To become an Income Tax Officer, firstly you have to join Income Tax Department as Income Tax Inspector or Tax Assistant.

Then you can get promotion to Income Tax Officer post after qualifying the departmental examination.

To joining as Income Tax Inspector or Tax Assistant, you have to clear Combined Graduate Level examination of SSC.

Eligibility -

Graduation in any discipline from any recognised University

Age requirements –

Maximum age limit is 27 years and minimum age limit is 18 years.

Upper age relaxation of 3 years will be given for OBC candidates while 5 years will be given for SC/ST candidates.

Exam Pattern

Written Examination –

Two separate sections are there in the written examination that is Tier I and Tier II.

Those who get qualified in Tier I can appear for Tier –II examination.

Duration specified to complete Tier I is 2 hours while for Tier II is 4 hours.

Subjects included in Tier I are

General Intelligence + Reasoning
General Awareness
Numerical Aptitude
English Comprehension

A exam is total of 200 marks

Tier II includes the following subjects with 200 marks each.

Arithmetical Abilities
English Language and Comprehension

Total 100 questions will be there for Arithmetical Abilities while English Language and Comprehension include total 200 questions.

Candidates can score 1 mark for each right answer while they will lose 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.

After that, personal interview is there for Income Tax Inspector post and Skill test is there for Tax Assistant post.