Orange County is situated in California, with a population of 2846293 according to the last census. It is the second most populous county in California. Orange County Tax Collector, at present, is Mr. Earl K. Wood. As the county has a great population, therefore, Orange County Tax Collector is a busy man. Orange County is famous for tourism and has attractive places like Disneyland and Knott's berry farm. There are several beaches, which provide entertainment for the tourists. Orange is also famous for its political conservation. In 1994 the county became famous, when the people refused to pay increase in taxes, as a result it was the largest county to have gone bankrupt in the history of United States of America.

The above statistics have been provided to create a base for this article which will from now focus on OC tax collector and various methods adopted to prevent the incident of 1994. Orange County Tax Collector is responsible for the collection of taxes from all secured and unsecured venues in Orange County. Orange County Tax Collector also has the power to sell taxes for a specific calendar year. Furthermore the sale of property also lies in the responsibilities of Orange County tax collector office.

They also provide remittance processing service along with the collection of Annual Racehorse taxes, public defender judgments and transient occupancy. In addition to this, Orange County Tax Collector also provides information systems services and administrative support.

Let us now talk about the performance of Orange County tax collector. Well the saving ratio has declined in the recent years, and this is justified especially as the economy is still recovering from the after effects of the credit crunch. Orange County tax collector's performance can be assessed by the collection for the period, both secured and unsecured tax collections. The overall revenue to the county has also risen significantly. This has resulted in increased revenue to schools as fifty-three percent of the revenue collected goes to the schools. Another important development that has resulted in the tax collection is the increase in the unsecured tax collection.

The OC tax collection has been successful in ensuring high credit card payment by phone and internet for three years in a row. The payments have been on an upward sloping curve since 2003-2004. One reason for this might be the number of credit card issued, but still, all increase is not due to the greater number of credit cards and credit must be given to Orange County tax collector as the statistics prove his performance.