Income Tax Officer Exam

In India, there are different types of people/persons and all have different choices & preferences regarding jobs and services. Some people go for private sector jobs for more money and some people prefer the government sector for better respect & status. Besides private sector jobs there are different types of government sector jobs and services are there in India, for example government sector jobs & services are railway job, defence job, government bank job, income tax job, etc.. For income tax officer a person must prepare for the Income Tax Officer Exam.

                Among all government sector jobs income tax jobs have some unique quality, status & respect. The First post under the income tax department is income tax inspector and then income tax officer. For income tax inspector an individual must clear the Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (SSC CGL) examination, and for the post of income tax officer an individual have two way i.e.

•     Through promotion  (income tax inspector to income tax officer)

•     Direct SSC CGL income tax officer examination clear

 In India, who wants to be an income tax officer, then he/she must know about “I want to be an Income Tax Officer in India – How?”

Eligibility of income tax officer:-

Age limits: 

The minimum age of candidates must be 18 years and maximum age should be 27 years.

Upper age limit for SC/ST will be relaxed by 5 year and for OBC candidates relaxed by 3 years.

Educational qualification:-

   For income tax officer the candidates must qualify a bachelor degree of any stream. In simple word the candidate should hold either BA, BSC or B.COM degree or any other bachelor degree.

I want to be an Income Tax Officer in India – How?

The income tax officer aspiration candidates should follow the following step:-

1.    Apply for SSC CGL
2.   Preliminary examination (Tire-1)
3.   Main examination (Tire-2)
4.   Personality test/interview viva.

Apply for SSC CGL:-

           First step is to apply for SSC CGL, staff selection commission (SSC) combined graduate level (CGL). Fill the necessary requirement in the applicant form.

Preliminary examination and main examination:-

                    Next step is to ready for preliminary examination (tire – 1) which will be objective type. It consisting a vast syllabus which should prepared for income tax inspector and income tax officer.

INCOME TAX INSPECTOR EXAMINATION

A-GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING TEST

• Visual memory
• Figure classification
• Verbal and non-verbal
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Number series
• Number ranking analysis
• Coding –decoding
• Arithmetical reasoning

B- APTITUDE TEST:

•  Number system,
• Simplification,
• Relationship,
• Profit and loss,
• Percentage,
• Average,
• Discount,

HCF & LCM,

• Time and distance,
• Data interpretation,
• Table and groups,
• Time and work,
• Simple interest and
• Compound interest etc.

C- ENGLISH TEST

•  Verb,
• Adverb,
• Grammar,
• Tense,
• Subject –verb agreement,
• Fill in the blanks,
• Antonyms,
• Synonyms,
• Passages,
• Phrase,
• Sentence rearrangement,
• Comprehension etc.

D- GENERAL AWARENESS TEST:

• Current events,
• Environment,
• Observation,
• History,
• Culture,
• Geography,
• General polity,
• Scientific research,
• Awards and honors,
• Book authority,
• Impotent days…

Viva Interview:-

After clearing above 2 papers, you should ready for viva interview for final selection of income tax inspector.If you will clear above income tax inspector examination, then we will be income tax inspector. After some year you will be promoted to income tax officer.

If you want to be income tax officer directly, then you have an option to clear SSC CGL income tax officer examination. After clearing 2 papers you should also ready for final viva interview. Syllabus and marking structure has been given below.

INCOME TAX OFFICER EXAMINATION

Note:-

• The paper 1,2,3, & 4 consist  of income tax law and practice, bookkeeping, advance accounting, office procedure and allied law etc.

• The examination of first 4 papers will be objective type (MCQ)

• 100 MCQ will comes from each paper (1,2,3,4) &  the time duration is 2 hour each.

• The paper 5 consists income tax act and rule which will be also objective types (MCQ).

• Total time duration of paper 5 is 3 hour (180 minutes)

• Normally , ¼ mark 0.25 mark will be deducted for incorrect answer from all section. 

Duty of  Income Tax Officer:-

 Income tax is a financial charge that is imposed by government of India is the income of the general public, company and different entity etc. Income tax play very crucial role in the context of development of the nation. The money which is collected as income tax is used for the betterment and development of the society and nation. So it is prime duty for government to imposed taxes over the income. If the tax properly doesn’t collect then the nation building can’t be possible. For such taxes collection purpose the Indian government appointed the income tax officer. The income tax officer has prime duty and responsibility is to collect the actual and fair income tax of persons and the persons who has against such system (income tax) then they will be punished and penalized by income tax department. But is quite difficult in case of politician, social media influencer and public figure persons etc. Income tax officer not only assess the income tax but also aware and teach to society about the tax on income. 

Promotion under Income Tax Department:-

Income tax inspector will promoted to income tax officer.

1. Income tax inspector
2. Income tax officer
3. Assistance commissioner
4. Deputy Commissioner
5. Joint commissioner
6. Additional commissioner
7. Commissioner
8. Principal Commissioner
9. Chief Commissioner
10. Principal Chief Commissioner

Author

Manturanjan Sa

Founder of Income TaxPe . Professionally a Lecturer, by passion a Writer, Dancer, lyricist. fitness lover. Also a social worker co-founder of Kartabya Foundation & Digital Entrepreneur.

 

Manturanjan Sa

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Lecturer / Writer/ Blogger / Dancer.
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Founder of Income TaxPe, Shayari me Kahani and MCQ Questions.
Social Worker Co-founder of Kartabya Foundation(An animal, Social and Natural Welfare Organization.)