Process to become an Income Tax Officer

I want to become an Income Tax Officer and for that I want to get the details of process to become an Income Tax Officer so can you provide me that?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want to get the details of process to become an Income Tax Officer so here it is for you:

Firstly candidates will have to give the exam of Staff Selection Commission’s Combined Graduate level Tier I

Secondly candidates who are declared as qualified in Combined Graduate level Tier I will have to appear for the Combined Graduate level Tier II

Thirdly candidates who are declared as qualified in Combined Graduate level Tier II will have to appear for the SSC Interview

SSC CGL syllabus:
Paper-I :
Averages, Interest, Profit and Loss, Discount, Partnership Business, Mixture and Alligation, Time and distance, Time & Work, Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra & Elementary surds, Graphs of Linear Equations, Triangle and its various kinds of centres, Congruence and similarity of triangles, Circle and its chords, tangents, angles subtended by chords of a circle, common tangents to two or more circles, Triangle, Quadrilaterals, Regular Polygons , Circle, Right Prism, Right Circular Cone, Right Circular Cylinder, Sphere, Hemispheres, Rectangular Parallelepiped, Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base, Trigonometric ratio, Degree and Radian Measures, Standard Identities, Complementary angles, Heights and Distances, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Ratio & Proportion, Square roots, Bar diagram & Pie chart.Arithmetic Ability : The computation of whole numbers, decimals ,fractions and relationships between numbers, Percentage.

Paper-II :
English Language & Comprehsion :
One word substitution, improvement of sentences, active/passive voice of verbs, conversion into direct/indirect narration, shuffling of sentence parts, shuffling of sentences in a passage, close passage & comprehension passage, Spot the error, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, spelling/detecting mis-spelt words, idioms & phrases.

Paper-III :
Collection Classification and Presentation of Statistical Data – Primary and Secondary data, Methods of data collection; Tabulation of data; Graphs and charts; Frequency distributions; Statistics for Investigator Grade-II, for Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation & Compiler for RGI .Diagrammatic presentation of frequency distributions

Probability Theory – Meaning of probability; Different definitions of probability; Conditional probability; Compound probability; Independent events; Bayes‘ theorem.

Measures of Central Tendency- Common measures of central tendency – mean median and mode; Partition values- quartiles, deciles, percentiles

Correlation and Regression – Scatter diagram; simple correlation coefficient; simple regression lines; Spearman‘s rank correlation; Measures of association of attributes; Multiple regression; Multiple and partial correlation (For three variables only).

Random Variable and Probability Distributions – Random variable; Probability functions; Expectation and Variance of a random variable; Higher moments of a random variable; Binomial , Poisson, Normal and Exponential distributions; Joint distribution of two random variable (discrete).

Measures of Dispersion- Common measures dispersion – range, quartile deviations, mean deviation and standard deviation; Measures of relative dispersion.

Time Series Analysis - Components of time series, Determinations of trend component by different methods, Measurement of seasonal variation by different methods.

Sampling Theory – Concept of population and sample; Parameter and statistic, Sampling and non-sampling errors; Probability and non-probability sampling techniques (simple random sampling, stratified sampling, multistage sampling, multiphase sampling, cluster sampling, systematic sampling, purposive sampling, convenience sampling and quota sampling); Sampling distribution (statement only); Sample size decisions

Index Numbers - Meaning of Index Numbers, Problems in the construction of index numbers, Types of index number, Different formulae, Base shifting and splicing of index numbers, Cost of living Index Numbers, Uses of Index Numbers.

Moments, Skewness and Kurtosis – Different types of moments and their relationship; meaning of skewness and kurtosis; different measures of skewness and kurtosis

Statistical Inference - Point estimation and interval estimation, Properties of a good estimator, Methods of estimation (Moments method, Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method), Testing of hypothesis, Basic concept of testing, Small sample and large sample tests, Tests based on Z, t, Chi-square and F statistic, Confidence intervals.

Analysis of Variance - Analysis of one-way classified data and two-way classified data.

