Tax investigator vs tax examining technician

The differences between tax investigators and tax examining technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a tax investigator and a tax examining technician. Additionally, a tax examining technician has an average salary of $43,422, which is higher than the $35,077 average annual salary of a tax investigator.

The top three skills for a tax investigator include tax laws, state tax and customer service. The most important skills for a tax examining technician are corrective action, sound judgment, and IRS.

Tax investigator vs tax examining technician overview

	Tax Investigator	Tax Examining Technician
Yearly salary	$35,077	$43,422
Hourly rate	$16.86	$20.88
Growth rate	-7%	-7%
Number of jobs	30,630	43,996
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	2	2

Tax investigator vs tax examining technician salary

Tax investigators and tax examining technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tax Investigator	Tax Examining Technician
Average salary	$35,077	$43,422
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $53,000	Between $28,000 And $65,000
Highest paying City	-	Hoboken, NJ
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Deloitte
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between tax investigator and tax examining technician education

There are a few differences between a tax investigator and a tax examining technician in terms of educational background:

	Tax Investigator	Tax Examining Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 52%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Accounting	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Southern California

Tax investigator vs tax examining technician demographics

Here are the differences between tax investigators' and tax examining technicians' demographics:

	Tax Investigator	Tax Examining Technician
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 64.3% Female, 35.7%	Male, 36.9% Female, 63.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.1% Unknown, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 8.1% White, 62.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 9.9% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between tax investigator and tax examining technician duties and responsibilities

Tax investigator example responsibilities.

Investigate welfare, Medicaid, and food stamp fraud.
Work in conjunctions with the FBI, IRS and various corporations to help control tax loss and fraud.
Update taxpayers addresses, assign temporary ITIN numbers to taxpayers without a social security number, establish fiduciary accounts for taxpayers
Update taxpayers addresses, assign temporary ITIN numbers to taxpayers without a social security number, establish fiduciary accounts for taxpayers

Tax examining technician example responsibilities.

Review and correct tax returns in accordance with the IRM and instructions from supervisors.
Review correspondence attach to the return for further actions in accordance with IRM and establish guidelines.
Maintain current knowledge of procedures, policies and directives to provide employees both classroom and OJT instructions.
Input and/or update taxpayer and/or representative information using IDRS.
Update individual accounts as instructed by very complicate IRS procedures.
Research of computerize records by accessing multiple online/database systems including IDRS.

Tax investigator vs tax examining technician skills

Common tax investigator skills

Tax Laws, 55%
State Tax, 30%
Customer Service, 15%

Common tax examining technician skills

Corrective Action, 15%
Sound Judgment, 14%
IRS, 11%
Account Adjustments, 6%
Enforcement Actions, 6%
OJT, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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