities in Pennsylvania or what property is owned or leased in Pennsylvania and determines the status for corporate, sales and use, employeer withholding, motor carrier road, and liquid fuels taxes. Analyzes and evaluates computer cross matches with federal tax records, other state agencies, and other states to determine if the potential exists for a corporation or individual to meet the definition of doing business in Pennsylvania and whether they are subject to Pennsylvania tax requirements for all taxes including corporate net income, franchise, insurance premiums, utilit ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience in the review and examination of tax documents and making tax liability decisions and applying tax laws and rules and regulations. or Any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the applicant with the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.
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.