Reference Books:
Reference Books for Tier I & II Exam
• A Comprehensive Book on English Grammar by Dr.B.B.Jain
• A Comprehensive Study of Data Interpretation Analysis and Sufficiency by Ashok Gupta
• A Fresh Approach to Reasoning Tests by Dr. Lal and Maurya
• A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
• All about Reasoning (Verbal) by Anjani A Gupta
• Arithmetic for Competitive Exams by Jain & Sharma
• Compendium General English by Dr.B.B.Jain
• Competition Success Review
• Concise General Knowledge with Current Affairs by Prakash, Kant, Suman
• Descriptive General English (Language Comprehension Communication Skill Writing Ability) by S. P. Bakshi
• English Grammar & Composition by S.C.Gupta
• English Language Student Book by Alison Ross
• General Knowledge Current Affairs Who’s who by Khanna & Verma
• Logical and Analytical Reasoning by A. K. Gupta
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by R. S. Aggarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude for CPT by Bharat Jhunjhunwala
• New Pattern Tests of Objective English by Dr.R.N.Singh
• Non Verbal Reasoning by B. S. Sijwali & Indu Sijwali
• Pratiyogita Darpan
• Quantitative Aptitude by Rita Mishra
• Quantitative Aptitude by S.N. Jha
• Quicker Numerical Test by Dr. M.B. Lal & Jain
• Ramesh General Knowledge & Current Affairs
• Reasoning Test (Verbal & Non-Verbal) by Dr. M.B.Lal & A.K.Singh
• Sentence Arrangement by Ajay.K.Singh
• Test of Non Verbal Reasoning by Anjani A Gupta
• Unique Quintessance of Quantitative Aptitude Making Maths Easy & Simple for All Competitive Examinations by Preeeti Gupta
• Upkar’s ‘Correct your Common errors in English’
• Upkar’s High Speed System of Basic Arithmetic
• Upkar’s The Technique of Comprehension & Precis Writing
• Upkar’s Mental Ability Test

Reference books for Statistics paper in Tier II
• Modern Mathematical Statistics by Dudewicz, E.J. and Mishra, S.N
• Introduction to Theory of Statistics by Mood, A.M., Grabyl, F.A. and Boes, D.C
• Linear Statistical Inference and its Applications by Rao, C.R
• An Introduction to Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics by Rohatgi, V.K
• Sampling Theory and Methods by Murthy, M.N
• Statistical Concepts and Methods by Bhattacharyya, G.K. and Johnson, R.A
• Fundamentals of Statistics by Goon, A.M, Gupta, M.K. and Dasgupta, B
• Probability and Statistical Inference by Hogg, R.V. and Tanis, E.A

Other Books for Reference
• Upkar S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level Exam by Dr. Sharma & Singh
• SSC Graduate Level Tier II Exam Arithmetical Ability English- Kiran Prakashan
• SSC Graduate Level Tier II Exam Arithmetical Ability Hindi Kiran Prakashan
• SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam. (For Tier I & II) Dr. Lal & Jain
• Ramesh SSC Graduate Level Guide by RPH Editorial Board

I have completed graduation degree in Commerce Stream and now want to become Income Tax Officer so please give me detailed process?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

As you have completed graduation degree in Commerce Stream and now want to become Income Tax Officer so here I am giving you detailed process.

Eligibility for Income Tax Officer:

Educational Qualification:
Candidates must have Bachelor's degree of any stream.

Age Limit:
Candidate must have attained the age of 18 years on 1st July of the year of examination and must not have attained 27 years of age on that date.

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

Procedure to become an Income Tax Officer:

Step 1:
Candidates have to fill “Application Form” along with required information from the employment newspaper generally published in the month of April and sent the filled Application form to the regional centers as mentioned.

Step 2:
Preliminary Examination
General Intelligence and General Awareness (Part A)
Arithmetic (Part B)

Step 3:
Main Examination
General Studies
English
Arithmetic
Language
Communication Skill and writing

Step 4:
Personality Test