How to Become an Income Tax Officer

Income Tax department is one of the preferences of those who seek to make an entry in the government’s financial operations. We researched and found a total of 20,750 vacant positions are there in the income tax department across various positions. Income Tax Officers deal with the tax issues of Central Board of Direct Taxes – CBDT. They are some of the feared names among the tax defaulters of the country. If you are looking for this kind of jobs, then you should apply or UPSC Revenue Services examination for Group A position. Indian Revenue Services comprise two branches – Income Tax and Customs & Central Excise. The work of a Group A Income Tax Officer is related to collection and management of various direct and indirect taxes, presenting the same to the Union Government.

Eligibility:

To become an Income Tax Officer you must hold a bachelor’s degree of any field. Your age should be between 18 years and 27 years. The reserved category candidates (SC/ST) get an age relaxation of 5 years and the OBC candidates get an age relaxation of 3 years. While if you are a central government employee or you are working in defense, your upper age limit might get a relaxation of few years depending on the protocols of the recruiting panel.

Examination:

UPSC IRS examination has 3 rounds – Preliminary, Main, and Interview.

Preliminary Round – The preliminary examination is conducted every year in the month of August. The preliminary round has two papers – both objective and has a total of 400 marks. This examination is qualifying in nature and the marks acquired by the candidates are not considered in the main round.

 Main Round – The mains round is generally conducted in the month of December every year. Candidates who qualify in the preliminary examination are eligible to appear for the mains examination. The mains examination has nine papers, all of which are subjective in nature.

Personality Test – The last round is the personality test. Candidates who qualify in the main round get a call from the interviewers. It carries 275 marks. The final score of the candidate is decided after taking the sum of the marks scored by the candidate in mains examination and personality test.

For a general category student, at most 6 attempts are allowed. The SC/ST candidates get unlimited attempts and OBC category students get 9 attempts.

The pay of an Income Tax Officer (Junior) is within the bandwidth of INR 75,500 to INR 80,000 per month. As your years of experience increases and you receive promotions, the pay also increases. Also, the government changes the pay scale from time to time and so the pay gets increased uniformly. This is one of the best government job positions where one can work.

Candidates who seek to register for the IRS examination can fill up the application form at upsconline.nic.in. Keep an eye on website to get the notification when the registration begins.